QR Code Customization and Branding

As QR codes gain increased acceptance, customizing and branding will enhance their value for your business. Customization of QR codes is ideally accomplished by skilled designers – with that investment ranging from hundreds to thousands of US dollars. Clearly, this is out of the reach of most small businesses.  One alternative is Unitag – a […]

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Is There Friction in Your Marketing?

Friction is becoming one of the new buzz words in the tech marketing space. It’s one that happens to resonate with me, and for good reason. Friction gives you a tangible mental picture with which to manage the customer experience associated with your marketing – allowing you to enhance it for everyone concerned. Frictionless Content […]

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Are You a Social Marketing Leader?

Small businesses typically play it safe when it comes to marketing – fishing in the same ponds as their competitors, and typically using the same bait. This includes publication advertising, trade shows, and direct mail. Could this explain why so many small businesses are slow to adopt social media practices? What’s missing? Leadership, innovation, and […]

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Why Being Wrong is Right for Business

Businesses work very hard at being right in order to attract more business – and so do their competitors. If everyone is right there is no differentiation – and no sale. A better strategy is being wrong to be right. Trust Wins Customers Your marketing has to resonate with your audience at an emotional level. […]

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Working with Rejection

Learning to accept rejection is a bad policy. Learning  from rejection is a practice that could prove to be highly valuable to your small business marketing efforts. If you are a marketer, you know about rejection.  On the surface rejection seems to be the worst response you could get to your marketing efforts. Rejection is […]

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Facebook Page Comments Go Public

Today Facebook announced new changes at their f8 conference. There is always a lot of hoopla and excitement associated with this annual event, though I’ll reserve my comments for later. My ongoing promise to you is to not just report the news – but to give you a thoughtful perspective on what it means for […]

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TinyLetter Simplifies Email Newsletters

Today MailChimp acquired TinyLetter to provide email newsletters capabilities for anyone that can send an email. Seriously, it’s that easy. Want proof.  Notice how they get you started by having you select your username – which then becomes the sign-up URL for your newsletter. In other words, one step at a time. Oh, and like […]

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Google Adwords Express for Local Small Businesses

Yesterday Google launched Adwords Express for local small businesses. This video that Google created to promote Adwords is not necessarily instructional, but it is entertaining – and should serve as a wake-up call to local small businesses who are relying on traditional methods to generate leads. Your Local Small Business Indeed, there are many small […]

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How You Can Grow Your Business with QR Codes

Quick Response (QR) codes and other two-dimensional (2D) codes are expected to achieve widespread use this year – and for good reason. Consumers want immediate access to what’s relevant and QR codes are being used to make that possible.

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