Marketing

Homemade Chicken Soup and Business Cards

March 7, 2012

It’s alright if your don’t use business cards but, if you do, realize that business cards are like chicken soup. Each has a number of ingredients that can either make or break the end product. Just this week I had the honor of creating my grandmother’s homemade chicken noodle soup. I also had the pleasure [...]

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Pursuing Passion Over Corporate Job

March 6, 2012

It has been almost 5 years since I left my corporate job at one of the most creative and groundbreaking companies known both online and offline. The company had great team members, a pool table, foosball table, a corporate vision and mission that inspired all that worked there and even a 3ft. tall fun mascot [...]

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1 E-mail and 6 Telltale Signs of a Bad SEO Company

February 28, 2012

So many bloggers and critics say that SEO is dead or that there is no such thing as good SEO. For 95% of people and companies that claim to be SEO experts, this statement is very accurate. Want to know how to spot those SEO companies to be feared? Here are a few tips on [...]

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4 Things to Consider When Writing a Book

February 24, 2012

Writing a book is a lot like starting a new business. The most successful of books have been researched and planned long before a single word gets written (or typed) on the page. Some authors spend years researching or planning before jotting down a single word. Indeed, the best selling authors have realized a simple [...]

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1 Perfect Way to Alienate Your Customers Online

February 21, 2012

If you are a small business owner or entrepreneur, then your online brand is crucial to your business. Unfortunately, many companies and business people forget that it takes a lifetime to build up their reputation but only a few seconds to ruin it. Here’s one surefire way to alienate your customers online while killing your [...]

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7 Helpful Tips for Working with a SEO Company

February 10, 2012

You’ve heard of Search Engine Optimization or SEO. Everyone is telling you that you need SEO and that success is driven by quality SEO. You know you want to increase your website’s search engine rankings (SERs) but do you even know where to start or how to find a quality SEO consultant or strategist? Don’t [...]

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Fascinate your way to success!

February 7, 2012

Fascination is all about your relationship with a product, service, person, house or anything else you can imagine. Many cannot clearly define what fascination is but know what it feels like. It is that feeling, that fascination, that leads people to do and think in ways that differentiates them from everyone else – it is [...]

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5 Keys to Location Based Social Media

February 2, 2012

Social media isn’t just about what’s on the Internet but how online can drive offline traffic and sales for many brick and mortar businesses. Location-based services (LBS) are migrating into our everyday lives and there are five things that many companies should consider when looking to utilize LBS as part of their mobile strategy to [...]

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5 Top SEO Keyword Research Tools

January 24, 2012

Keyword research tools can cost as little as nothing or as much as several hundred dollars. Although many small businesses understand the importance of keyword density in their online strategic planning, most don’t have a few hundred dollars set aside for such tools. There’s no need to sacrifice quality SEO due to lack of funds. [...]