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It’s Time to Let Go of the Rotary Phone School of Marketing

Marketing Strategy
Do you reach your audience using a rotary phone or a smart phone? I'm going to take a wild guess and choose smart phone! The way we can market our businesses have changed, much like the phones we use. We reach and interact with our customers in a whole new way, and that's both exciting and a nuisance at the same time! Customers are using their smart phones and social media channels to search and learn more about our businesses, and I’m betting they aren't looking in their local phone book.   So how does this impact your marketing? Social media is part of daily life, and it's especially an integral part of the way we market our businesses today, like it or not. People are online searching for their product…
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Social Media Stats of 2013 [Infographic]

Social Media
We all know social media is just a passing fad right? Haha, good one! Here is an interesting infographic done by Digital Insights that sums up key social media facts, figures, numbers and statistics of 2013. These relevant stats will come in handy for any business owner or marketing professional, whether you’re trying to decide ♦  which platforms you should be using ♦  who is using social media ♦  how to reach your target audience, or ♦  if you should finally commit to developing a real social media strategy. These are some pretty interesting social media stats to consider as you plan your social media efforts for the upcoming year. by Digital Insights Ciao, Miss Kemya  
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Social Media With BACON

Social Media With BACON

Events
Are your posts on social media making your inbox sing, your phone ring, and your bank account ka-ching? If not, you need to add some BACON to your social media! BACON makes Business Attract Clients Online Now! Bootcamp begins October 8 Attend this six class virtual bootcamp and discover the secrets of social media automation and shortcuts the pros don’t want you to know. My secrets that I don't share on my blog, or in my social media posts. The tricks I use to stay visible, active, and engaged online daily! I understand you’re already using social media, but is it paying off? Are your posts producing the results and revenue you want? If you: Schedule your posts using social media engagement tools, yet nobody’s talking to you Think you don’t…
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Build Your Business and Travel Like The Suitcase Entrepreneur [Book Review]

Book Reviews, Reviews: Stuff I Love
The Suitcase Entrepreneur is THE resource for anyone who wants to build a virtual empire that reflects their dream lifestyle. Natalie Sisson has written THE comprehensive manual for how to go about building a truly location independent business and lifestyle. If you have a laptop and a smartphone, buy this book and you will have all the tools you need to circle the globe while building an empire! But here's why this comprehensive handbook of resources and insights is so important: it's not theory. It's straight up facts on what Natalie has done, the tools Natalie has used, how she manages to travel the world and continuously evolve into a mega brand. [caption id="attachment_3935" align="alignright" width="200"] Click here to buy it on Amazon![/caption] She shares her personal story, to show you…
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Participants Share A Few AHA Moments from List-a-Palooza

Events
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. You may have read my earlier post about the benefits of participating in List-a-Palooza, including weekly training calls, accountability check ins, and Power Hours. If you want to build a responsive and profitable email list, you'll definitely want to join us, for FREE! If you want to learn how to rapidly build your email list, join me! Click here to register. As part of our challenge, we have weekly Power Hours where we go online, to a specific social media platform, and share offers, network, ask each other questions and such. During one of the Facebook "Power Hours" I posed a question to my fellow participants: What was a big AHA moment, concept or idea…
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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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