Marketing Help for Small Business
>Its almost time for the holidays so this podcast interview with Cindy Anderson, author of the Portland Happy Hour Guidebook is great timing. I had a fun time talking with Cindy about why and how she wrote the book. She also tells us about the process of book publishing which may be helpful for those [...]
Get a Start on 2009 Success Get a Start on Your Marketing Plan It’s amazing how quickly the year has flown by and if you are like many small business owners you still don’t have a marketing plan. But without a plan how can you expect to meet your goals? In difficult economic times like [...]
The sales and marketing doctors will be in session! Are you brave enough to get on our examination table? In December myself and Jeff Schneider of the Sandler Sales Training institute will host a live podcast by telephone interview series called “Sales and Marketing Rehab”. We will be taking your questions on sales and marketing [...]
I went to a luncheon put on by Umpqua Bank today. They speaker was Ray Davis the bank’s CEO. He is an excellent speaker and I thought provided a refreshing perspective on the financial crisis. Ray explained how the financial services bailout works; basically the government made the banks an offer they couldn’t refuse! Ray’s [...]
John Jantsch from Duct Tape Marketing has put together an e-book about how to use the various Social Media. Its a free download and you can get it by clicking on the link below. Standing out and marketing a business takes work, but many of the social media tools make that work much easier and, [...]
Tired of wasting your marketing dollars on activities that don’t work? Lacking a plan for growth? This marketing teleclass (held by phone and internet) will help you identify the key areas that will enable you to position your business for growth. In our one hour seminar you will learn why and how to: Narrow your [...]
The election is over and wow, what an interesting evening it was. I get the sense that in a few hours the mood of the country changed. My friend Phil Bernstein said it so very well on his blog this morning: Last night on CNN, I watched John McCain deliver a gracious and respectful concession [...]
If you are interested in some marketing help but are not sure where to start, I am hosting a one hour marketing teleseminar on Thursday November 13th at 2:00 pm. The seminar is called “The 7 Steps to Small Business Marketing Success” and it will be for one hour including questions. There is no charge [...]
UPDATED 12/26/2008: Well obviously the good folks who did this study were more than a little off the mark. Everything I am reading says that holiday sales were terrible. I considered just deleting it but perhaps it is a good discussion topic. I suppose to be fair they also talk about strategic shopping. I don’t [...]
My friend and fellow coach Bill Brelsford has written an interesting blog about online backups. He is using Mozy which I have started to use also. It has an interesting affiliate program where you can earn extra space for referrals. If you want to earn Bill some extra space, click on the link below his [...]
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