Are Newspapers Dead?

December 4, 2008

Can you picture a day when there is no print edition of your local daily newspaper? What would you do for your local news? Where would you go to stay updated on what’s happening in your home town? But you’ve got a bigger problem because you’re a small business owner. What will you now do [...]

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Ready For Cyber Monday?

November 30, 2008

Surprisingly enough, retail sales for this year’s “Black Friday” were actually up one percent compared with last year’s annual holiday shopping day. Now all eyes turn to what is known as “Cyber Monday,” where holiday shoppers rush to the Internet to purchase all kinds of gifts for the holidays. Online shopping is now the preferred [...]

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Black Friday Promotions

November 28, 2008

Today is Black Friday. With the sluggish economy, every retailer has been salivating and waiting for this day, which is dubbed the busiest shopping day of the year. I would argue that people get into more of a shopping frenzy as we get closer to Christmas. But nonetheless deals are aplenty on this day.
All kinds [...]

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Talk To Strangers & Increase Sales

November 28, 2008

Along with my mom, Rick Springfield was famous for saying “don’t talk to strangers.” I’m here to tell you this is completely bad advice – in the business world. If you don’t talk to (and ultimately get to know) your customers, you’re basically telling the world you aren’t interested in getting more sales.
Let’s say you [...]

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Using Twitter for Business

November 26, 2008

Twitter is a resource that can greatly benefit any small business in any industry. Here we will explore what Twitter is and how you can take advantage of it for business purposes.
If you’re a small business owner, or even if you work for another company, chances are you’ve found yourself at one or two networking [...]

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Landing Pages For Promotions

November 24, 2008

After you’ve set up your Web site and now you’re open for business on the World Wide Web, you’ll want to apply the same principles of traditional marketing to your online marketing. And now is a great time of the year for most businesses. Historically, if you wanted to do a special promotion for the [...]

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