How to Be Famous for Your Business Content

As a marketer you no doubt are familiar with the expression “Content is King” – but do you know who is credited with first coining it? I posed that question to my audience at a recent content marketing conference here in Chicago. To my surprise, nobody knew the answer. While it is sometimes disputed, Bill […]

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Community Value: How to Grow Your Business Audience

This is Episode 12 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. John Lee Dumas has built a spectacularly successful online business in a very short period of time. He is best known as the founder of EntrepreneurOnFire, a daily podcast show launched just two short years ago that is now approaching one million monthly […]

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4 Pillars of Online Marketing Success

Too many businesses are overwhelmed with social media, and for good reason. Even those with abundant resources cannot manage all of the major social media channels well. Facebook advertising alone is a major undertaking. If you narrow your focus to one or two channels, then it’s only a matter of building the discipline of doing […]

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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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Your Business Story is Marketing

Your story is who you are, and the same holds true for your business. The question is how much attention does your business dedicate to what is arguably its most powerful marketing? Tell a True Story Ann Handley, author of Everybody Writes says, “What matters now is telling a true story well.” The truth has […]

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Micro-Business Economy: The Future of Social Media for Employers

This is Episode 10 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. This episode is a powerful glimpse into the future of business and the role social media is going to play in it. When I first learned about Laura’s story I reached out to her because there are not nearly enough case studies that […]

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Grow Your Business Audience Without Google

Depending on leads from sources other than the friends and customers in your business audience is a dangerous plan. You may know that Google recently killed Google Authorship. In a nutshell, this was a feature that allowed authors of original content to share the authority of search results with the sites publishing it. Many of […]

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Everybody Writes: How to Tell Your Business Story

This is Episode 09 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. Ann Handley is a household name in the world of business marketing, especially with respect to creating valuable content that engages customers with a business or brand. Using her new book as the foundation of our conversation, we bring writing down to a […]

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How to Market to Your Audience Influencers

Is your sales or marketing failing to generate the results your business expects? Remember when you were a child and sought permission from one of your parents, only to have them respond: “Go ask your father (or mother)?” You learned to separately sell both, or first win over the one that influences the final decision […]

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Google+ Communities: Amplify Your Content In Search

This is Episode 8 of This Old New Business weekly business podcast with Jeff Korhan. Earlier this year Social Media Examiner released an extensive social media marketing industry report that revealed learning Google+ was a top priority for businesses. One of the reasons for this is they intuitively understand Google+ impacts Google search results. However, there is a […]

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