Want a quick trick to boost your business and outreach efforts? Spend more time trying to understand your target market. What makes them tick? What they like? What they hate. How they consume information? Who they trust……
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Who's in your line-up?
Posted by lkpetrolino under MarketingFrom http://www.flyingpigconsulting.com 4026 days ago
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Using Nostalgia to Build Community
Posted by lkpetrolino under MarketingFrom http://www.flyingpigconsulting.com 4031 days ago
How to use nostalgia for effective, targeted communication campaigns, community building and outreach
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Why seeing Jesus in a cheeto is the key to effective marketing
Posted by lkpetrolino under MarketingFrom http://www.flyingpigconsulting.com 4031 days ago
Jesus in a cheeto, grandma in a cloud, secret messages in records.
What do all of these phenomena have in common? Understanding them can help you create effective marketing messages for your business. Read More
What do all of these phenomena have in common? Understanding them can help you create effective marketing messages for your business. Read More
Twitter’s Trademark Snafu, and What Small Business Owners Can Learn from It
Posted by lkpetrolino under LegalFrom http://365daysofstartups.com 4569 days ago
Twitter has been in the news recently for failing to act early to protect the word “tweet” as a trademark. After prolonged (but unsuccessful) efforts to register “tweet” with the USPTO, Twitter recently settled a lawsuit with the owner of what was the last remaining relevant pre-existing trademark
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Visual Marketing Review: An Entrepreneur's Toy Store
Posted by lkpetrolino under MarketingFrom http://365daysofstartups.com 4569 days ago
Early on in my career when I'd become stumped while working on a particular project or figuring out the best way to craft a message for a client, I would head to my local Hallmark store and browse the different aisle of greeting cards. All I needed was a little spark of inspiration to get me going
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Start-Up Spotlights: AnyMeeting
Posted by lkpetrolino under StartupsFrom http://www.365daysofstartups.com 4571 days ago
AnyMeeting is a free web conferencing service for any type of online meeting or conference. Costin Tuculescu, founder of AnyMeeting, and his team have built a service based on the company’s proven Software as a Service platform, and continues to exceed other rival applications on the market.
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HR Insights – Brightening Your Workplace
Posted by lkpetrolino under StartupsFrom http://www.365daysofstartups.com 4572 days ago
The most under-rated and under-utilized management tool? THE SMILE! It shows your co-workers how you feel, how you feel about them, and it creates a positive atmosphere from the get-go. You should even smile at your competitors!
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They’ll Fight Over It When You’re Dead
Posted by lkpetrolino under StartupsFrom http://365daysofstartups.com 4573 days ago
It all starts with their main page headline: “They’ll fight over it when you’re dead” you just know you have found something special when you see a beautifully designed site, with a headline like that! So, being a story loving geek like myself, I have invested FAR too many hours reading through the
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“Generic” to You is “Generic” to the USPTO—the Laser-Guided Bomb Case
Posted by lkpetrolino under LegalFrom http://365daysofstartups.com 4573 days ago
A basic—but important—principle of trademark law is that generic terms cannot be claimed as trademarks. The rationale for this rule is simple: Starbucks cannot trademark “coffee cup” because everyone needs to be able to call a coffee cup a “coffee cup”. In order to be protectable as a trademark, a
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Business 101: The Two Critical Issues
Posted by lkpetrolino under StartupsFrom http://www.365daysofstartups.com 4578 days ago
The Two Most Critical Things I Am Working On At Any Given Time:
Of course, any venture will have dozens of areas that need attention on a daily basis. These aren't always the fires burning brightest!
My First: This is my art selling season. I bet on bugs carved out of brick a few months ago f Read More
Of course, any venture will have dozens of areas that need attention on a daily basis. These aren't always the fires burning brightest!
My First: This is my art selling season. I bet on bugs carved out of brick a few months ago f Read More
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