Tag Archives | Small Business

Aside

The small business social media cheat sheet

By + on January 28, 2012 in Infographics, Social Media

I’m a visual guy and as you can tell from reading this blog I love infographics and I curate them quite a bit. This one is better than most. Take a hard look and ponder the data and what it means to you and your organization… The small business social media cheat sheet [infographic] – [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }
Aside

32% of Businesses Cite ‘Lack of Time’ as Biggest Social Media Challenge

By + on December 5, 2011 in Content Marketing, Social Media

Have you heard it said that we tend to agree with experts who agree with us? Well? I really agree with these guys… Red Rocket Media, a specialist content marketing agency, surveyed marketing professionals across a wide range of sectors and found that 32% of businesses cited ‘lack the time’ as their biggest social media [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 1 }
Aside

How to introduce social media to your business

By + on November 20, 2011 in Infographics, Social Media, Tactics, Thoughts

Danny Brown has some helpful information this morning on how to introduce social media to your business… “Fact – too many businesses still need to wake up and realize that social media is not “one of these Internet fads” that will disappear. Fact – because of this mindset, too many businesses are potentially missing out [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 1 }
Aside

4 Reasons Why You Should Be Blogging About Your Business

By + on October 11, 2011 in Blogging

Blogging is still a fairly recent development for marketing, and small and medium sized businesses are the ones who will benefit greatly by incorporating blogs into their online marketing strategy. The power of blogging and the audiences it reaches cannot be denied – this is a cutting edge way to market your company, and by [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }
Aside

Social Media is a Waste of Time

By + on October 6, 2011 in Facebook, Just in case, Social Media

If you are like most small businesses, you and your team are stretched thin. If you even have a team. All day long you are servicing customers, delivering products, managing finances and doing whatever it takes to keep your business up and running. The last thing you need is to waste time. But for many [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 1 }
Aside

Will Blogging Work for Your HVAC Business? Any business?

By + on September 29, 2011 in Blogging, Just in case, Social Media

Here’s a great post from contractingbusiness.com that has good insight for many solopreneurs and small business owners… The fact is, blogging for business does take effort on a daily basis. And benefits may not be apparent for as long as six months. Yes, blogging is just a tool, but here are some facts about blogs [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }
Aside

Why It’s Okay to Be Small

By + on September 6, 2011 in Infographics, Just in case

…There are some definite advantages that solo professionals (a.k.a. freelancers) can offer their clients that traditional companies usually cannot. Here are seven of those advantages: Quick decision-making. A freelancer is able to make decisions very quickly. In fact, he or she is the decision-maker. In contrast, large corporations may have multiple layers of approval that [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }
Aside

Tools I use; 31 days to build a better blog

By + on September 1, 2011 in Just in case, Social Media, Tools

During the course of September, I’m working through Darren Rowse‘s ebook “31 days to build a better blog”. First assignment? Create an ‘elevator pitch‘. Here’s what I have so far… Short version? “e1evation.com is about educating, equipping and empowering” Long version? e1evation.com is about marketing, sales and technology for small business owners, non-profits and academic institutions. [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 2 }
Aside

Web Marketing and Business Lead Generation

By + on August 21, 2011 in Just in case, Tools

New entrepreneurs often agonize about how to attract that first client. In a post this week on Entrepreneur .com in the Business Operations section, the question arose about how best to make that all-important first sale. Among other suggestions, author Pattie Simone stated that success depended upon “building a community and pursuing a number of [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }