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 [...]
Do Social Network Profiles Help Your Business?
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 [...]
Podcasting, Viral Video, Twitter, Facebook. Marketing Tools For Your Business?
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 [...]
First Impression?
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 [...]
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Trying out Twitter
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
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 [...]
Bailout Marketing?
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 [...]
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