Human Content Curation: How It Builds Your Business Brand

In addition to redesigning your original content to meet the varied needs of your audience, you should strongly consider curating content from other sources that are also recognized authorities in your space. We’ve all learned to ignore automated “set it and forget it” methods of content curation. However, a trend you should be aware of […]

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Modern Media: How to Build Your Business Reputation

This is Episode 26 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. Gini Dietrich and I had a great conversation about the evolution of modern media in this episode, from the days when it was predominantly self-serving to where we are today. Being truthful, most of us will admit we’re still getting comfortable with learning […]

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Business Communication: How to Build Relationships with Technology

This is Episode 25 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. You’ll find this episode to be an easy listen because Terry Brock is a natural storyteller. In addition to being a Hall of Fame speaker, Terry is known for discovering useful technologies, but more important, he has a knack for finding creative ways […]

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Business Podcasting: How To Start a Podcast

This is Episode 24 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. This is the 2nd of a two-part series on business podcasting. Last week we discussed How Every Business Can Benefit from Podcasting. In this episode we go into detail on how to get started. Note: There are some affiliate links associated with a […]

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Buyers Seek Solutions to Meaningful Problems

If your business is not enjoying the growth it deserves, then your buyers may not fully understand the meaning of the problems for which your products and services are the solution. I know, because my business recently made breakthroughs in this area. Action is the Result of Understanding Relationships between buyers and sellers develop when […]

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Content Marketing Tools: How to Get Relevant Website Traffic

This is Episode 18 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. Ian Cleary is best known as “the tools guy,” especially as it relates to content marketing and social media. You’ll find this conversational episode to be an easy listen, especially if you are fond of the Irish accent. The links to all of […]

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Customer Experience: How to Use Social Media to be Amazingly Helpful

This is Episode 11 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. In addition to being a Hall of Fame Speaker, Shep Hyken is renowned as one of the leading customer service experts in the world — and with next week being National Customer Service week, it’s timely that we are now having him on […]

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Markets are Lazy and Forgetful

Is your business one of the best-kept secrets in its industry? Assuming your general capabilities are in order, the reason for this is more than likely your marketing. #1 – It lacks clarity and is therefore confusing. #2 – It is inconsistent and therefore not memorable. Both challenges are easily resolved Tell the Market Only […]

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27 Writing Productivity Tools, Techniques, and Resources

When it comes to tools and techniques, writers are much like golfers: Some of our trusted tools are practical, while others are pure superstition. It doesn’t matter. Even when you master the fundamentals, it’s comforting to know you have a few tricks in your bag for creating content that helps your communities. While this list is […]

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3 Tests for Digital Business Media Success

Looking up the definition of media reveals it’s Latin derivation to be: middle layer. That middle layer used to be the television, radio, and newspaper media that was necessary to reach a targeted audience. Now we are the media. Tweet this The middle layer still exists, but its utility for most businesses is limited at […]

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