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  • February 29 2012

    QR Codes: What Are Those Things?

    You’re seeing them everywhere. They’re little boxes with barcode scanner print in them and they’re taking over the world. You may have seen them on flyers for events, in store windows, on bottles of wine or even on someone’s forehead. But what are they and what is their purpose? Read more to find out!

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  • December 13 2011

    Two Become One: Facebook Pages & Places Merge

    A Facebook page shows the world you exist and people like you, but place pages offer proof of life. Why not merge the two to combine the best of the ‘likes’ and the ‘check ins’ and add a kickback in the form of an online deal?

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  • November 30 2011

    What’s Stopping You from Creating Content and How to Get Over It

    No matter what business you are in, if you’re paying attention to current marketing trends, you know you need to create content—interesting, relevant, consistent content for your internet marketing to be effective. But knowing and doing are two very different things.

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  • September 21 2011

    Get Free Word of Mouth Advertising with Facebook Places

    As we’ve mentioned, we think your business should be paying attention to Facebook, because that is where your customers are spending their time. This is especially true if your business is a physical establishment where people shop, dine, receive services or just hang out.

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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

    Broadcast your Business with Internet Video

    Video is one of the most effective tools we know of at turning website visitors into customers. Most businesses just aren’t sure what to promote in their videos. Here are some inspiring ways that you can win new customers by using video online.

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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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  • February 25 2011

    Is your homepage inviting and helpful for visitors? Or sending them away in droves?

    When we conduct a strategic analysis of an underperforming website, and we check into the site’s statistics, we often look at “bounces” to determine where an opportunity is being missed. A bounce is when a visitor arrives at a page, …

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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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