Sales and Marketing

Best Practices When Using Yelp for Business

It’s well known that Yelp, as well as other social channels, can make or break your business all based on the opinion of your customers. However, also similar to other social mediums, communication between you and your consumer is easier than ever.

Customer Testimonials Best for Business-to-Business Marketing

Companies that market to other businesses have unique challenges. With employee turnover rates at some companies between 30-40%, decision makers to whom they market can change frequently. So, how can business-to-business (B2B) companies build trust and acquire new customers?

The Mobile Site vs. Mobile App Debate: When You Really Need an App

Ten years ago, debates raged over whether or not small businesses needed websites. These days, an online presence is a given, and the heat is on to provide an intuitive mobile experience.

4 Reasons Your Link Building Isn’t Working

One of the most integral parts of any SEO campaign is a link-building strategy. If you have implemented a link building strategy but are yet to see any SEO benefits, these are some of the ways in which you might be going wrong.

How to Win Government Contracts

Entrepreneur Lloyd Hawthorne launched his Bronx-based Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery in New York City in 1989. But his first really big break came in the 1990s, when he won contracts to supply food to the prison at New York’s Rikers Island and the New York City public school system.

Calling All Small Biz Owners: The 5 Most Anticipated Business Conferences of 2014

Business conferences aren’t just for big-name businesses anymore. There are many conferences held each year that offer perks for people who own and operate smaller businesses.

Should You Be a Content Marketer?

Content marketing. It seems like everyone’s talking about it. But what exactly is it and what can it do for your business? Odds are, if you’re doing any marketing at all, you’re at least accidentally dabbling in content marketing.

Stop Wasting Your Time on Social Selling?

Recently, someone wrote me saying: “I have absolutely no idea how you have time to spend so long on Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn, plus write articles for every site imaginable—and respond to all the comments?”

SEO Checks to Tune Your Website: Part 2

In the first part of this two-parter we looked at five key elements to check SEO credibility of your website. This time round we add to what you learned last time and round out the list of the Top 10 Tips for ways to tune your website’s SEO.

Biscuits and Networking

There are an abundance of articles and studies that support the claims that F2F networking is an important and vital skill for personal and professional success. What interests me is that if this is such a critical knowledge base, why isn’t it taught more formally?

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