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Fuel Your Small Business Success by Scheduling Learning Opportunities

One theme you may have noticed throughout this blog is that we place a high value on continually being in learning mode. We practice this by subscribing to and reading worthwhile publications, both online and off, by investing in marketing and business books that form a solid reference library, and of course, by the experience of trying and testing new ideas.

Today’s 30-minute tip is to invest in your business growth by scheduling time to learn. Don’t just leave it to chance. Add it to your daily or at least your weekly schedule and treat it like you would an important appointment with a customer. Make the time for it.

Here are three free marketing magazines that we recommend and that regularly arrive in our mailbox. One deals exclusively with running a website, another with selling products online, and the third with all forms of direct response marketing.

Build Your Email List – Kick Start Your Marketing

I love the beginning of a new year. It’s just a date on the calendar, but there’s something about January 1 that says “fresh” and “new.” I go into planning mode and figure out more stuff in two weeks than in the previous six months. This first post of the year is a natural time [...]

Do You Squidoo?

Our link building lesson continues today with a new assignment. Last week we went out and commented on at least three relevant blogs, adding to the conversation and gaining links to our Web sites in the process. This week, we’re going to build a Squidoo lens around the keyword phrase most relevant to your Web [...]

Productivity, Efficiency and Small Business Marketing

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” ~Albert Einstein Productivity, efficiency, and small business marketing go hand-in-hand. As small business owners, we simply don’t have time to waste. I don’t know about you, but I’m the business owner, the bookkeeper, the project manager, the marketing director, the maintenance department, [...]

Holiday Campaign Ideas

Let’s just give this some thought, you’re not absolutely too late, and if you start something now you can perfect it next year. You’ve got to start somewhere, so let’s brainstorm.

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