Check out this iPhone app geared towards small businesses. It’s called Glyder and its founder is trying to create a compact way for small businesses to update social media, email marketing and so on. The app is free for iPhone users, though I don’t see an option for Android users as of writing this post, [...]
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January 22nd, 2013
Free Social Media Marketing Tool
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas 
Tags: advertising, communication, facebook, marketing, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, website
Tags: advertising, communication, facebook, marketing, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, websiteJanuary 16th, 2013
Review: Free Marketing: 101 Ways Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business by Jim Cockrum
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, books, communication, customer loyalty, development, experts, facebook, marketing, persistance, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, video, website, wordpress, youtube
Tags: advertising, books, communication, customer loyalty, development, experts, facebook, marketing, persistance, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, video, website, wordpress, youtubeDown and Dirty: 4.5 out of 5 Read it in chunks and implement implement implement. Great, practical advice. This book makes me think of Guerilla Marketing but on digital steroids. Jim takes a new look at the marketing environment and has found ways to get around a great deal of the traditional marketing expenses we [...]
January 14th, 2013
Free Google Tools
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution Tags: customer loyalty, marketing, small business, social media, technology, traffic, video, website, youtube
Tags: customer loyalty, marketing, small business, social media, technology, traffic, video, website, youtubeThere are a ton of free services available to help get your business really moving, all from one single company too! It’s occurred to me I’ve maybe touched on one or two of these services, but never gotten into all of them. So here’s a large chunk of the free services Google offers that can [...]
December 14th, 2012
Why Facebook Is Slowly Killing It’s Fan Base
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution Tags: change, facebook, small business, social media, technology, traffic, website
Tags: change, facebook, small business, social media, technology, traffic, websiteI’ve spoken before on how Facebook is starting to charge companies to reach their Facebook fans by only allowing a certain percent of fans to actually see any given post. Now there are some ways around that. Getting your fans to ‘add to Interests’ and to have them regularly ‘like’ and comment on your posts. [...]
December 4th, 2012
QR Codes – Are They For You?
Posted in Business Talk, Design Tips, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, branding, change, content, development, email, marketing, planning, scanning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, website
Tags: advertising, branding, change, content, development, email, marketing, planning, scanning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, websiteOne of the problems you might have run across is finding a good domain for your company’s website. If it’s at all long, then you might begin to run into problems with print promotional material: Namely that people might not remember your website from a poster or billboard when they get to their computers. There [...]
November 29th, 2012
What is Shopify?
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution Tags: design, marketing, planning, selling, small business, social media, technology, traffic, website
Tags: design, marketing, planning, selling, small business, social media, technology, traffic, websiteShopify is a Content Management System (CMS) much like Joomla or WordPress. However Shopify, as the name suggests, is focused on building online stores. WordPress and Joomla require you to know how to purchase and install the correct security protocols (SSL Certificate) and use the shopping cart modules correctly to ensure your customers are getting [...]
November 27th, 2012
Automating Your Social Media
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution Tags: advertising, communication, customer loyalty, facebook, marketing, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, website
Tags: advertising, communication, customer loyalty, facebook, marketing, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, websiteObviously automation of social media should be done with grains of salt. You will still want to monitor your mentions and comments and respond. Not sure how to do that? Check out Google Alerts. (I talked about that yesterday.) With a growing need for versatility in social media, the idea of logging in and out [...]
November 16th, 2012
Don’t Get Overwhelmed
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, communication, facebook, mail, marketing, planning, print, selling, small business, social media, stress, technique, traffic, twitter, video, website, youtube
Tags: advertising, communication, facebook, mail, marketing, planning, print, selling, small business, social media, stress, technique, traffic, twitter, video, website, youtubeOther companies have all these marketing pieces, do you need them too? Not necessarily. We live in a world where marketing options are as wide and varied as the people in it. Here’s just a short list you might have been considering: Mailers Brochures Fliers Posters TV Ads Radio Newspaper Ads Magazine Ads Logo Give-a-Ways [...]
November 1st, 2012
Review: Engagement Marketing by Gail F. Goodman
Posted in Book Reviews, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, books, change, communication, content, customer loyalty, development, experts, facebook, images, marketing, photos, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, video, website, youtube
Tags: advertising, books, change, communication, content, customer loyalty, development, experts, facebook, images, marketing, photos, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, video, website, youtubeDown and Dirty: 3.5 out of 5 Good practical marketing advice that sometimes feels over used and over fluffed in the book. There are enough little tidbits to be gleaned out of this book that I’d recommend it as at least a once-read with a notebook in hand. A few of the things I hadn’t [...]
October 31st, 2012
How to Lose and How to Win in Emergencies
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: communication, customer loyalty, emotion, facebook, marketing, morale, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, website
Tags: communication, customer loyalty, emotion, facebook, marketing, morale, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, websiteBlogger’s Note: My hopes prayers go out to all those who have been affected by the recent storm front/hurricane. It’s not been pretty. God bless and protect the victims and the volunteers coming in to assist. Hurricane Sandy, the ‘frankenstorm’ is a fairly rare occurrence, but when these ‘black swans’* occur are you ready? No [...]