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The MindFire Chats

Episode 2: Storytelling, Marketing & Modern Media RSVP for the live broadcast of the second edition of The MindFire Chats. Thu, Jan 31, 8:00 PM EST – 9:00 PM EST “marketing is a story” – Seth

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Should I Buy Twitter Followers?

Seems like a good deal, right?  1,000 Twitter Followers for $9.95 is indeed a bargain. Short answer – don’t do it. Buying followers is like buying an outdated mailing list.  Small biz owners are in

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When a Good App Dies: RIP FollowFridayHelper

So I dove into FollowFridayHelper about 20 minutes ago and was met with this: They have “FollowFridayHelper has been Shut Down for Good” – <sniffle><sniffle>. This was a dreadfully simple, and ridiculously effective bit of

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Putting on Our Big Boy Pants

Last night I “incorporated” Small Biz Triage with the Washington Office of the Secretary of State. Now we (meaning me and community management extraordinaire Seth Rasmussen) will be one of these effective January 1st, 2013:

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Selling, Guilt-Free

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

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"Caving it up" in the Digital Age

Nate rambles here regarding how human interaction has changed. From starting in caves where social behavior was learned and commonplace – to the act of “caving it up”, leading to the slow erosion of our

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The Importance of Tempo in Newsletters

Here’s Nate at our last Workshop (in Grass Valley, CA with the Nevada County Online meetup group) discussing the importance of tempo with your newsletters to keep your customers engaged. HUGE thank you to Doug

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How To Connect With Key Influencers

Here’s a peek from our latest Workshop (in Grass Valley, CA with the Nevada County Online meetup group) where Nate discusses how you can approach key influencers in your industry with humility in order to connect

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Selling, Guilt-Free

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

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