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About Chrisanne SternalChrisanne Sternal has 12 years of experience in creative design, and has managed marketing, emarketing and lead generation programs for companies in a number of industries, including hospitality, travel, technology, consumer goods and B2B. She excels at working with marketing professionals and business owners to find the right marketing initiatives while working within a budget framework that demands optimum ROI. Chrisanne became an entrepreneur and small business owner in April of 2008, when she left the corporate world to become a consultant and create UnderstandingMarketing.com. UnderstandingMarketing.com and Sternal Consulting are led by Chrisanne and John Sternal - two professionals with a combined 25+ years helping companies and organizations increase sales and awareness through a variety of techniques. Over the years they’ve both worked with entrepreneurial start-ups as well as some of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.

Latest Posts by Chrisanne Sternal

  • Small Business Marketing Colors To Avoid
    A while back we offered insight into the right kind of colors to use in your small business marketing. Do they really matter and, if so, what kind of guidance can help you choose the right mix for your small business. Today we pose a topic that will reverberate throughout the marketing and business community since it has to deal with the ongoing BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its affect...
  • How To Design A Small Business Promotional Flyer
    Next time you design a small business promotional flyer for your company use these guidelines to help in your design and promotional efforts. Restaurants, retailers, dentists and many other small businesses can take advantage of promotional flyers since they’re a great way to get the attention of your target audience. What’s even better is the fact that anyone can design a promotional flyer, w...
  • Tweet N’ Greet
    We will be doing an online Tweet N’ Greet for #smbiz chat. Instead of having experts answer questions and discuss small business issues, this week we are going to be doing some real social networking. Wouldn’t it be great to do business networking online. Have a few minutes to introduce yourself, give your elevator pitch and take questions about your company and services? Now’s y...
  • Tweet N’ Greet
    Every few weeks will be doing an online Tweet N’ Greet for #smbiz chat. Instead of having experts answer questions and discuss small business issues, this week we are going to be doing some real social networking. Wouldn’t it be great to do business networking online. Have a few minutes to introduce yourself, give your elevator pitch and take questions about your company and services? ...
  • Small Business Networking via Social Networking
    We’re going to try a new format this week for #smbiz chat. Instead of having experts answer questions and discuss small business issues, this week we are going to be doing some real social networking. This week you can join our small business chat on Twitter and promote your small business, product or services. Each person will get 3 to 5 minutes to tell us a little bit about their business ...
  • DIY Marketing Giveaway Week 3 Winner
    UnderstandingMarketing.com is happy to announce the winner of the Week 3 prize for the DIY Marketing Giveaway - a 60-minute PR brainstorm session, a 400-word press release and a PR Toolkit. UnderstandingMarketing.com co-creator and PR veteran, John Sternal, will discuss the winning entrepreneur’s PR goals for his or her company and also develop a 400-word press release on a topic that will help ...