Sales and Marketing

How Writing a Book Will Add Value as a Small Business Owner

By writing a book for or about your company, you provide the public with the perfect means of getting in-depth information about your business while simultaneously establishing yourself as an expert within your field.

13 Content Distribution and Promotion Channels and Their Perceived Value

What marketers are starting to figure out is that creating and publishing content alone usually isn’t enough to cut through the noise. Without an existing and established audience, published content in many industries will fall on deaf ears no matter its quality or quantity.

Getting to the Top of Google

Like many things in life, your success in the search engines is really a sum of the parts. Understanding all those pieces, how they should fit together and then actually making it happen can be daunting for many businesses.

Is Blogging Really a Necessary Marketing Tool?

Your customers and prospects encounter content every day. Some of it is good, most of it is forgotten immediately. It is your job to make sure that your business content is remembered and has a positive impact on your customers.

Who Wins in a Fight: Clever or Clear Subject Lines?

Marketing often is about standing out, being distinctive, and coming up with “clever” taglines and slogans. But when writing to your e-mail list, do clever subject lines really work as well as clear subject lines?

Will Your Prospects Read a 10-Page Sales Pitch?

If I can put a compelling letter in your hands that talks all about one of your major interests, chances are you’ll read it. Doesn’t matter whether it’s five pages or 10 pages or 20-plus.

Read the Label When Networking

Your primary job is to concentrate solely on your conversational partner, listening carefully to what they say and then creating what we call a “meaty” conversation.

Small Business Brands Win with Boldness

When you’re seriously involved in branding small businesses, one clear thing you recognize is that small to medium size enterprises are hungry for a new approach. They’ve heard of branding through their trade publications and on the street.

6 Unique Ways to Stand Out at Your Next Trade Show

Do you want to create strong, lasting connections with consumers and contacts at your next trade show event? Here are some simple, unique tricks you can use to consistently boost your effectiveness and confidence in trade show networking.

SEO and the Future of Digital Marketing

Now that context is king, what does that mean for digital marketing? In a nutshell, it means you’ll be taking some of your focus off keywords and links, and placing it on reaching audiences with the right prospects at the right time. Here’s how.

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