Marketing Your New Business
What’s Your Story? Did Someone Else Create It?
It is an old warning in the entertainment industry. Define your persona the way you want others to view you—before someone else defines you by comparing you to someone not as flattering as you would…
Online Marketing Plan for Local Business Startups: Your 30 Day Play
The first 30 days of an online marketing plan is huge for your startup local business. Starting a new business is exciting. It’s like Spring, the opening day of baseball, a time when hope is…
Everyone Needs to Manage Their Mantra or Move On
Ever stand with someone you’ve never met when at a party, a trade show or just meet someone in the hallway? We all have. And then that person opens his or her mouth and spends…
Developing Buyer Personas: A Guide for New Businesses
Buyer personas are a powerful tool for small businesses that are trying to reach a broader consumer base, but for those companies that are just getting started, it can be hard to get a sense…
7 Easy Ways to Attract New Customers to Your Restaurant
As a restaurant owner, you have to be on the ball. The restaurant industry is extremely competitive, only an individual who is creative, proactive and innovative can keep a restaurant running. It goes beyond just…
Simple Ways to Get Customers to Think of Your Brand Every Day
One of the most difficult parts of growing a business is creating a strong, sustainable brand image. Too many businesses believe that they can earn customer loyalty with a single ad, even if the customer…
A Twist on Old School Tactics
In this era of all things digital, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to go old school and talk about some very simple marketing tactics that are often undervalued and underutilized….
Everything You Need to Know About Explainer Videos
When announcing your online presence as a business, you aim to attract people to the business. After they become your clients, you may think the job is over, but this isn’t true. You want to…
Early Adopters are Not Enough to Assure Your Success
Every technical entrepreneur is an early adopter of technology, so naturally they build things with people like themselves in mind. Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the…