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  • August 26 2011

    Human Centric Approach to Marketing…Just Another Catch Phrase?

    Heard about Human-Centric marketing? Its deeper points are best left to those who have the time to ponder them; for the rest of us, here are some of its key takeaways and how you as a small business owner can put them into action.

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  • August 2 2011

    What is Reputation Management, and how can it help your business?

    There is no shortage of information on what Online Reputation Management “is”, but there aren’t so many articles that tell you what tactics you can deploy to help manage your online reputation. Here, we’ll lay out some simple guide points by which you can begin to take control of your own reputation.

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  • June 28 2011

    The First Steps to a Mobile Friendly Website

    For many of our small business clients, creating a “mobile friendly website” was not a top priority since very little of their traffic came via mobile devices. Now that’s changing. So what are the first steps that you as a small business owner or manager can do to start to make your own website mobile friendly?

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  • May 17 2011

    The Secret Ingredient to success online: Goals

    Managing a web presence is similar to cooking in that you have to add tactics (ingredients) into the mix, and then measure (taste) and then adjust accordingly. Without goals, and continued measurement, you can’t be sure whats going to come out of the oven.

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  • May 15 2011

    Think About Your Business’ Website Like an SEO Expert

    Whether you’re preparing to create a new site or overhaul an existing one, it’s important to not start at the graphic design phase. Yes, you heard me. Graphic design is not the first step to creating a successful website. Information design is.

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  • April 16 2011

    It’s Spring, Time To Clean Up Your Web Presence.

    I invite you to take a thorough look at your business’s web presence this year when you get the spring cleaning bug. To help organize your efforts, we’ve put together a checklist of items to review and clean up this year.

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  • March 11 2011

    5 things I learned at WordCamp Miami 2011

    Klaus and I traveled to Miami last weekend to attend WordCamp Miami 2011, where Klaus spoke and I LEARNED! Aside from not having internet at our hotel for 5 hours the night before, we had a very fun & productive trip.

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  • March 10 2011

    7 Ways to Increase your Chances of Getting Lucky with Your Online Presence

    Back in 1978, the science fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein penned the line, “if you don’t bet, you can’t win.”  This concept applies fittingly to internet marketing. After all, if you don’t have a web presence, then surely no-one will find you online.

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  • February 3 2011

    How Often Can I Email My Customers?

    This Sunday, I came across a great article by Jay Goltz called “How Often Can You Send Email Promotions?” in the NY Times. It was no surprise to me that this discussion came up within his marketing planning meeting. However, it was refreshing to see the thought process unfold within his team as they tried to identify the sweet spot of how often to email their clients.

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  • January 28 2011

    5 Ways to Improve your Online Business Presence

    With January over, it’s a sure bet that many of those tidy 2011 Internet marketing resolutions you set for your business have given way to putting out client fires, plowing through a stuffed inbox, and taming the overflowing file repository you used to call a desk.

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