maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 24, 2009, 4:07 pm
One of the most visible effects of the social media revolution is the relative power that is now in the hands of an individual consumer when it comes to spreading a positive or negative experience wit...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 24, 2009, 12:22 pm
Marketing Podcast with Biznik This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Dan McComb (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download – subscribe now via iTunes I’...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 24, 2009, 8:16 am
... Social Media Ebook This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Social media and online marketing tools and tactics are ... Live Small Business team to bring you the revised and freshly updated ...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 23, 2009, 11:11 am
Stop Wasting Your Time With Social Media This content from: Duct Tape Marketing If you have no precise marketing strategy, or even a simple set of marketing goals, social media participation will on...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 22, 2009, 8:44 am
Weekend Favs November Twenty-two This content from: Duct Tape Marketing I’ve added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during ...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 21, 2009, 2:30 am
Dr Michael Economides has published several books on energy and its surrounding political controversies. Energy is victim of its own success, he says. Energy abundance has determined which countries h...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 21, 2009, 2:30 am
Would you know how to prepare your company for a sale? Do you even know what all seller due diligence includes? Greg Price has food for thought that could help simplify your preparation.
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 21, 2009, 2:30 am
BusinessMakers Legends wax nostalgic when asked for their advice—it’s about passion, keeping your cool and facing down the ultimate challenge. We have compiled a basketful of inspiration from the ...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 21, 2009, 2:30 am
Russ and John present the show about the make it happen entrepreneurs. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of the Week—personal observation by American author Sam Levenson; This Week in Business Hist...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 20, 2009, 10:59 am
QuickBooks 2010 Expends Beyond Accounting This content from: Duct Tape Marketing The latest version of QuickBooks is a big step outside the box for the leading small business accounting software. B...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 18, 2009, 9:07 am
... truthful – “What the heck is integrated marketing anyway?” Well, c’mon I would mutter, “everyone knows it’ ... onslaught of buzz over social media, the inte...
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maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 18, 2009, 8:48 am
Yesterday I hosted a conversation on Twitter all about authenticity and what that truly means. It's a buzzword, to be sure, but it was interesting that the 140 character based conversation yielded...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 18, 2009, 3:00 am
Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news. The AMA wants us to change our view of marijuana. If California could tax pot revenue, there would BE no budget problems! Kraft wan...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 18, 2009, 3:00 am
What are the business benefits for the legalization of marijuana? The girls will discuss how states and the country as a whole can profit from the taxation of this plant. Also apparently Kraft is ju...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 18, 2009, 3:00 am
Making changes to your medical benefits has become very tricky. But it’s so important that you offer your employees the right plan! Carl Kleimann offers critical tips to consider.
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 18, 2009, 3:00 am
Other than security cameras in your delivery trucks, what else can you do to increase security in your company? Have you thought about your company culture and how you use technology? Katie and Esther...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 18, 2009, 3:00 am
Katie interviews Chris Portillo, senior marketing communications specialist for Safety Vision, a global mobile video technology company. Transit buses, police cars, FedEx trucks all have security or b...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 17, 2009, 10:44 am
Is Social Media Changing Selling? This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Mike McLaughlin (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download – subscribe now via iTunes...
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maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 8:48 am
Just about every week I see an article or have a conversation with a client about the potential risks of social media and how to manage them. Quite frankly, there are many ways that social media can g...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 16, 2009, 9:37 am
3 Tools to Make Twitter Lists Even More Useful This content from: Duct Tape Marketing I’m a big fan of the newish Twitter List function. I wrote about it last week – 5 Reasons to Use the...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 15, 2009, 8:02 am
Winner of the Social Media Library This content from: Duct Tape Marketing In case you missed my post on Friday I offered one signed copy of One these seven books: Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Ju...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 14, 2009, 10:06 am
Weedend Favs November Fourteen This content from: Duct Tape Marketing I’ve added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during th...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 14, 2009, 2:30 am
Changes in the retirement tax laws, coupled with our economic downturn, are making retirees uncomfortable. Greg Price offers tax-saving strategies for required minimum distributions.
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 14, 2009, 2:30 am
Russ is on the road at Houston’s Fast Tech 50. Competition sponsors offer behind-the-scenes comments; we’ll hear from principals with the Houston Technology Center, PKF Texas, Oracle and Pierpont ...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 14, 2009, 2:30 am
Shobeir Shobeiri calls PlugandPlayTechCenter.com “Silicon Valley in a Box.” It is a technology community that provides a data center, counseling and capital raising assistance to a client base tha...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 14, 2009, 2:30 am
Russ visits with two principals of Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly LLC, the largest Investor Relations firm headquartered in the Southwest. Dennard and Gray believe that companies should ramp up their co...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 14, 2009, 2:30 am
Russ and John present the show about the entrepreneurs, the people who take risks, build businesses and, well, these people are like the economy’s Marine Corps. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 13, 2009, 7:03 am
Win a Social Media Marketing Library This content from: Duct Tape Marketing In a fit of collaboration goodness I would like to gift one set of seven awesome books to the person that most creatively ...
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maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 6:29 am
What if you only had to do your job once or twice per year? Apart from the tempting thought of how great your life would be without work, imagine the practical fact of how your skills that you use on ...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 12, 2009, 11:24 am
Getting Bloggers to Write About You This content from: Duct Tape Marketing I get daily pitches from PR folks and business owners asking me to write about their news, launch, product, or survey. On o...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 12, 2009, 7:31 am
Platforms Change, Marketing is the Same This content from: Duct Tape Marketing The video below, staged by the Business Marketing Association (BMA) during their annual conference, should be shown to ...
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maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 11, 2009, 1:07 pm
For the next three days the World Bank here in Washington DC is hosting a world changing event that few people know about. Called the Development Marketplace - it is a gathering of organizations behin...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 11, 2009, 11:34 am
How Zen Does a Small Biz Need to Be? This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Leo Babauta (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download – subscribe now via iTunes ...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 am
When is the unemployment rate going to drop? Esther and Katie discuss how some businesses are getting by with the smaller staff. If you are planning on riding first class you better dress like you a...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 am
Open enrollment is usually the only chance employees have to make changes to their benefits selection. Carl Kleimann provides tips for helping your employees make the right choices.
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 am
With all the social media tools available today, we tend to forget the old-fashion mail-out approach. But, targeted and powerful content can be a great attention-getter, so please don’t discount the...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 am
Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld dissect the week’s business news. Layoffs and cutbacks are rampant and the unemployment rate just keeps rising. Productivity is up, though, so what does that say abo...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 11, 2009, 3:00 am
Lisa Albright’s son had allergies, eczema and sensitive skin. She tried to find a laundry product with no chemicals or perfumes, something non-allergenic that would work with her high-efficiency was...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 10, 2009, 7:30 am
Twitter and LinkedIn Finally Sync Up This content from: Duct Tape Marketing LinkedIn and Twitter announced an integration today that should be interesting. Starting sometime today, LinkedIn users c...
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maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 8:39 am
Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and people across the world are focusing on this momentous day. Last week I was in Berlin and spent an afternoon looking at remnants of the...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 9, 2009, 6:31 am
5 Reasons to Use the New Twitter List Feature This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Twitter added a new feature recently called Lists. I have to admit, at first I thought this was no big deal. I us...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 7, 2009, 2:30 am
As we age and younger workers enter the workforce, how gracefully will we leaders relinquish power to the less experienced? Do you know how to help others achieve their optimum performance? Greg Price...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 7, 2009, 2:30 am
John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil Co., wants to be the voice for grassroots Americans in the future of affordable energy. Energy is a broad term, he says, and people need to know more abo...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 7, 2009, 2:30 am
Russ flashes back to a 2008 interview with a man who has conducted and published cutting-edge immunopathology research, lectured at Harvard University and completed a $4 billion hotel merger. Wolfe i...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 7, 2009, 2:30 am
Russ and John present the show about the entrepreneurs, the people who take risks, build businesses and, well, these people are like the economy’s Marine Corps. Includes: the BusinessMakers Quote of...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 6, 2009, 8:20 am
3 Sources of Grammar Inspiration This content from: Duct Tape Marketing About once a week I amuse the grammar troops by torturing some aspect of the language in my writing. Hey, I don’t do it ...
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maria b. posted an article on Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 5, 2009, 5:16 am
Trust Me: Four Steps to Authenticity and Charisma This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Marketing podcast with Nick Morgan (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download – subscribe no...
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maria b. posted an article on Influential Marketing Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 8:21 am
Adrian Moore is the best concierge in the world. At least, according to British travel magazine Monacle, he is. He works at the Four Seasons in Paris, knows all the best spots and restaurants, is inti...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 4, 2009, 3:00 am
Ever wonder if sitting your child down in front of the TV can really increase their IQ? Well the FTC does not think so and Disney pays the price. Microsoft takes a hint from Apple on being a mall ra...
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maria b. posted an article on The Business Makers - Nov 4, 2009, 3:00 am
Did you know the Minimum Wage can be different in cities across the nation? Did you know there are exemptions for some of the requirements? Carl Kleimann has the 411 on Minimum Wage.
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