A Million Great Marketing Ideas – Here’s One! | Barry Davis

As a small business owner, I’ll bet that you sometimes begin to wonder…how am I ever going to get my marketing message out?  With all the choices out there, such as newspapers, magazines, radio & television…how do I make the “right” decision?  All these choices can cost you an “arm and a leg” and just exactly what do you get in return?  A full page ad in a local magazine will set you back $10,000.00.  Not bad if you have the money.  But once the reader turns the page, you’re not in his/her mind anymore…how many new customers will you have to get in order to re-coup your $10,000.00 investment.. I’ll bet a lot.

People will tell you if you advertise on the radio, your commercial must be consistent and it must play at all hours of the day and night.  Just exactly how much will that run you?  Probably a lot more then you’re spending on marketing & advertising right now.  It’s all so expensive.  What’s a small business owner to do?
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Statewide small business stimulus program heads to Riverside | Office of the Small Business Advocate

Business Matchmaking and SBDC team to help entrepreneurs access contracts
Statewide small business stimulus program heads to Riverside

SACRAMENTO — On Feb. 4 Riverside businesses will have the opportunity to participate in a free statewide program aimed at increasing small business readiness to access stimulus-funded contracts through President Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan.
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Stimulus News Digest | Office of the Small Business Advocate

Highlights include:

Santa Rosa, County Due Millions in Stimulus Aid   –   $7.4MM

Forest Service Gets $185 Million to Expand Payroll in Region  –  $185MM

Workforce Investment Board Offers Free Employment Advice  –  $220K

Fiber Dominates Latest US Rural Broadband Stimulus Funds Release  –  $300MM

NIH Funding of Biomedical Innovation Is Creating Jobs, Fueling Industry  –  $10.5BN
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