May 21, 2012 - 6:50 pm
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Learn Successful Church Fundraising Techniques That You Can Utilize Confidently, Consistently, And Continuously To Raise Money For Your Church.
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May 21, 2012 - 1:50 pm
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As I’ve written here in the past, I think there are solid business reasons for participating in most social networks these days, but if your business sells primarily to other businesses, you must get more active on LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is not the biggest or most talked about network these day, but when it comes to connecting [...]
May 21, 2012 - 1:50 am
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Engagement Marketing: How Small Business Wins in a Socially Connected World is the new book about how to get and keep customers by engaging with them.
I love the premise of this book because it is utterly realistic for small businesses. Engagement marketing, according to the book, is the art of “getting new customers through your existing [...]
May 20, 2012 - 1:49 pm
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Great marketing strategies never go out of style for a reason – because they WORK. Word of mouth is one of those strategies. It doesn’t cost a fortune and it works like crazy. Then, when you add the latest social media tools, you have word-of-mouth marketing on steroids.
Enter Andy Sernovitz (@sernovitz) , the leader of SocialMedia.org, the [...]
May 19, 2012 - 1:48 pm
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I find it funny when people from all walks of life speak on how a business is run, but few thoroughly examine a business’ relationship with a community. A family’s experiment shows the importance of that relationship more than any words could express.
Our Black Year, One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided [...]
May 19, 2012 - 1:49 am
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Save the date! In honor of Small Business Week, we’re holding a Twitter chat on May 23 at 3:00 pm Eastern time, on the topic of online marketing. I am thrilled to partner again with Stephanie Chandler on this event.
We’re going to cover some of your favorite topics – from email marketing, to local [...]
May 18, 2012 - 1:52 am
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For new small business owners, meeting your tax obligations is a big adjustment – particularly when you’ve been used to having an employer take out income tax withholdings with each paycheck. When you have your own business though, tax time isn’t just once a year; rather you have to make estimated tax payments throughout the [...]
May 18, 2012 - 1:52 am
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Didn’t get a chance to participate in the FedEx Office Twitter chat on May 15? No worries – we have a recap of the highlights below.
The topic was branding: Is your brand helping or hurting your small business? Let’s take a look at some of the responses and comments on this topic. The Twitter handle [...]
May 17, 2012 - 1:48 pm
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A sound and holistic marketing plan has always combined these areas:
Advertising: any paid form of communication through mass communication
Sales promotion: any short term incentive to encourage trial purchase
Events and Experiences: sponsored events or activities
Public Relations and Publicity: non paid ways to promote image and reputation
Direct Marketing: one-to-one communication such as mail, telephone, e-mail and Internet selling
Personal Selling: [...]
May 15, 2012 - 1:50 pm
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Plenty of startups try to determine the perfect business model to take to market only to find that the market doesn’t need, want or understand what they are presenting.
The fact is most books or courses on business models take this into consideration by suggesting trial and error scenarios and market hypothesizes prior to launch.
Any business [...]