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21 Reasons small businesses fail at marketing

I don’t know what it is about Marketing, but everyone on earth seems to think they can do it. And yet I see so many people NOT doing it or wasting thousands of dollars and not getting results.  I see business owners try the same things over and over,  wasting more money, more time, and [...]

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I was having lunch with a peer the other day and we were talking about how incredibly different today’s marketing tactics are from even 5 years ago. Quite frankly all these new shiny objects seem to be overwhelming small businesses instead of helping them grow their client base. This isn’t because they are in ineffective, [...]

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todo_courtneyriancom

This article is meant to be a hands-on exercise. Why? Chances are you already know that you need to be submitting more content into the marketplace to grow your business, but you find this thought overwhelming. So I have a challenge for you, here today.  Take one piece of content you have already created (this [...]

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questionmark

If your company’s message seems to be getting lost in the shuffle, perhaps now is the time to think about re-branding what you have been saying to consumers. As you give consideration to possibly re-working your brand, keep in mind that a change involves a number of facets, many of which will cost your company [...]

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Upping Your PR

by Cidnee Stephen on August 25, 2011

Have you ever opened up the paper or turned on the TV only to see your competitor being quoted as an expert?   Are there times when they are up there speaking to your target audience, when you think, “I know more than this person.  I should be up on that stage!” Well you’re right.  If [...]

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Marketing Success

Think about the last time you made a big change in the way you run your business or perhaps even in your personal life. It’s hard to adjust your day to day habits. Sometimes we are even at a loss where to start. The same tends to happen with our marketing. Perhaps you have worked [...]

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Fortune Cookie

This is a guest post from Gil Effron, founder and CEO of New York City-based Strategies For Growth. Gil’s post today talks about how to maximize your marketing efforts. — Kai My wife and I frequently visit a Chinese restaurant in our neighborhood. The food is good, the service is great, and the philosophy is [...]

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Formula

Traveling around speaking as I tend to do, I’ve been asked almost every possible question about social media that you can imagine. Some are REALLY good ones and others are just well…I’m going to keep it real…others are asked by people who want someone else to think for them — and not in a good [...]

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My Secret Online Spy

by Cidnee Stephen on April 4, 2011

This article may be short, but it’s very, very sweet in terms of its power and simplicity. I was having a conversation with another marketer about the most common question we get asked lately. The question is, “What is the ROI for Social Media?” Face it. You are getting asked to post on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, You Tube [...]

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I was never a fan of Lady Gaga. I grew up in the age of Madonna rolling and gyrating all over the stage in her fetish-style costumes and Ozzy Osbourne biting the heads off bats. Lady Gaga and her outrageous outfits and risqué lyrics didn’t faze me. She was just another wannabe exorbitant artist that [...]

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