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Five Steps You Can Take Today To Market Your Business

Five Steps You Can Take Today To Market Your Business

Marketing Strategy
How many times do you sit and look at your phone, or stare at a blank screen and say to yourself, “I need to get some more clients” or “I need to expand my network”? Or perhaps you could benefit from a kick-in-the-pants to jumpstart your marketing efforts? Yet you get stuck at the HOW – how you’re going to do these things, right now. I know there are plenty of entrepreneurs out there who get so BUSY being BUSY that they don’t stop to consider what they should be doing daily to grow their business. Are you one of them? If you’re stuck on what you can do today to market your business, don’t save this post for a rainy day. Use these tips today to light a fire…
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The Three C’s of Personal Online Branding

The Three C’s of Personal Online Branding

Branding
The old adage of “people do business with people they like, know and trust” still holds true, now that we can do a search of each other’s online profiles and learn all about each other before we ever make that first contact. A strong and positive personal online brand will enhance your company’s brand. As an entrepreneur, your personal brand can be a critical factor in the decision-making process. Just think, if you’re a regular here, is my personal brand and company reputation one in the same? If this post is your first introduction to me, will you equate my personal brand with this company website? I’m pretty sure you will, as many of us tend to do so. If you’ve never visited any of my social media profiles, there’s…
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The Power of Introductions: You Had Me at Hello

Branding, Networking
If you were at a networking event and a colleague introduced you to one of their friends, what’s the one word they would use to describe you? This scenario plays out all the time when we introduce two people, but really think about your personal brand for a second. What one word would a colleague or business acquaintance use to describe you to a new person? Would they say something like, “Hey I want you to meet <yournamehere>, she’s great.” or would it be something more splashy? The “she’s great” sounds pretty typical, like your standard introduction. Therein lies the problem. I read an insightful article on LinkedIn regarding personal branding and it talked about this typical introduction. How we describe people reflects their personal brand. So what one word would someone…
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Rock Your Email List This Summer With List-a-Palooza

Events
If you haven't heard about Listapalooza yet, allow me to introduce you!  List-a-Palooza is an e-mail list building challenge by PJ Van Hulle to see how rapidly you can grow your e-mail list. Why join Listapalooza? With a profitable e-mail list you can: Fill your seminars and programs Attract more clients and sales Turn current clients into repeat clients Promote other peoples' programs that you believe in and earn $1,000's in affiliate commissions [caption id="attachment_3501" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Click the pic to join List-a-Palooza for FREE and start building a massive email list![/caption]   During the 90 Day email list building challenge, you will: Receive weekly accountability check ins for tracking your results so that you accelerate your path to more subscribers (and more sales!) Get access to TWO training calls each week with some of…
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Want Your Blog To Be Different? Take The Lead With A Blog Challenge

Want Your Blog To Be Different? Take The Lead With A Blog Challenge

Blogging
How can you make your blog different? How can you stand out from the crowd? There were 130 million blogs between WordPress and Tumblr alone in 2012. More in 2013 and that’s before you include all the other blogging platforms such a Blogger, SquareSpace and Wix. That’s a lot of bloggers vying for attention. Crying out. Wanting to be heard. There’s even more pressure if you’re using blogging as a marketing tool for your business or blogging as a business. Standing Out From The Crowd (The Importance Of Having A POD) “In an overcrowded, hypercompetitive world, the only way to make an impression on your prospect is to break through the noise.” – Success Magazine The blogging world is no different to the business world – after all they have…
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A Complete Guide to Social Media Image Sizes [Infographic]

A Complete Guide to Social Media Image Sizes [Infographic]

Social Media
We've all noticed the shift towards visual marketing. All the major platforms are getting more image-friendly, with updated cover dimensions, photo options, and fancy new layouts. I'm all for change, but gimme a break... who can remember all the details? Who keeps up with all the updated social media image sizes, heights, widths, and character limits? Certainly not I, I'm not a graphic designer, and I'm simply not that organized. To say that keeping track of social media updates is an overwhelming challenge is a gross understatement. As these platforms continue to evolve, one of the major changes they like to roll out are the social media image sizes, you know, the profile sizes, photo sizes, covers, etc. Lucky for us, the wonderful folks over at Curious Ink created a "ridiculously exhaustive"…
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Enter the 5 Minutes of Sizzle Contest with Cheryl Wood Empowers

Events
Are you an aspiring, emerging, or experienced speaker that would love to get on stage at the ground-breaking Create Your Own Sizzle Empowerment Event by Cheryl Wood? Are you ready to speak in an arena filled with ladies ready to receive your message? If you answered yes, Cheryl Wood invites you to enter her 5 Minutes of Sizzle Contest! What is the Create Your Own Sizzle Empowerment Event, aka CYOSizzle? CYOSizzle  is an empowerment event geared to young girls and women. The theme "Create Your Own Sizzle" is about taking control of life and creating your own brightness, your own light, and what makes you feel alive. We will focus on erasing limitations and creating your own possibilities. ~ Cheryl Wood The "5 MINUTES OF SIZZLE" contest begins on Friday,…
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J is for Journal Daily to Practice Gratitude and Remain Grounded

Tips and Tools
The practice of journaling and gratitude as a tool for happiness has been in the mainstream for years. However, it’s easier said than done, and easier to keep as an abstract thought than it is to put into daily practice. When we practice gratitude daily and journal as part of our daily ritual, we can learn an improved way of appreciating life and developing better habits.   A Few Tips As You Begin Your Gratitude Journal Be thankful. Adopt a thankful attitude as the norm in your life, which will make keeping a gratitude journal much easier. Make it a rule to write a specific number of things you are thankful for on a daily basis. Try to avoid repeating the same things. You'll be challenging yourself to find new…
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