Sales and Marketing

How to Beat the Demand for Longer Blog Content

If your business or organization has a blog, then you’ll want to know what your readers want: LONGER CONTENT! The annual Orbit Media Studios survey of 1055 bloggers demonstrates that the longer your blog post is, the…

Questions to Ask Trade Show Organizers

I am often asked how to tell which vendor events will be worth your time to attend. There are two things you should do to determine if a trade show is a good use of your time…

How to Be a Dictator Enforcing Sales Offer Deadlines

Everyone who manages a company or its sales force wants to write as many new deals as possible, and is usually warry about doing anything that might threaten the positive outcome of a pending sale….

Are You Building High-Level Business Relationships?

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are…

Social Media Magic: How to Build a Powerful Marketing Campaign

The ultimate goal of developing a social media marketing campaign should be to connect with prospective and existing customers on a personal level. To this effect, business owners and brand managers should aim for positive…

Are You Accidentally Doing Public Relations?

According to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) the definition of public relations is “Public relations is a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics.” My translation is that…

Small Business YouTube Strategies

In 2016, it’s important for brands to leverage social media channels to effectively drive organic traffic to their website or to generate brand awareness. As the popularity of online video services continues to increase, low-cost…

Validation: The Most Important Piece of Content Creation You’re Missing

Whether you’re creating your next ebook, infographic, webinar or blog post, coming up with new topics to write about is a tedious and often tiresome feeling we’re all too familiar with. Going a step further…

7 Ways to Avoid Online False Advertising Claims

A lot of business owners don’t realize that advertising is regulated by both the federal and state governments. Any advertising that deceives or misleads can be considered unlawful. Even if you didn’t intend for the…

Things to Check Every Month in Google Analytics

As a small business, you will naturally be working harder to keep on top of competition. You want to have a strategy based on current statistical analysis to drive the productivity and expansion of your…

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