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Here’s a thought… cultivate your You tube clips to increase your web site rankings. What?
Many SEO expert friends of mine have longed to find the answer to the Google Search phenomena of highest search engine ranking kingmanship. The bottom line is and probably will continue to be, that it takes many tweaks and listings [...]

I’ve read many blogs on social media this week, this is my take on it.
#1: No one is reading your blog.
The world is not waiting breathlessly to hear what you have to say about unless you truly think about what’s in it for them? I try to write only what others can benefit from, [...]

How do you track what people are tweeting, blogging and posting about you?
Unfortunately there is no ONE tool to use…but there are many DECENT tools. Here are my favorites:
TweetBeep: This is the best tool for monitoring any Twitter buzz being “tweeted” about you. Even if the tweeterer uses the “tinyURL”…if they are linking to [...]

I read recently that many micro marketers are now doing all their social networking in ten minutes. I find this very hard to believe. I budget 20 minutes a day and limit myself to 2 hours a week on this aspect of my marketing.
It obviously depends what you may be promoting that week as [...]

With all the spam and all the spam control out there, even though you can still mass email yourself, Don’t Do It! (this is the don’t!) People won’t open an attachment, they probably won’t see the picture and won’t click on a link if it is caught in their spam account.

For the small cost [...]

Recently I was asked to do a Career day for the local Middle School. It really made me think about all the choices for marketing and potential there is out there for young folks today. If you have someone considering this field, feel free to pass this along.

Various Marketing Specialties:
Consulting: Marketing Plans, Marketing Budgets, Feasibility [...]

As much as we all rely on referrals, sometimes word of mouth or network marketing is just not enough. That means you’re going to have to do some media marketing and/or advertising. Suddenly businesses aren’t just up against your competitors…You also have to convince people to spend their hard-earned cash at all.
Many entrepreneurs I work [...]

Paradigms are shifting all around us – in business and the global economy, to the ways we look at how and when we market. Institutions and industries are being forced to rethink traditional business models that have been used for years. World leaders are asking their people to reevaluate their very ways of life. Never [...]

If you think the economy is rough on businesses, then think about how it must be impacting charities and nonprofits. Small businesses can come to the rescue. As small business owners we are in a position to dramatically increase our cash flow and help charities and nonprofits at the same time. We have the flexibility [...]

This post was guest blogged by Tim Somers, Bizarre Promotions, Inc.
Businesses that have survived a brutal year should be rethinking they way they are marketing their business both offline and online in 2009. According to a survey conducted by Hearst Electronics Group and Goldstein Group Communications (GGC), almost one half of all marketing spent [...]