Everyone writes and blogs about trends and predictions for the coming year, so we’ll join the crowd. John Arnold wrote about 10 online marketing trends for 2010 on Entrepreneur.com. We’d like to list them here and debate whether or not we agree with his assessment to “test, invest or rest” the tactics. Many we agree [...]
Posts Tagged ‘social marketing’
3 Easy Ways Small Business Can Quickly Do Social Media
I often come across entrepreneurs and small business owners who say that they see the importance of using social media in building their businesses, but they feel overwhelmed with the time commitment involved. They often think that it takes hours of time to maintain their profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter etc…but it can be [...]
Social Media For Small Business Advice
We’re reading a lot more these days about the global economy coming out of its hibernation. Whether or not this is true, and just how much we’re waking up, we’ll avoid that debate in this arena. That’s for a different kind of expert. What we will do for you here is offer some advice on [...]
Is Social Marketing Overrated?
Don’t Lose Touch – The Importance of Marketing Offline
The age of new media is here. The latest buzz in marketing focuses on social media, internet promotions, FourSquare coupons, and Augmented Reality web cam scanners. These are all incredible advances in technology and great ways to connect to your consumers via the internet. It is [...]
8 Ways To Being A Better Social Marketer
Starting a social marketing campaign can be a daunting task for a small business owner not used to online marketing. When done the right way, social marketing can do wonders for a small business, start-up or entrepreneur trying to build buzz on a shoestring budget. Here are eight things to keep in mind and help [...]
16 Ways To Spice Up Email Newsletters
Email newsletter campaigns are a forgotten piece of marketing for many small businesses and entrepreneurs, largely because they don’t exactly know how to do them correctly and what goes into it. Here are 16 tips to help you get started with an email newsletter and how you can make sure your recipients will enjoy reading:
1) [...]
10 Ways To Run A Budget-Friendly Business
There may be some signs pointing to an economic rebound but that doesn’t mean small businesses and entrepreneurs shouldn’t shop for great deals for their business or marketing needs. I’ve put together some great deals below on everything from Mac computers for less than $1000, to all kinds of printing, supplies and promotional items that [...]
Brilliant Guerrilla Marketing Tactic
Have you ever played tennis? If so you can identify the packaging virtually every tennis ball comes in. Ok, another question: Have you ever had Pringles before? Yes, the delicious potato chip snack who’s packaging mimics – that’s right – the kind of case containing tennis balls (see where this is headed?).
Wanna take a wild [...]
Making Customer Loyalty Profitable
Customer loyalty for a small business is as much about brand perception as it is about brand behavior. Your loyalty efforts can go a long way towards bringing people back into your store, but you can’t expect their return alone to bring profits. For that you need to continue driving value, service and incentive, sometimes [...]
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Press play and watch the video for some important lessons I learned about how I was the reason my business took so long to get off the ground and how I could leverage who I am to increase my online earnings.
Once you’ve watched the video, read below for more information about the two programs coming [...]



