5 Reasons Why Landing Pages Are a Must

May 16th, 2012 by John Jantsch

Online marketers have used the term “landing page” for many years to describe a sales tactic focused on getting people to take one, specific action. Today, landing pages have simply become a required element in the marketing toolbox for every imaginable business, including local brick and mortar types. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Steal Like An Entrepreneur

May 2nd, 2012 by John Jantsch

Perhaps steal is to big of a word for some, but the concept of learning from, borrowing from and gaining insight from the ideas, failures, successes, styles and approaches of others as a way to build something truly unique is a proven path to entrepreneurial success.
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Optimized Is the New Integrated

April 25th, 2012 by John Jantsch

Some years ago smart marketers latched onto the idea of something they referred to as integrated marketing. The idea behind this concept was to make all aspects of marketing such as advertising, sales promotion, public relations, and direct marketing work together as a single force, rather than allowing each to work as a stand alone. Read the rest of this entry »

5 Ways To Grow Your Business

April 18th, 2012 by Jim Connolly

If you want to grow your business, there are 5 ways to do it. They are: Read the rest of this entry »

How To Develop Compelling Marketing That Attracts High Quality Clients

April 11th, 2012 by Jim Connolly

Would you like more high quality clients and a predictable flow of targeted, valuable business leads?
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Local SEO – Don’t Miss This Opportunity for Your Local Business

March 28th, 2012 by Rene LeMerle

Why is it that so many local businesses keep ignoring SEO?

It continues to baffle me. SEO is proven to work, and with a local focus, is a really cost effective way to drive customers to shops and businesses. Yet business owners continue to throw money away at antiquated marketing strategies and ignore SEO.

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The Cycle of Getting the Important Stuff Done

March 14th, 2012 by John Jantsch

In yesterday’s post I listed what I called The Hierarchy of Getting the Important Stuff Done. Truthfully, I wasn’t prepared for the immediate and passionate response from my readers.

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Teaching Your Business to Manage Itself

March 7th, 2012 by John Jantsch

Have you ever encountered a business where everything just felt in place? The experience was perfect -the products, the people, the brand, everything worked in seemingly effortless fashion. You made an odd request; it was greeted with a smile. You went to try a new feature; it was right where it should be. You walked in, sat down and felt right at home.
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Why Pinterest Is Not the Next Big Thing for Your Business

February 29th, 2012 by John Jantsch

You’ve likely heard lots and lots about a newish social network called Pinterest in the last couple of weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter Rolls out Self-Serve ad Platforms for Small Businesses

February 22nd, 2012 by Navneet Kaushal

Twitter has launched a self serve advertising system for small businesses. Come March, and the small enterprises in the US, will be able to buy ads on Twitter through an automated system. This move by the San Francisco based social network will facilitate for raising huge revenue, competing with the likes of Google and Facebook. This is good news for advertisers too as they won’t have to go through a Twitter sales representative to post their ads anymore. Read the rest of this entry »