Get to Know Your Marketing Angels and Demons

When you are creating marketing content for your small business there is a demon on one shoulder and an angel on the other. The challenge is determining how that devil is working against you – and the angel for you. In other words – what do they represent when it comes to your creative process […]

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How to Lose a Prospect at Hello

Today I was reading the bio of a guest blogger who helps small businesses with their social media marketing. That happens to be what I do too, so I clicked on the link to their site to learn more. The very first line of the most recent blog post was a query to those working […]

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Working with Rejection

Learning to accept rejection is a bad policy. Learning  from rejection is a practice that could prove to be highly valuable to your small business marketing efforts. If you are a marketer, you know about rejection.  On the surface rejection seems to be the worst response you could get to your marketing efforts. Rejection is […]

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Facebook Page Comments Go Public

Today Facebook announced new changes at their f8 conference. There is always a lot of hoopla and excitement associated with this annual event, though I’ll reserve my comments for later. My ongoing promise to you is to not just report the news – but to give you a thoughtful perspective on what it means for […]

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Follow Me on Facebook

Facebook has added a new subscribers feature to personal profiles that indeed indicates they are keeping a close eye on Google+ and Twitter – and borrowing a few ideas as well. One of the advantages of strengths of Facebook is that it is personal. Business is now personal. You can no longer separate your business […]

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Are You Marketing Like a Teenager?

When it comes to marketing it pays to be a student of human behavior – especially with those human beings that you consider to be your ideal customers. Nevertheless, learning as much about people in general will go a long way towards making your small business marketing more effective. I recently learned a few things […]

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Write a Letter

The most effective marketing tactics are uncommon. This is why the now uncommon practice of writing and sending physical letters can make your marketing more real, distinctive, and memorable.  During our long holiday weekend here in the United States I decided to step back from my business and take the time to consider what have been […]

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What is Your Marketing Key Note?

The night before my keynote presentation to independent retailers this past weekend, I was testing and preparing the final details for the next morning. Just before knocking off for the evening I decided to clean up my blog reader.  That’s when I discovered some new research that reinforced the key note or point of my […]

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Ask Your Customers the Tough Questions

What is the most valuable, and and yet underutilized resource in your business? For most small businesses, it is your customers – and what they will tell you if you ask them properly. If you believe this to be true – as I do, then the challenge is determining the best questions to ask them […]

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Is Your Online Marketing Intuitive?

Anything worth doing is worth doing right. That’s an expression that I have always lived by.  It’s also one that can create a great deal of pain for perfectionists like me – and turbulence for those around us. Perfectionism is a personal quality that I normally keep to myself. Nobody wants to be around a […]

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