The word content is confusing enough as it’s bantered around these days, but it’s also difficult for many small business owners to come up with a big picture view of the role content plays in the acquisition of clients.
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Why The Facebook-Microsoft Alliance Should Worry Google | Fast Company
The parallels between Microsoft and Facebook have always been strong. Founded by college dropouts from Harvard, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, the two have overcome vicious competition to create some of the world’s most influential technology companies and ubiquitous products. And though times have changed for the nearly four-decades-old Microsoft, never have the connections been stronger between it and Facebook.
Facebook Sees Big Traffic Drops in US and Canada as It Nears 700 Million Users Worldwide
by the time Facebook reaches around 50% of the total population in a given country (plus or minus, depending on internet access rates in that country), growth generally slows to a halt, as we’ve noted before.
Ecommerce Should Get Serious About Video | mashable.com
Today, ebusinesses that utilize video assets are at an advantage, since Google is structuring its search engine results to reward sites that include video.
Billboard Houses | CoolBusinessIdeas.com
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Social Media Demystified | Remarx Media
Cara Stewart and Theresa Drieke of Remarx Media made a killer presentation about what social media is and also what it isn’t to our bi-monthly brown bag group. While this presentation isn’t quite as powerful without the voice over, it does give you some good grounding in the basics.
One of the things the presenters said that stuck with me was this: “With the speed that the social networking environment is changing, anyone who tells you there are an expert in field doesn’t get it, or is not being truthful.” With my experience with so called experts, all I can say is ‘Amen’.
Two More Free and Almost Free Marketing Ideas | Barry Davis
Which small business wouldn’t like to increase their client base? The question is how do I do it and how much will it cost me? Below you will find two great marketing ideas…one that will cost you nothing but time and the second is almost free.
We’ve all received e-mails that contain jokes or political opinions. We may or may not know the senders, but that doesn’t matter. In the ‘send to’ header there are usually a lot of people’s e-mail addresses (in fact, if the message has been forwarded, there may be hundreds of them). These people may be your next clients!
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Weekly Economic Update | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- March State/Local Area Employment Reports
- California’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 12.0%
- SoCal Home Sales and Prices Take a Hit in March
- February U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows as Both Imports and Exports Fall
- California Exports Continue to Fall
- February California Imports
- March Port Figures – Sixteen Consecutive Months of Growth
- Consumer Prices in March
- March PPI Climbs on Steep Rise in Wholesale Energy Prices
5 Truths That Lead to More Referrals | American Express OPEN Forum
Many businesses enjoy receiving referrals, but feel they come by mixing good work with chance mentions from satisfied customers.
A Million and Two Great Marketing Ideas (NEW POST)| Barry Davis
In my last article, “A Million Great Marketing Ideas-Here’s One”, I told you about the “bain” of every small business. Exactly how do you get your message out to the most number of people, without having to take out a second on your house? In today’s media savvy environment, we are getting hit with thousands of messages each day…how do customers pick your company to do business with….and just exactly how do you stand out?
I have a few new ideas that might just make you “different” than all of your competitors and won’t break the bank.
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