Creating Your Own Fireworks – The Explosive Power of Good Word-of-Mouth Marketing Thunder Over Louisville has been the Derby Festival kick-off event for the past 19 years. It is an air and pyrotechnics show, unrivaled by any other city in... (Continue reading)
In challenging economic times, it’s more important than ever to get your company in front of perspective clients. Unfortunately, advertising can be expensive and doesn’t necessarily help you stand out from the crowd. So how can you get noticed by... (Continue reading)
Reporters and editors can often be heard quietly grumbling to themselves in their cubicles as they open their inbox, only to find it cluttered with irrelevant and spam-marked news releases. Sure, e-mail is the easiest way to reach multiple local... (Continue reading)
Public relations has grown up or matured, rather, with the dawning of the social media age. With the emergence of blogs, Twitter and social media networks, PR practitioners are looking at online communities as new and credible media for consumer... (Continue reading)
A longstanding trend holds that no matter how big their budget is people still want to be perceived as “savvy shoppers” or “wise investors.” A recent article discussed how the super rich don’t want to be unsympathetic as to what... (Continue reading)
A month into the new year, small businesses are facing the stressful task of staying accountable for their list of resolutions to make their businesses more productive, efficient and downright successful in 2009. Are you struggling to change bad business... (Continue reading)
In tough times, the determined frenzy to succeed is even more important to ensure growth and is generally what separates those flailing to stay alive from those swimming in sweet black on the P&L at the end of the quarter.... (Continue reading)
When you are looking at the “What Next?” question in your line item budget regarding marketing and sales support, avoid the headache. Start with the basics: research. The industry field for this is known as “competitive intelligence.” This term has... (Continue reading)
Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. -Thomas Carlyle Financial Intelligence sounds like a new industry buzz term, until you get to the root of what... (Continue reading)
With the state of the economy in flux and no clear answer as to when the market will bounce back, many small businesses are looking to tighten their budgets and lay low in order to weather what Alan Greenspan has... (Continue reading)