[PRESS RELEASE] Local Small Business Owners Outsmart Competitors with Mobile Marketing

Posted by on Apr 26, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Local Small Business Owners Outsmart Competitors with Mobile Marketing Tinley Park, IL – April 25, 2011 - Many small business owners naively intuit that in order to cut costs they must cut back on their marketing activities. However with rival businesses desperately grasping for each potential customer, it is more important that ever to have an efficient marketing...
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How Can Mobile Marketing Work For My Business?

Posted by on Apr 17, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments As a small business owner, you wear many hats, gracefully (and sometimes not so gracefully) putting out fires and juggling many projects at once. So it is understandable how marketing can inadvertently fall to the wayside until it’s brought to your attention by the next Yellow Pages sales rep that comes a callin’ or until the shop is completely empty on a weekday night while you sit in...
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Small Business Owners Must Get Ready For Mobile Marketing

Posted by on Mar 23, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments This short video gives a great snapshot of some vital predictions about the future of mobile marketing. I just watched a sneak preview of where Google is headed with their smartphone integration and if you think we’re walking around now with mini computers in our hands, you’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg baby. So as a small business owner and entrepreneur, ready yourselves for...
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Small Business Marketing Ideas

Posted by on Mar 13, 2011 in Blog | 1 comment By using Direct Response Marketing strategies in your advertising & promotions, you'll always get better mileage out of your marketing dollars and know which efforts are working for you.
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How Small Business Owners Use St. Patrick’s Day To Boost Sales

Posted by on Feb 18, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Using holiday's to gain exposure for your business or service is all about getting into your prospect's head. Before you send out your next promotional offer, think about the conversation that is already playing in their mind and tie it in with your product or service in a way that makes sense or is entertaining.
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Top 20 Essential WordPress Plugins for Business Owners & Internet Marketers

Posted by on Dec 10, 2010 in Blog | 1 comment Why are WordPress plugin descriptions so cryptic? In efforts to take some of the mystery out of this secret society, I’ve decoded the 20 most essential WordPress plugins for business owners and internet marketers. This essential list comes replete with benefit-laden and solutions-based descriptions that are the most helpful in making an informed selection. Actually, there is a really simple formula that, when used consistently, will greatly improve the viral potential of any plugin...
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The 4 Critical Elements of An Effective Business Website

Posted by on Oct 29, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments As a small business owner, increasing sales is your primary concern. It’s the lifeblood of your business and, in direct relationship, marketing your business on a consistent basis is one of the most effective ways to keep the pipeline of new and repeat business flowing. Does your website pass the 4-point inspection of effective web elements that keep visitors coming back for more? Read on to find out...
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Can Your Customers Find You? Hint: If You’re Still Relying On Yellow Pages…Probably Not

Posted by on Jul 15, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments If you're still relying on the Yellow Pages or "word-of-mouth" to advertise your business, then the answer is probably not. And even if some of them are, you're loosing a large amount of potential business by not being "found" in the local search directories. Here's how to make sure they can find you...
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Give A Friend $50K With One Mouse Click…Would You Do It?

Posted by on May 27, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments If all it took was a click, would you do it? Pitch.co Create Your Opportunity Contest wants to give us $50,000 in start-up capital for an amazing business idea. But we need your votes in order to rise to the top and get noticed. Please visit the site and vote, right now!!! Hurry, the deadline is coming up soon. Click Here for direct link to the OfficeFlexed entry… (Clicking on the image...
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Tony Stark Not Really Iron Man? How About Just A Masterfully Magnetic Marketer

Posted by on May 22, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments Recently released Iron Man 2, based on the Marvel character of the same name, continues the story of playboy wunderkind, industrialist and brilliant engineer, Tony Stark as head of his deceased father’s military weaponry company, Stark Industries. While watching the film, I of course was impressed with the effects and story but something far greater occurred to me. As a marketer and small...
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Your TV Campaign + Shoestring Budget = Google TV Ads

Posted by on May 20, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments Is the notion of a “cheap television commercial?” still an oxymoron? Perhaps not, with the launch of Google TV Ads. Now your small business can have commercials running alongside the tv commercial heavy hitters. With Google’s new TV Ads program, which lets you pick and choose similar to AdWords, your television commercial can be up and airing on cable television in a matter...
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Is Your Business Image Two-Faced?

Posted by on Apr 23, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments Tell the Truth, Are You Sending Mixed Messages? As the weather starts to break, it's time do a little spring cleaning of your marketing materials. If you are guilty of sending mixed messages, no need to panic just make it a priority now to do the much needed house-cleaning and bring your core marketing message back into alignment.
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