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    New Benefits of Foursquare Marketing for Local Businesses

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    For those of you who don’t know, Foursquare is a location-based social network, where users “check in” at physical locations. It’s a little more “real life” based than many social networks, as it’s based on where you actually are.  I enjoy using it, but am far more selective on who I am friends with on…

  • Recommendations on Email Marketing, Website Hosting and Domain Names

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    One of the most common questions we are asked, by new businesses and established companies alike, is “what do I need to get started marketing my business online?” The basics are a website and a way to reach your customers again and again.  For a website, you need a domain name (like the online equivalent…

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    Online Lead Generation

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    These days, there are more ways than ever to generate leads online for your business.  Obviously the bigger ones such as Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and so on should be part of your overall strategy. A little less well-known are sites such as Sales Spider, Thumbtack, YourBizListing, and more. These types of sites have some…

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    How Do I Get Testimonials for My Business?

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    Here’s another guest post from J.W. “Jim” Straw – this one originally appeared in his April 2012 Business Lyceum newsletter. This month’s issue was prompted by a question I received from a Business Lyceum Attendee … “Dan Kennedy always emphasizes testimonials.  What if you are new to the business and don’t have any?” Although Dan…

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    Where To Place Your Classified Ads

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    One of the least kept secrets in the Mailorder industry. by: J.F. (Jim) Straw If I have been asked once, I’ve been asked a thousand times; in different ways…”Where Should I Place My Classified Ads?” Well…the renowned philosopher/sage/pundit; Anony Mouse, put it this way, “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for…

  • Bing’s New Webmaster Tools – Disavow Bad Links

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    Everyone who follows the ever-changing SEO world has no doubt learned (and perhaps experienced personally) how Google’s Penguin update dramatically changed how links to your website are valued.  It’s all in line with their overall goal of delivering better, more relevant search results for anyone who uses Google. The same basic goal holds true for…

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    Lots of Changes from Google

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    Google is CONSTANTLY making changes to how they determine search results as they strive to deliver more relevant results for what people are actually looking for. Google has had more than the usual number of changes recently (39, to be exact, just in May alone). You may already know about one of the biggest –…

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    E-mail Marketing Failure

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    Here’s another marketing mistake, this time in the email marketing department. This is a screen shot of an actual email I received this morning.  This needs no further explanation – the lesson is simply to ALWAYS send a test message before sending the mail out to your entire list. As you can probably read from…

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    WARNING! New Facebook Phishing Scam

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    I got this in my inbox today and was compelled to warn others about this.  It looks like a legitimate Facebook friend request email, but when you look a little closer, it’s anything but legitimate. It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing; a phishing scam disguised as a legitimate Facebook friend request. OK, it’s not truly…

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    Marketing Failures – “Online Specials”

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    Here’s a Marketing Failure you can certainly avoid making.  In the interest of helping you avoid making marketing mistakes and wasting or losing money, we’ll periodically feature examples of marketing failures.  Mistakes should be something to learn from, whether they are your own mistakes or someone else’s failure.  We all make them – the smarter…

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