Still unsure of how a creative press release can help your small business? Look no further than Sweet Soaps, a customized soap-maker (and small business) that embeds images onto bars of soap. The owner, Ellen Cagnassola, has just finished a banner year in 2009 in which she experienced an incredible amount of growth due in large part to public relations and social media. But here’s the thing....

Here’s a guest column for UnderstandingMarketing.com that offers tips to help you overcome writer’s block for creative ideas and writing. Does a blank screen give you the shivers? Do you dread writing projects? That dread leads to a lot of time-wasting procrastination. If you’re like most people, first you clean your desk, confirm appointments, check e-mail—anything but start that ...

The following UnderstandingMarketing.com column illustrates how one person has been successfully using guerrilla marketing tactics to promote a self-published title. When it comes to marketing my new book it has been guerrilla marketing all the way.  I did not have time to wait for others to validate what I had to say or give permission for my writing, so I self-published and planned how I was go...

Are you doing any kind of target marketing for your small business? More specifically, are you employing any kind of new technologies available on the marketplace that identify specific groups of people who visit, or even shop, on Web sites? Collecting data on these individuals may be a valuable way for you to target your online marketing efforts. First thing’s first. Have you identified you...

The numbers of the third quarter GDP have been announced and it’s official: We’ve “escaped” the worst recession since the Great Depression. I place the word escape in quotes because, as we all know, it doesn’t really feel like we’ve escaped. Some pundits argue the strength of the economic turnaround, which has been fueled largely by government stimulus like Cash...

Small business owners and entrepreneurs are sold on social media. By now the vast majority know it is a tool they need to use for building community and promotions. But the “how” is still a lingering frustration for many of them. In this post we’ll give you a great example of just that. How to use social media in conjunction with a fun event planned for your company. General Moto...