Happy Birthday Meet-Meme

Meet-Meme, my favorite social media trading cards are turning 1 this month. Well, 1 year old is how old their retail website is. They’re actually almost 2 years old. Happy birthday!! If you’re not familiar, below are my cards (front and back). After the pictures, I’ll explain why I love them so much.     [...]

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Get Some Purple Goldfish to Amp Up Your Customer Experience from @9inchmarketing

Today is the official launch day for my friend Stan Phelps’ new book What’s Your Purple Goldfish? 2 weeks ago I did a fantastic video interview with Stan to share with you today. Murphy’s Law being what it is, only Stan’s half of the audio was recorded. So rather than give you Stan answering questions [...]

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Google+ is a Waste of Time for Small Businesses

- if your goal is to broadcast your message to as many potential customers as possible. In fact, if numbers are your only metric of success, then don’t waste your time with Google+ right now. OK, now that the 7 of you disbelievers have stopped reading, let’s continue for the rest of you. Google+ stats [...]

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Why you need to write at least once a week on your website

My goal is 2012 is to post at least once a week, most weeks twice a week, to this blog. I’ll do it first for myself, as I need to get my thoughts on paper. And I’ll do it for you, dear readers, as I owe you more consistency than I’ve given you in the [...]

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7 Best Business Lessons Learned in 2011

As 2011 is winding down, I wanted to learn from you, my smart readers, what YOUR best business lesson learned was for the past 12 months. And you didn’t disappoint. 7 of you were brave enough to share your lessons, and here they are: 7 Best Business Lessons Learned in 2011 Aga Artka shared this [...]

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3 Ways to Take Advantage of the Changing Times

The times they are a-changin’, Bob Dylan once said. Now the times are changing even quicker, at an exponential rate, especially in the converging worlds of online marketing, social technology, and business relations. A quick glance at most stock indexes or Omniture’s business analytics will show you how much the business landscape is being changed [...]

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