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 this it is more [...]

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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 Therapy”. We will be taking your questions on sales and marketing topics [...]

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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 marketing focus
Find and [...]

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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 speech. [...]

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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 post [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I recently came across an interesting blog, courtesy of the Just Business blog (from the Vancouver Business Journal), called Get Rich Slowly. The article was about how to make more time in your life. The author talks about various strategies from a personal point of view but I think the principle applies for how you [...]

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