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Don't Wait For The Customers To Come To You

If you want to provide amazing, memorable customer service, the secret is doing it before the customer even walks through your door. READ»

8 Ideas for Small Business Success

How petite Privé Products succeeded where giant P&G couldn't.READ»

Flowtown Extends Reach of Small Business Marketing

Now that brands are becoming more aggressive users to social tools like Twitter and Facebook, there's a danger that consumers will be inundated with marketing messages and unwanted advances. The messages have become "touch points" ...READ»

Small Business Marketing Campaign: Keys for Social Networking

In an effort to attract new customers, businesses are looking how they can run a small business marketing campaign on a social network like Facebook or Twitter.  The two key elements to any effective small business marketing ...READ»

Marketing Lessons from the Football Field

Maybe I'm watching too much football. . . You’ve heard commentators and quarterbacks use this phrase:            Take what the defense gives you. Meaning, for example, if you're a "passing team" and the defense is all ...READ»

Small Businesses Most Untapped Promotional Resource

The #1 mistake make by small, brick and mortar businesses during tough economic times is...cutting back or completely eliminating systematic advertising campaigns. Probably the most valuable virtual real estate on the Internet goes ...READ»

What to Do When Times Get Tough

Every industry goes through good and bad times.  So, unless you’re able to surf just the industries that are expanding, you ought to know how to attract new customers when things get tough.The good news: the three things I’m ...READ»