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Get to know your customers day

Get to know your customers day

Customers. Clients. Patrons. Supporters. Members. Donors. The lifeblood of a successful business or organization is made of this group of consumers who believe in your product or service or cause. For without them, we are merely spinning our wheels. We all understand...

5 Step Guide to Organizing

5 Step Guide to Organizing

In recognition of National Get Organized Week, I am pleased to offer this guest blog post written by my friend Lou Anne Dunn, Professional Organizer and owner of Neatly Dunn. Lou Anne shares her 5 Step Guide to Organizing. I’ve heard people say that organizing isn’t...

Funding for Women Business Owners

Funding for Women Business Owners

14 funding resources for women business owners "Funding is critical to a business," states business coach Mike McConchie. Mike did some research to see if he could find information/websites that may be able to provide grants or other funding opportunities for Women...

How to get a business review on Google

How to get a business review on Google

Most businesses understand the importance of managing and monitoring online reputations. And while the old adage “you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but you can please most of the people most of the time” still reigns, it is possible and important to...

Whatcha gonna say in that next email campaign?

Whatcha gonna say in that next email campaign?

To get your email opened and read, you understand the importance of sending it at the right time. You understand the importance of a compelling subject line. You understand the importance of segmentation: sending the proper message to the proper group. So now you’ve...

Using Pinterest to market your insurance agency

Using Pinterest to market your insurance agency

Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo-sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, and hobbies. Users can browse other pinboards for images, 're-pin' images to their own pinboards, or 'like' photos...

How to handle negative online reviews

How to handle negative online reviews

Negative comments, nasty rumors, 1-star reviews . . . less than positive online statements can hurt business owners in so many ways. Not only can they have an adverse effect on the success of the business, but quite often, they can cause emotional pain to the business...

5 ways non-profits can use email marketing

5 ways non-profits can use email marketing

Non-profit and membership organizations face challenges that are not always known in the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) world. Primary among these challenges are limited financial resources and limited staffing resources. Add to that the...