By: Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation.com Back in 2010, Assistant Professor of Law Rodney D. Chrisman published ‘LLCs are the New King of the Hill,’ a groundbreaking study on the popularity and growth of the limited liability company, in the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law. The LLC structure is relatively novel in the…
Sponsored Post by Antoinette Sykes, MBA Networking. Connecting. Schmoozing. All of those words lead to some level of building relationships. Unfortunately, it also a tad intimidating for some business owners; although necessary. How well do you network? Consider networking your “social capital” for business increase. Networking is a part of your marketing plan and all…
A diva knows that it’s not enough just to sing a song. You need to sell a song — transform it, work it, glue it to the back of your open-mouthed audience’s brain.
Creating good content to market or sell your business is no different.
It’s noisy out there – both online and off. You can’t just push out nice, safe information and education and hope someone notices you.
You need to take your brand over the top and be amazing, irrepressible and powerful.
You need to be a content diva.
Now, to paraphrase the immortal words of Sweet Brown, you may be thinking, “Be a Content Diva? Ain’t nobody got time for that.”
Let me start by admitting that none of these marketing tactics are actually free.
Each one with cost you a considerable amount of time to be truly effective, but when you don’t have a lot of money, you usually have more time, so invest your time in these free marketing tactics and watch the money roll in.
It is easy for us to say that there is a global need to un-plug from all the electronic devices that are pinging at us for our attention. However, as you can see from the iPhone that you are reading this on while you are meant to be working on that presentation … it’s not always so easy to actually do.
Want to cry ? Grab that chocolate donut and keep on reading : If you truly want to maximize your own productivity you must unplug from those distractions you love to hate.
by Susan Ewing Miller Woody Allen famously stated that eighty percent of success in life is simply showing up. Pity those entrepreneurs that apply this Woody-ism to their trade show strategy. Attending industry shows and events is a pivotal part of building relationships and cultivating customers. However, if your participation is limited to purchasing an…
It’s not the fun sexy part, focusing on your business goals when creating your social media campaigns. Aligning your business goals with your social media goals, often is the missing step for both big and small brands.
Social media offers businesses a path to gain trust, credibility and longevity. Even a few years ago, reaching a larger audience was not within a touchable distance for small business, no matter how well you danced in your industry or vertical.
The choices you make…
I usually find that people in an unhappy position are usually there because of a decision they made, not someone else. Sometimes it is hard for people to recognize their errors and take responsibility. We get comfortable with pain and just ignore it or blame it on someone else.
by Tanea Smith From the time I was a little girl I have been groomed for something. My mother gave me solid morals and work ethic. To this day I mimic her strength, calm under pressure, and dogged determination. My sister gave me a single piece of advice that changed my life and that was…
If you have a local business online marketing tools should be your best friend. Truth be told, most local business owners completely overlook the power of online marketing for their business. As a result, there has never been a better time to leverage the power of local search engine ranking. If you apply even two of these five easy methods for improving your local online presence, you’ll surely outrank your local competition.
