June 2009
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5 Lessons We Learned from Billy Mays
It’s with great sadness that the widely-known television commercial icon, Billy Mays, has left us this Sunday morning. In light of his passing, we wanted to reflect on the lessons that Mays shared with us in personal branding, marketing, sales and entrepreneurial talent during his time. A hero and legend to the marketing industry. I [...]
Marketing Your Small Business in Social Media
It’s not uncommon today for small businesses to be leery about marketing themselves in social media. There are several applications, tools and communities in how a small business can participate and engage their customers and prospects. There’s also a fine social media ethical fence we all walk on when marketing to customers and prospects.
But, social [...]
Have You Increased Sales During the Recession?
I recently came across a blog post focused on what small businesses are doing to increase sales during the recession. At Winning Workplaces, they surveyed their registered users and their honorees to find out what tactics these businesses are employing to drive sales. I was shocked at the responses.
Big Business (Tries to) Go Small
A couple weeks ago, Dave and I were invited to attend the Warrillow Summit in Las Vegas, which focused on connecting big business companies around small businesses needs, interests and demands. We met many great folks there, but something got me fired up enough to stand on my virtual soapbox and get it off my [...]
My Visit to Zappos: Great Company Culture
I had a great visit last week to Zappos where I took a tour of their facility and had lunch with CEO, Tony Hsieh. We took a trip out there to see how Tony keeps his troops focused on customers as well as plugged into the mission of the company. (Especially considering that they just [...]
Now Partnered with PowerPay for Small Businesses
One of the last considerations an entrepreneur thinks about in their business is merchant services. That is, the credit card processing, support and dispute resolution services so they can accept payments from customers. To me, merchant account providers are about as hard to navigate their series of fees and fine print as car dealerships.
One provider [...]
Progress on Our ‘09 Annual Priorities
As promised a couple weeks ago, I wanted to provide a little update on how we’re doing with each one of our 2009 annual priorities. It’s important to me to maintain this transparency and open communication as to the progress we’re making together to revolutionize the way small businesses grow.
As you know, I’m very proud [...]
