Twitter – How to Add Followers and Influence People

So I decided to something a little crazy. You see I was, in a round about way, challenged by my friend Alex Mandossian to create a $1 download offer. I guess the idea is to do a 2 or 3 page white paper or something and charge a dollar. Well, that’s not quite what I [...]

The Influence Project

How influential are you? OK so here’s an interesting concept: You got a lot of friends on Facebook and tons of followers on Twitter, even a great profile over on LinkedIn, but the question remains: How influential are you? That’s where the guys over at Fast Company Magazine – they are attempting to gauge exactly [...]

Using Twitter Effectively – 11 Twitter Tips for Businesses

If you are breathing right now… YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT TWITTER! The social media site has become enormously popular with everyone from celebrities to major corporations. For small businesses, Twitter can be a valuable tool – if you know how to use it effectively. That is the key… How do you use Twitter effectively? Here [...]

4 Tips to Small Business Marketing on a Shoestring

So you are a small business. If I ask you what your marketing budget is – does your answer sound like: “What marketing budget?” If that’s the case (or if you said, “pretty small”…) you need a dose of guerrilla marketing – or marking tips for a shoestring budget. Following are some tips that will [...]

Twitter To Find A Job?

Are you on Twitter? If you are, you certainly know that you are not alone–32 million others are tweeting right along with you. But did you know that you can use this awesome social media tool to help you find a job? A recent Yahoo! HotJobs poll showed that only 8% of respondents have used [...]

10 Tips to Getting Your Business Blog Started

I preach about blogging (using WordPress) for small business – until I’m blue in the face, really. But there is good reason. Let me explain: Blogging might  very well be the single most important thing you do for your small business online. It’s not the only thing – but it sets the foundation for everything [...]

6 Reasons Business Owners Should Embrace Social Media

There are tons of reasons, literally tons, that you should be using social media to generate more revenue for your business. Today I’ll give you six reasons why you as a small business owner or sole proprietor should be using social media every day to effectively connect with your current potential and future customers and [...]

Marketing like a Rock Star – Take 3

This, I guess is a part 3 of the Rockstar marketing series… The 1st 2 posts dealt primarily with how Rock Stars enroll their audience, building and solidifying relationships, before “closing” the sale. In this installment of “Marketing Like A Rock Star”, I am going to take a different approach – talking about a Rock [...]

Starbucks’ at it Again – DIY Marketing

Maybe you recall grabbing your free pastry from Starbuck’s on Free Pastry Tuesday. If you missed it, let me assure you that the pastries were great (and FREE) and above all the marketing plan was awesome! Starbucks’ last campaign worked so well that they are at it again. Before I tell what’s going on now, [...]

DIY Marketing: Paranormal Activity

I really love clever marketing campaigns! Here is a case study on Paramount Pictures Marketing Campaign for the low budget feature “Paranormal Activity” and some tips on how you can use some of the ideas in your own marketing. Hoping to catch lightning in a bottle (or the ghost in the machine), Paramount Pictures has [...]

How To Use Twitter to Reach Local Customers

Twitter is a great marketing tool. Many people might make the mistake of thinking that it’s only for online businesses, but Twitter will bring a ton of business to a local brick and mortar shop. A friend of mine in Minneapolis Minnesota uses Twitter, very effectively, to get customers to walk into his shop everyday! [...]

Why have a Blog?

Why should I Blog? That is a question that I hear often. Here’s the answer and it’s a simple one. If you are doing business online and you don’t have an unlimited marketing budget, blogging is the most important weapon in your arsenal. But I use Facebook and Twitter, isn’t that enough? A good start? [...]

Get 10,000 Twitter Followers! Really?

There is so much talk about Social Media, it is literally everywhere. But, what can you believe? I follow the rule that says if it seems to good to be true, it probably is. Do You Want 10,000 Twitter Followers? Well signing up for a service might get you 10,000 followers – but chances are [...]

Social Media Revolution – Fact or Fad?

Does Social Media represent a total shift in the way we communicate? Does Social Media fundamentally change the way we do business? Is Social Media the Biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Personally, I think YES. If Starbucks can get almost 600,000 people to register for their Free Pastry Tuesday “Event” on Facebook and account [...]

Hackers Suck! Twitter Overwhelmed by Attack

About a week ago one of my clients was subject to a Hacker Attack! Why? Because Hackers suck. Evidently they have nothing better to do with their time except break, distrupt and destroy… It actually seemed very automated but very clever too. The Hackbot found its way into the shopping cart admin – a bug [...]

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