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Marketing in a Recession?

Published in September 22nd, 2008
Posted by Michael in Marketing Strategy, Podcasts
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With all the bad economic news many companies cut back or postpone their marketing. I know if sounds self serving (since I am a marketing coach) but if you think about it, marketing is an investment in growing your company. It is not just a cost. If you are spending money on marketing and it [...]

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New Podcast Interview on PR

Published in August 12th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Communications, PR, Podcasts
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I just completed another Podcast interview of interest to small business owners. In this interview with my guest Casey Boggs, President of LT Public Relations, we learn:

What is PR
With the decline in the national media, why is PR still important
Examples of good PR campaigns
How to know if your PR is working
Top tips to successful PR
Should [...]

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Your Sales Prospecting Plan (Podcast)

Published in July 12th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Podcasts, Sales
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This is one of my best podcast interviews so far (even if I say so myself). And it’s not because I was so brilliant but because my guest is a world class sales training guru. I don’t even say that much during the interview so what does that tell you?
Anyway to the point, if you [...]

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Podcasts on Advertising Now Available

Published in April 24th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Advertising, Podcasts
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If you haven’t checked out our podcast library now is the time to do it. We have two excellent new podcast interviews on the topic of small business advertising. Lorna Doberstein of KPAM radio gives us some insight about the power of radio advertising and Phil Bernstein from Clear Channel talks about the “7 Deadly [...]

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Google AdWords For Small Business

Published in February 25th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Advertising, Podcasts
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I just posted my latest podcast which is an interview with Tom Hale from Thomas Creek Concepts in Portland Oregon. Tom is an AdWords expert and consultant. He helps companies (small and large) to optimize their AdWords marketing budget. In this interview Tom gives us an overview of Google’s AdWords and explains some of the [...]

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Two-Step Advertising for Small Business Podcast

Published in January 8th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Advertising, Podcasts
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I have now begun to create a small business podcast library. It was too much to put on here so I have a separate site where you can listen or download the podcasts of interest. The first one in the series is about small business advertising and it is an interview with Liz Walker who [...]

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