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The Friendly Neighborhood Business Card
Posted by mattr under MarketingFrom http://www.yfncg.com 5452 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 28, 2009 4:52 am
10 Ways to Stop Attracting New Clients & Kill Your Small Business in a Recession
Posted by MarketingPro under MarketingFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5460 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 22, 2009 2:49 pm
In their panic to save money, wild-eyed and frothy-mouthed entrepreneurs begin looking suspiciously at their marketing plans.
On the surface, advertising cutbacks would seem to be a logical choice. It's a tempting— but very dangerous strategy.
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Create Something Newsworthy -- Branding, Marketing, Links
Posted by mona19 under MarketingFrom http://searchenginewatch.com 5460 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 21, 2009 3:21 am
create something newsworthy to get people talking. With a little luck and promotion, your company will end up getting exposure from the mainstream press. It might even go viral.
Last time, I went over methods to increase your company's online visibility, such as contributing articles and becoming active in online communities. Now it's time to
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5 Reasons Your Google Rankings Can Drop
Posted by himangim under MarketingFrom http://thekeywordacademy.com 5460 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 20, 2009 7:31 pm
1. You lose the fresh content bonus. When you first put a piece of content online, it will often rank extremely well right out of the gate. This happens because Google has a filter in their system that gives a bonus to brand new content. You'll notice that after a week or two, your ranking can start to slide. This happens because the fresh content
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Yelp Will Finally Let Businesses Respond to Web Reviews!
Posted by suzyQ under Customer ServiceFrom http://www.gainesville.com 5460 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 17, 2009 7:20 pm
Small businesses will soon feel a little more love in their love-hate relationship with Yelp, the Web site whose users post reviews of restaurants, dry cleaners and other local businesses.
Starting next week, Yelp will let small-business owners publicly respond to reviews. This is a big change for the site, which has until now steadfastly refus
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The Art of the 60-Second Tutorial
Posted by suzyQ under MarketingFrom http://blogs.openforum.com 5460 days ago
Made Hot by: sannwood on April 18, 2009 2:35 pm
Video tutorials are usually long, drawn out and boring. Guy Kawasaki offers some examples of great tutorials that are around 60 seconds and would be a great way to explain what your company does on your website.
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115 Marketing Strategies For Small Business
Posted by JohnH under MarketingFrom http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com 5460 days ago
Made Hot by: sannwood on April 18, 2009 2:35 pm
The most common question entrepreneurs ask is “how can I improve my marketing with no or little money?” With this in mind, Mike Michalowicz, the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, asked for help from the TPE community and here is what he got— 115 ideas. Skim them or read them in detail, but whatever you do make sure you go through the list. Just one of
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Match Training with Learning Styles
Posted by StepByStepMarketing under Customer ServiceFrom http://www.fuelnet.com 5461 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 18, 2009 2:32 pm
Businesses large and small shell out huge amounts of money for training every year. In some industries, almost a quarter of those expenditures are earmarked for customer service training. But to be effective, the training must be presented in ways that match employees' learning styles. Here are three specific learning styles to consider.
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How to Cut Payroll Costs Without Layoffs
Posted by mssux under ManagementFrom http://www.businessweek.com 5461 days ago
Made Hot by: camb on April 18, 2009 9:32 am
Aside from the personal toll, losing highly skilled workers can inflict long-term damage on a business, making it hard to bounce back and forcing managers to spend precious time and money recruiting and training when conditions improve.
Yet many entrepreneurs are trimming payroll costs without laying off hard-to-replace employees. Naturally, t
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Bogus Estate Tax Rhetoric
Posted by BizBox under NewsFrom http://bizbox.slate.com 5461 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 17, 2009 5:48 pm
BizBox goes after ten Democratic senators plus the National Federation of Independent Business, who are misleadingly casting the estate tax debate as a small-business issue.
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