• Yelp Launches Free Webinars For SMB Owners March 11, 2010
    As part of their mission to bring value to small business owners, Yelp is introducing the Yelp for Your Business webinar series that will offer advice on how SMBs can market their businesses using the site. It’s a smart move for both Yelp and its users. And even better, the first one kicks off this evening! Appropriately, the first Yelp webinar will help sma […]
  • Word of Mouth Versus Key Influencers March 11, 2010
    Word of Mouth Versus Key InfluencersThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing ShareWord of Mouth Versus Key InfluencersThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – check it out at Make […]
  • The Soft White Underbelly of Referral Marketing March 11, 2010
    The Soft White Underbelly of Referral MarketingThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing ShareThe Soft White Underbelly of Referral MarketingThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – […]
  • How To Use Surprise To Generate Word Of Mouth March 11, 2010
    How To Use Surprise To Generate Word Of MouthThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing ShareHow To Use Surprise To Generate Word Of MouthThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing This post is a special Make a Referral Week guest post featuring education on the subject of referrals and word of mouth marketing and making 1000 referrals to 1000 small businesses – che […]
  • Small Business News March 10, 2010 March 10, 2010
    From marketing to startups, operations to policy that directly affects small business, the small business news roundup from Small Business Trends has it all. Here’s the latest installment of what we hope will become an indispensable part of your daily small business fix. Marketing Seth Godin talks “Creative Value.” Learn more about what he had to say at the […]

How To Write A Blog That Not Only Draws Traffic But Creates A Following!

You have to understand the purpose of your blog is far more than just to gain traffic. It’s to gain a following. But how do you keep them coming back to your blog for more? What’s the best way to market your blog? What should you write about to create good blog content? These are important questions my friends, so listen up because EVERY new marketer and blog geek miss getting all three questions [...]

Self-Branding Suicide: Do Your Social Media Mistakes Reveal An Unhealthy Business Ideology?

If you’re like most online home business owners I’ve coached, you began your entrepreneurial journey when you decided to stop trading hours for dollars but (because you didnt know any better) immediately ignored what would truly fulfill you and instead convinced yourself that it was money that was the missing piece all along. No my friend, there is something larger missing and it involves what I call emotional currency. You need to realize that the most fulfilling currency in your business life is one where you are deeply, emotionally satisfied that your entrepreneurial efforts make a difference. From my experience I will tell you that if you commit to passionately pursue that, the by-product will result in reaping more financial reward than you ever expected. [...]

How To Effectively Use Social Media To Grow Your Business

Although an increasing number are using social media but far less are using it effectively. Unfortunately, many of those individuals are now jumping on the social media bandwagon with the desire to gain as many in their network as possible for the purpose of shoving their marketing down their throats. The solution is that if you want to gain viable connections that will funnel traffic to your site or customers to your business you need to be seen as an asset in meeting their [...]

Overcoming The Biggest Threat To Home Business Success

I want to deliver some home business owner straight talk about overcoming the most important challenge that can make or brake your business in the first 90 days. A myriad of business’s are doomed to failure when their owners are so desperate to follow someone else’s map to reach financial freedom that they sacrificed the very attributes that would have other wise made them [...]

Cash For Clunkers: A Business Perspective

How do you know whether you’re presently driving (or considering) a business vehicle that has the horsepower to take you where you want to [...]