Smart Marketing Resources for Small & Start Up Businesses
Where do I begin with my mother? She’s been there for me every step of the way. This has always been apparent to me during the last 25+ years of my life but recent change and reflection have truly made me appreciate the amazing mother she has been to my three sisters and me for [...]
I recently wrote a post for Get Busy Media titled, “Why I love and Hate Blogging.” In this post I’m going to share blogging options and necessities. Please note: there are endless ways to make money blogging, the below suggestions are merely my own preferences and what has worked for me. That also includes the [...]
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I started blogging full-time about seven years ago. During those years I have lost count of how many people have asked me how to “Do what I do.” The funny thing though is that most people don’t want an honest answer. Blogging, like any other business, is not rocket science but it takes hard work, [...]
The term microblogging is one that is often used in reference to social media posts. Any update you place on Facebook, Tweet you make on Twitter, post you share on Google+, or any other update on social media platforms can be called microblogging. However, not every post is equally effective. As PrintPlace points out, certain [...]
So you have some information you think is newsworthy—something that will interest the public and earn you some media coverage, as well. Maybe it is an announcement on a large sale you will be having in which a part of proceeds will go to a local non-profit organization. Or maybe you have won an important [...]
In December, I wrote a guest post titled, “Mobile Marketing Tips for Small Businesses.” In short, it was about simple ways to make your website mobile friendly in a mobile world. In this post, I thought I would do the reverse and review, as a blogger/business owner, a few of my favorite apps. I often [...]
So many professions require an employee to sit in a cubicle and work on a computer. There is the occasional meeting and collaboration session that requires you to be in the office (or so your boss says), but by and large it’s you and the computer 8 hours per day, 5 days per week. The [...]
Congratulations on completing 100 jobs in 1 year! For those who are unaware of your project, why did you embark on this initiative? Why did I embark on this project? After I was finished being an NBC page in October 2011, I started doing some freelancing and started talking to people. There was one week [...]
Before I went into advertising, I spent a quick minute working in Employee Healthcare and Benefits Administration. When you looked at initiatives like wellness and nutrition (i.e exercise and diet) and employee assistance (i.e. quitting smoking) they always came back to one thing—behavior change. People often know something is detrimental to their health (donut rich [...]
