Radio Made the Video Star Money!

Published in October 31st, 2008

As many of you know I am on the board of the Oregon Chapter of the American Marketing Association. We are having our monthly luncheon on the topic of “Radio Made the Video Star Money”. Here are the details:
November 11th
11:30AM-1PM Luncheon
Governor Hotel
614 SW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Local Radio: The Human Media, Powerful, Personal and Profitable
Radio? [...]

Do Social Network Profiles Help Your Business?

Published in October 30th, 2008

Posted by Michael in Blogging, Business trends, Social trends

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I recommend this excellent post from John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing about the value of social networks for business.
Read on:
“Sometimes people question the benefits of belonging to multiple social networks and building out all those detailed profiles on each.
I don’t know that I want to use this post to try to convince you on [...]

Podcasting, Viral Video, Twitter, Facebook. Marketing Tools For Your Business?

Published in October 25th, 2008

Posted by Michael in Business tools, Events

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The Portland Chapter of the American Marketing Association is having a professional development event this coming Tuesday. It looks pretty interesting. Come and learn to see if your small business can take advantage of the new tools of the internet.

“Interactive Trends - Where to Place Your Bet”
Podcasting. Viral Video. Twitter. Facebook. With all the [...]

First Impression?

Published in October 24th, 2008

Posted by Michael in Business Strategy, Sales

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It’s amazing to me that some businesses have no idea what a bad first impression they give a customer. A few weeks ago I went to a new dentist. When I called to make an appointment, the first thing they wanted to know was about the details of my insurance. It was very offputting and [...]

Act today and get 25% off a Marketing Intensive Seminar

Published in October 24th, 2008

Posted by Michael in Events

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John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing wants to help you
create your marketing plan in person, in the beautiful Sonoma
County region of California -
Spend two transformative days with him and the folks at E-Myth
Worldwide Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14 to
develop the marketing and lead generation systems that will take
your business to the next [...]

Trying out Twitter

Published in October 23rd, 2008

Posted by Michael in Blogging, Networking, Social trends, Technology

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OK, I am going to do it. I’ve been resistant and I’m still not totally sure I want to do this but I have now joined the millions who are tweeting. Yes, I signed up for twitter. I know a number of business people who are using it and so it is time for me [...]

New Idea - Build Your Own Power Networking Event

Published in October 15th, 2008

Posted by Michael in Business Strategy, Events, Networking

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Are you tired of going to networking events that yield few leads? Is your ideal customer in hiding?
How about this idea. Form your own networking evening in conjunction with two or three other companies who target the same customer as you. Each company invites their own customers and prospects and the result is that you [...]

Bailout Marketing?

Published in October 7th, 2008

Posted by Michael in Uncategorized

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Wow, it seems the news is bad every day. Yesterday I read about all the problems with Europe’s financial system. It shouldn’t be a surprise to me but the degree to which the world economies are linked is amazing. The word bailout has become quite an emotional one for people on both sides of the [...]