Today’s Featured Posts
Why Time Warner Cable Only Cares if You Complain: A Customer Service FAIL Story
I’m all for Capitalism. I know that businesses has to make money. But there is a way of doing business that has been lost in the Large Corporate world. Some might call it a loss of humanity, others will call it greed, I just think it’s a lack of vision.
Why Blog Contests are About Relationships and Not Traffic
The increase in traffic I get from the Firepole Marketing blog contest will be great but ultimately fleeting… The value I will take from this experience are the relationships I’ve formed. The resources I now have at my disposal to bounce ideas and questions off of.
Small Business SEO Experiment – Week 3
In order to build an search engine optimized small business blog you need consistency and patience. The Murray Group’s SEO campaign came out of the gate guns blazing (see the result from my week 1 post below). There have been significantly less fireworks the last two weeks as far as new leads.
Why the “Old Way” of Doing Business is a Myth
New technology makes you uncomfortable. First, talking through a computer is just weird. Second, you have to know how to type or it takes a ridiculous amount of time. Third, everything you say lasts forever in cyber-space whatever the hell that is…
33 Excuses for Not Blogging About Your Business
So what the Internet has revolutionized the way small business communicates with their customers. You have an excuse… Actually you now have 33 excuses why you don’t blog about your business.
Small Business SEO Experiment – Week 2
We’ve finished week #2 of my small business SEO experiment and I’ve learned two things this week that I want to share with you right off the bat. Posting valuable content every day is hard. Posting valuable content every day drives traffic to your website.
3 Reasons Why Small Town Business Needs a Business Blog
Small town businesses throughout the US are beginning to consider online marketing as a legitimate tool for building a larger customer base.
Small Business SEO Experiment Results – Week 1
“People don’t search the Internet for information, they search the Internet for Solutions!”
Write for Everyone and You Write to NO ONE!
Write for everyone and you write to no one…
Blogging is not enough… The words you write in your blog or on social media or in your newsletter must deliver value first to drive engagement, subscriptions and conversions.
How My Experiment in SEO Will Change the Game on Small Business Blogging
Forget Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn and Google+… Forget social media. We’re talking about generating serious revenue for your small business with a blog. Social media helps, but if it’s your focus only frustration and heartache lie in your online future.
