Small Business Marketing

How to Build an Audience with Paid Ads

I bet you have heard people say “the money is in the list”. Well if that is true, then why have you been avoiding spending money on paid ads that will drive the traffic that builds that list? When you build an audience with paid leads you have the benefit of driving...

10 Minute Blog Post System Part II

Small Business Marketing

Want to create curiosity and a little buzz in your blog post? Use a video or article from a well known individual in your industry. When you tweet or share information about your post you can include their name which will peak peoples interest.

Viral Marketing – The Art of Being Shareable

Small Business Marketing

Viral Marketing is the art of being able to get other people to promote your ideas, products, and services to their friends. Look at how powerful crowdfunding has become or crowdsourcing, which is getting lots of people to create content or do work on a project. All...

Create a List: How I Added Thousands to My List Using Other People's Audiences

Small Business Marketing, Social Media

When I was a very young entrepreneur my dad taught me about “OPM” - Other People’s Money. When I decided to build an online business, I realized I could use this same approach to create a list of email contacts. I call it “OPA” - Other People’s Audiences! Let’s look...

10 Minute Blog Post System Part I

Small Business Marketing

Question – What do you do when you are in the middle of a 30 day blog post challenge and you get so busy that you fall 2 days behind?

Answer – You pull out the old “10 Minute Blog Posting” system that I am so proud to have created!

Derek Sivers on How to Start a Movement

Small Business Marketing

I can not tell you how many times I have heard business coaches and mentors saying “To build a business you must start a movement!” To tell you the truth, when I would hear that I had no clue what they were talking about. They weren’t telling me how to start a...

Your First Step to Creating an Irresistible E-book

Small Business Marketing

According to a Marketo Report, 58% of people check their emails 1st thing in the morning. Most of them are even checking before their feet hit the ground out of their bed in the morning. So are you building an email list? One of the first things I have my clients do...

6 Reasons to Build Your Email List

Small Business Marketing

If you've ever entered an online contest, offered your email address to an online or local store, or given the okay for a sales consultant to send you information, you've joined an email list. Email lists are simply the email addresses and names of people who signed...

No More Brand Shame

Small Business Marketing

Are you ready to create the brand you've always wanted? I know some of you reading this aren't satisfied with your brand; it's not communicating who you really are and what you really do. Jena Rodriguez, expert brand strategist, is our guest blogger today. I hope you...

5 Reasons Your Cash Flow is Not Flowing

Small Business Marketing

If you've followed me for long, you know that I'm a truth teller. I'm so excited about today's guest post from expert strategist Rachel Thibodeaux because she's not holding back the truth about your cash flow-or lack thereof! List and take notes I could write an...

3 Traits of Entrepreneurs Who Build Strong Relationships

Small Business Marketing

Today's guest post comes from Yvonne Jones, Strategy and Mindset Business Coach, with three non-negotiable traits for building strong relationships. "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."— Theodore...

7 Blog Writing Tips That Improve Traffic

Small Business Marketing

According to Wordpress.com 65.4 million posts are added to Wordpress sites each month. According to InsideView, business to business marketers who use blogs generate 67% more leads than those that do not. And according to Traffic Generation Cafe, once you write 21-54...