If you are planning to use Facebook as a tool to market your business, you need to build a targeted network of Facebook Friends. While it is fun to connect with your high school class mates, you need to focus on connecting with people who are your target market.
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Blogs, ezines, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are all great ways to disseminate information and let prospects get to know, like and trust you enough to want to spend money on your products and services. The more information you put out there, the more people can get to know you. And not just professional advice and
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We’ve all heard the expression the cobbler’s children go barefoot. Well I’ve been running around barefoot for the past several years. When I first started my full time copywriting business three years ago, one day I looked at the calendar and realized I had a networking meeting coming up and I didn’t have any business
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The other day I was getting ready to send some marketing information to a potential client. Included was a link to my other website (www.stenbergwrites.com). Since I use this site primarily as an online portfolio for potential writing and marketing clients, it doesn’t change often. Weeks may go by between times I visit this site.
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Often when we start a business we focus on the entrepreneurial skills we need – marketing, sales, financial planning. We’re done with the corporate world. We put corporate skills like managing staff out of our heads. But no matter how small your business is when you start, at some point, if you continue to grow,
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I was complaining to a colleague that I’m not getting as much done as I’d like. I set goals and create to do lists. I’m working hard but I’m just not getting everything done. And it’s making me frustrated. I told her I don’t know if I’m just not being productive or if I’m expecting
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Many people who are new to blogging wonder what that orange symbol on the upper left corner of my blog is about. Not only is it on my blog, you’ll likely see it on every other blog you visit – and an increasing number of websites as well. That orange symbol is the icon for
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Like most bloggers I’m always looking for ways to increase traffic to my blog. I’m not obsessive about it, but since this is my business, not a hobby, I take traffic growth seriously. This is why I’m intrigued by a new program – 23Blogs.com – FREE Blog Roll TEXT Link Exchange.(1:10). This is a free
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Yesterday morning I was sitting in my home office after getting my son off to the bus. My cat, Nemo, was rolling around in front of the computer while I checked my email (he likes a morning cuddle before he gets down to some serious napping for the day). I read my email, read some
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I’ve been listening to Michael Gerber’s book Awakening the Entrepreneur Within. I don’t usually listen to books on my MP3 player, but I’m really glad I did with this one. Gerber – who is reading his book – is really passionate about the subject of small business and this passion really comes through in the
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