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 [...]
December 18th, 2012
Felicia Day Interview: Inventing the Future
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: change, development, emotion, experts, facebook, marketing, small business, social media, twitter, video, youtube
Tags: change, development, emotion, experts, facebook, marketing, small business, social media, twitter, video, youtubeI’d like to share this Interview by Control+Alt+Compete with Felicia Day, creator of The Guild and Geek & Sundry, about her business, how she started, the challenges, being true to her core and how she forged ahead with a very small business and very skimpy funds to now be where she’s at today, doing what [...]
December 10th, 2012
From Blah to WOW
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, branding, email, emotion, facebook, mail, marketing, mind, selling, small business, social media, technology, twitter, video
Tags: advertising, branding, email, emotion, facebook, mail, marketing, mind, selling, small business, social media, technology, twitter, videoI got this idea from one of my favorite idea-guys Scott Ginsberg: How boring is your email signature? Does it do anything but the basics it was designed for? I mean really a logo, tagline and some contact info is usually about the extent of what I see on email signatures, if that . We’re [...]
December 7th, 2012
Update/Create Your Gravatar
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: branding, communication, facebook, images, joomla, marketing, photos, small business, social media, technique, technology, twitter, website, youtube
Tags: branding, communication, facebook, images, joomla, marketing, photos, small business, social media, technique, technology, twitter, website, youtubeI mentioned a while back about what a Gravatar is and how it works, but I want to go over it again because new programs are developing to take advantage of it. For instance my Hotmail/MSN.com email account now shows the Gravatar of every email address that sends me an email. It’s a lovely feature [...]
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 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 [...]