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Category Archives: Marketing
5 Tips For B2B Referral Marketing Success
It’s one thing to tell your customers how great you are. It’s a much bigger, better thing to have respected community influencers tell your customers how great you are. It’s the thing that can ramp up your marketing to create … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneur, Getting it Sold, Marketing
Tagged b2b, Business, Business marketing, business to business, contractor, marketing, Selling
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I don’t like big “buts” and I cannot lie
“You could pick one of these items, do it…and get more sales. So, which one?” I was at a client’s shop. We had just done a terrific brainstorming exercise, and come up with a list of 27 rockin’ good ideas … Continue reading
Tips for Reputation Management and Marketing
A ranter is someone who tells dozens, maybe hundreds, maybe millions, of people rotten things about you. Maybe you deserve the rotten tomatoes. Maybe the ranter has you mixed up with someone else! In any event, the power of word … Continue reading
Posted in Making Sure, Marketing, Testimonials
Tagged Andrew Davis, Jim Cory, marketing, Mike Montano, online reputation management, Reputation, reputation marketing
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How to Get Certified as a Diversity Business Owner
I’m proud to be a woman business owner. I have heard the inspiring and discouraging statistics. While most businesses are currently being started by woman, only 3% of all woman owned businesses reach the $1 million mark in sales. It’s … Continue reading
The Secret Power of Gratitude for Business Today
How a simple “thank you” can increase your revenue Economic times being what they are, business people are leaving no stone unturned in search of revenue generating ideas. While the days of lavish parties and expensive junkets may be over, … Continue reading
Pin It to Win It
Have you been to Pinterest? If so, odds are you spent a lot of time there, compulsively looking at just-one-more page of beautiful images. If not, ask a few people in your life about Pinterest. You’ll get some animated responses, … Continue reading
Do Business Owners Know What Their Customers Want?
Research Shows 90% Do Not… What customers value most changes constantly, and the pace of change has increased exponentially with the economic recession. The businesses who become relevant by addressing what customers really value at any given time will be … Continue reading
Old Fashioned New Media
Once upon a time, the best marketing you could get was one customer chatting with a friend or a colleague over a cup of coffee. It’s called “word of mouth” marketing. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the origin … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Social Networking, Testimonials
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