6 Tips For Successful Networking

April 6, 2009

Small business and networking go hand-in-hand just like peas and carrots. In fact, one could make the argument that you can’t have one without the other. The problem is, with the dawn - and success - of social networking via the Web, many of today’s entrepreneurs think you can successfully “network” without ever actually meeting [...]

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#smbiz Chat Recap - Blogging for Small Business - 3/31/09

April 5, 2009

On Tuesday nights at 8-9pm EDT we host a chat session on Twitter where small business owners can ask questions, share stories and make new contacts.
To follow the next chat go to Tweetgrid.com and follow along on Tuesdays. If you want to add to the conversation, you must have a Twitter user account.
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SEO Is A Healthy Bet

April 2, 2009

It’s a rather simple answer to a question that’s asked a million times a day. In fact, it may even be asked even more than that. Here’s the question - where do you go to get an answer to something? The answer: Google. And, no, I’m not being paid by Google to use their name.
So [...]

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#smbiz Chat - Blogging for Small Business - 3/31/09

March 30, 2009

On Tuesday nights at 8-9pm EDT we host a chat session on Twitter where small business owners can ask questions, share stories and make new contacts. Follow hashtag #smbiz.
This week’s topic is Blogging for Small Business.
Expert Panel of Blog Specialists:

Ellie Mirman (@ellieeille) - Inbound Marketer and Social Mediaphile at HubSpot and EllieMirman.com
Pam Slim (@pamslim) [...]

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Why Should My Small Business Have A Blog?

March 29, 2009

I love the movie, “Jerry Maguire.” It’s very inspirational and exciting even if you’re not a sports fan. But a small business owner can learn an important lesson through one of the messages delivered within the script.
Jerry Maguire, played by Tom Cruise, is a 35-year-old sports agent working for a popular player management firm. When [...]

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What’s Better? Email Or Social Marketing

March 25, 2009

There’s been a growing conversation lately asking the question what offers a stronger Return on Investment (ROI), email marketing or social marketing (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)? Even Nielsen Online, an industry monitoring group, has been hot on the trail trying to get to the heart of the conversation by measuring the comparison.
In fact, “two-thirds of the [...]

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