Intro Online marketing feels like a moving target. Just as soon as you get a website, the experts say you need a blog. Then it’s pay-per-click ads, then it’s something else. How are you supposed to keep up with this? That feeling of being always behind is why I want to simplify online marketing. To…
Here’s the source of this idea – a Twitter post from C.C. Chapman: Anyone know a Lending Tree equivalent for home owner insurance? looking for US based home insurance. I have zero brand loyalty to who I currently have so I figured I’d look around Take this idea and run with it! What other services…
Have a story? Something great happen this week? Feeling like a superhero? Brag about it! Last week, Phil bragged about The Age of Conversation book, and Connie joined in, too. She also bragged on the wonderful people she’s met online. Heidi bragged about a new gig as a video spokesperson. What will you brag about…
Our Friend Chis Penn has shared his instant marketing plan to create online buzz for the Second Life Relay for Life. Chris walks through the steps he took to jump start awareness and donations, from getting it online, to choosing a useful URL, to rethinking existing marketing materials. It all adds up to an campaign…
Remember Mark Harbeke and our friends at Winning Workplaces? They are dedicated to helping you improve your small business workplace, creating better work environments. I just got an email from Executive Director Mary C. Clark telling me they received over 800 nominations for their Top Small Workplaces contest, a joint project with The Wall Street…
If you lost everything in your business, would you rebuild? Could you rebuild? Ruth Ann and Bob Wedel lost almost every single thing in their bulk foods business in Greensburg, Kansas, to the May tornado that flattened the town. This was supposed to be their retirement business. They successfully built it up from just the…
Look constantly at your failures as a challenge. Take them apart in grizzly detail, for a short duration. Autopsy the corpse of your failure, and then build upon your strengths.– Chris Brogan New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates. Want more stories? Read our shared stories from all…
Have a story? Something great happen this week? Feeling like a superhero? Brag about it! You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. You can even brag on other folks, if you want. It doesn’t have to be something HUGE; just something positive you feel like sharing. Feel free to expand a…
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