Just a reminder that the clocks will go forward on March 11, 2007.
The US Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed last year, extended Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the U.S. by around four weeks. As a result, DST will start three weeks earlier on March 11, 2007, and end one week later [...]
Daylight Savings Time Changes
Ask A Marketing Question?
If you have a marketing question that has you scratching your head, let us know what it is so that perhaps we can help you. There is no charge for this service (or any guarantees that we’ll have an answer!) but we’d like to know what is on your mind.
You can either leave your question [...]
How Important Are Values in Business?
On Tuesday I went to the Oregon Chapter of the American Marketing Association Luncheon. Dan Harbison, Internet Marketing Manager, of the Portland Trail Blazers was the speaker. His topic was “Trail Blazers on the Courts – and on the Web” and he duly explained the Trail Blazers’ web strategy and what they were trying to [...]
Referral Ideas
Many small business live or die on referrals. For most companies referrals are a pretty random event. A company does good work, satisfies their customers and hopefully referrals will come. But did you know there are lots of ways you can encourage and manage referrals?
An excellent referral program came across my desk just a couple [...]
Delegation For Business Survival
John Jantsch in a recent Duct Tape Marketing Blog entry made an interesting point about how lack of delegation can stifle the growth of a business. The gist of his point is that not all tasks in a business are of equal value and if you can hire or outsource less important tasks. You can then focus your time on the higher value tasks and thereby generate more income.
I have seen the truth of this a few times myself. Before I decided to open Market Accelerators, I considered buying a small business……
Speaking engagement coming up!
I am speaking at the East Vancouver Business Association tomorrow (Thursday the 15th). It is being held at Big Al’s Bowling Alley off SE 164th. I’m not sure how much noise there will be and how well I will be heard as the meeting is going to be in an open area — the sports [...]
American Marketing Association Annual MAX Awards Coming to Portland
As many of you know, I am on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Chapter of the American Marketing Association. Its been fabulous being on the board and I am excited to report that it is time for our annual MAX awards on February 22nd at the Portland Art Museum in the renovated Kridel [...]
Portland Business Alliance Discount
I see that the Portland Business Alliance is offering a $100 off membership if you join in February. I recently joined the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce (GVCC) and am considering the Portland Business Alliance also. I have attended the leads meetings of both organizations and some of the evening events of the GVCC. It [...]
What Does Your Marketing Say About Your Business?
How many business people do you know who say that their ads do not work or that they have been disappointed in how few people visit their website? its often because the person has not built a communications foundation.
Yellow pages ads are famous for being supposedly ineffective. Just look at pretty much any page at [...]
Tag Cloud
-
Advertising ad words adwords american marketing association competitive difference cool Cornerstones dictionary Duct Tape Marketing environmental stewardship four hour work week google green grow sales ideas Internet introductions john jantsch local search marketing Marketing Strategy Networking oregon PBA podcast portland Portland Business Alliance productivity prospecting referral flood referrals Sales seminars small business small business marketing strategic alliances sustainability testing tim ferriss training vancouver visuwords washington women entrepreneurs
WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck requires Flash Player 9 or better.
New DTM Software
Categories
Archives
Login, RSS, etc
Upcoming Events
-
Introductory teleseminar to help small businesses grow their sales.
One hour bi-weeklyYou can get more information here.
The blogs I read
- Duct Tape Marketing Blog
- Portland's Finest Advertising Blog
- Small Business Building Blocks
- Adverbox
- Portland Small Business Blog
This random selection from my daily reads changes each time the page is refreshed.
Translators
