Growing your small business through social media marketing can be quick and easy, if you follow these 7 steps. To start, people like to do business with people they know, like, and trust. All savvy entrepreneurs quickly learn that. But, how do we take that truth and translate it into more business through our online […]
Build Up Your Small Businesses Email List. Here’s Why.
In your small business, are you diligently growing your customer and prospect email list? I sure hope you answered yes to that. If you are not, you may be asking, “Why do I need to add this activity to my already busy schedule?” Social media marketing has exploded into nearly all facets of our lives […]
Social Media Strategy For Small Business
Give Gifts. Be Generous. The more I travel and speak to business audiences about this strategy, the more I am convinced I have stumbled upon a “secret” path to entrepreneurial success and personal happiness. I wish I had discovered in my 20′s rather than 40′s. The upcoming ebook goes into the strategy in detail. Subscribe […]
Social Media Opportunities Abound for Entrepreneurial Thinkers. Go For It.
With the rate of change in our business lives skyrocketing, especially concerning new media, social media marketing, and the Internet, opportunities for you to create a successful brand new business or add-on business are also increasing. If an online idea occurs to you don’t dismiss it out of hand. Those things that frustrate you about […]
Social Media Marketingt Metrics for Small Businesses and Organizations
What should your small business or organization be measuring when it comes to your social media marketing metrics? It starts with knowing your goals. You will never reach your destination if you don’t know what your goal is. Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he […]
Small Business Owners: Don’t Let Worry or Fear Get the Best of You
Overheard today, “don’t check your mail on Friday. It will just ruin your weekend.” That kind of negative talk just drives me crazy. What about you? I posted that to my Facebook wall today. I want to go a little deeper here. There was a time in my life when I felt the same way […]
How To Install Facebook Questions For Your Small Business
A couple of days ago I chose to start using Questions on Facebook. This feature came to me through Mari Smith. You should follow her. She provides great business insights on the use of Facebook (and her heart is in the right place). I posted my first question almost immediately after the simple install. The […]
It’s a Mistake to Hide Behind Your Corporate Logo
Are you doing social media for your small business while hiding behind the business’ logo? Are you doing this because that is the way businesses have always marketed themselves, promoting their logo and brand? Maybe you don’t want to take the heat of looking like you are promoting yourself over the company? What if you […]