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You’ve heard it said a billion times. Change is hard.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur who has a small team, or a seasoned business owner with a huge workforce — it’s not easy to put large changes into action. It’s one of the most difficult things that companies can do.
You have to be strategic. Yo Read More

Customers are increasingly using mobile to find businesses. Be sure your company is represented. Here are some tips for getting your business included in GPS mapping systems. Read More

As you can see from the (not so) prolific output here, I tend to only write a post when I feel it is something that is relevant to the podcasting community, as was the case with my last post, 28 Podcasts So Meta, They All Cover the Topic of Podcasting Itself, back in November of 2015 (yikes). Or I Read More

Statistics don't lie. With Pinterest, the platform has reached a whole new level of social growth in 2016. Pinterest's monthly user-rate hit 150 million people, up 50% from the previous year. Pinterest has become a force to be reckoned with in the social stratosphere, which is why ensuring your com Read More

Saving for most of us was something that was encouraged from an early age.

The piggybank was placed somewhere safe. The shiny coins clunked and clinked into the slot that locked away the pennies until that visit to the bank. The coins of various shapes and sizes were added up by the man behind t Read More

Small business owners are always looking for that one simple tip, that on piece of advice, that one secret that will make their business of an overwhelming success. But it could be that the most important piece of small business advice isn't that simple -- or much of a secret. Here Chris Brogan tel Read More

There's a trend toward self-service options in many industry's today. But before implementing such options in your business, beware of the trap that could ruin customer experience and tarnish your brand. There are certainly times when self-service is the way to go. But first read this post from Se Read More

We often hear about all the new technologies available to marketers and their many benefits, from data analytics and reporting to social listening and personalization. Read More

Instagram Live launched earlier this week and it is super easy to use. With Instagram Live we can now say that all of the major social media sites having a live video component. In this video I show you how to start your broadcast, engage with your audience and follow up with them later. What do yo Read More

Most advice from so-called marketing gurus of them aren’t worth a tin of beans. That’s because most of them have little basis in reality and are merely regurgitations of everyone else’s marketing articles with the same hopeless and ineffective ideas. Read More