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Personality — Personality is defined as “the unique, authentic, and talkable soul of your brand that people can get passionate about. Personality is not just about what you stand for, but how you choose to communicate it. It is also the way to reconnect your customers, partners, employees, and influencers to the soul of your brand in the new socia Read More
If you're still in doubt on the power of word-of-mouth from your customers...review this long list of statistics across a wide-range of demographics showing customers overwhelmingly trust their peers not your ad agencies for buying decisions. Read More
Learn the secrets to successful connecting through an excerpt from Get Noticed Get Referrals by Jill Lublin. Read More

Real Life Examples of Business Owners Using Social Media

Avatar Posted by emd5005 under Marketing
From http://www.smallbiztrends.com 5979 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 11, 2008 12:14 pm
How small business owners are currently using social media, their concerns, and some valuable social media resources! Read More

Export financing available for US small businesses

Avatar Posted by TimJustus under Global
From http://www.shippingdigest.com 5979 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 12, 2008 3:55 pm
Small-business exporters may face a problem in obtaining money from their lenders to buy or produce the goods or services to fulfill an export contract. They may not have the collateral to obtain sufficient working capital loans from their banks, particularly in times of tightened credit. Enter the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the g Read More

Just how do salespeople put customers first?

Avatar Posted by d2kd3k under Sales
From http://trustedadvisor.com 5979 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 11, 2008 4:25 am
Sales professionals receive a lot of advice to pay attention to the other person, focus on their needs, subordinate our own ego, and so on. But many have a hard time squaring that with honesty. After all, they're in business to make money. This article explores how successful sales people resolve the tension between putting customers first while Read More
Getting users engaged with your content can result with a sale, subscription, bookmark and return visit. One of best ways to increase reader engagement is to make sure that your site architecture interlinks related content and displays them in a way which encourages the user to click around. If the first article doesn't result in a subscription, t Read More

NFIB: US small business optimism slips in June

Avatar Posted by PuggieLover under Finance
From http://www.forbes.com 5981 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 8, 2008 8:32 pm
Optimism at small U.S. businesses edged down in June as owners were battered by rising food, energy and labor costs, a survey released Monday showed. The National Federation of Independent Business index of small business optimism fell 0.1 point in June to 89.2 as more owners cited inflation as their top concern. Read More
24/7/52. What this phrase means is twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and fifty-two weeks a year; this is the golden rule if you are marketing and selling your business unit's product line. Your marketing and sales efforts should never close, which means that you have 525,600 minutes a year to be open and to make sure that your business Read More
This is a story about how I started my company out of a need to help my son. It ended up helping thousands of other kids in the process. Read More
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