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I am cheap. Really cheap. I run a paperless office not for efficiency, but because I can’t stand to cough up $39 for a pair of HP 1610 Printer Cartridges every month, and a $110

I am cheap. Really cheap. I run a paperless office not for efficiency, but because I can’t stand to cough up $39 for a pair of HP 1610 Printer Cartridges every month, and a $110

Update: Google reader’s death clock has started. As of July 1st, Google will no longer offer their reader service. Don’t cry, all is not lost. Reader is an often ignored tool in Google’s overwhelming volume

Reading the Stats, Fine Tuning the Schedule and Content So you’ve been at it for a week now. Fiddling around with some cool tools, following, un-following, tweeting, interacting. And your first #FF tweet should be

Pruning Your Followers & Prepping for #FollowFriday By now you should have some traction on Twitter. Some follows, some @mentions, perhaps a few favorited tweets or re-tweets. Today, we are going to work on keeping

Light Conversation & Timing Follow-ups So you’ve installed some tools, thrown out some tweets and followed a bunch of relevant tweeps. Now what? Well, it’s time to start making some light conversation. Light conversation can

My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were

Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every

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

CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning

CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker

Unconventional B2B Strategy #11 In 1934, Mao Zedong’s Red Army faced annihilation. Encircled by Nationalist forces, they were outnumbered and outgunned. Instead of fighting a losing battle, Mao led his army on a grueling 6,000-mile

Unconventional B2B Strategy #12 333 B.C. A young king from Greece had just crushed Persia’s forces in Turkey – his first major battle. A shocked Darius III scrambled east towards the safety of his capital

Unconventional B2B Strategy #10 In 1220, the world’s wealthiest trading city stood defiant. Located on the Silk Road in modern-day Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the crown jewel of the Khwarazmian Empire, boasted massive double walls, 110,000 soldiers,

Unconventional B2B Strategy #9 Northern China. 316 B.C. The Wei army, 100,000 strong, invaded the state of Qi. Wei’s generals believed the conquest would be swift. Sun Pin, Qi’s crippled but brilliant strategist, spotted an

Unconventional B2B Strategy #8 In 1588, Philip II of Spain felt righteously invincible. Fueled by fanatical faith, he launched the Spanish Armada—a fleet of 130 massive warships—to crush Elizabeth I and reclaim England for Catholicism.

My name is Rich and I’m Nate Wright’s partner in crime in Small Biz Triage. I met Nate about 5 years ago while we were

Every man has his favorite charcoal, every woman has their favorite lip gloss, every kid their favorite toy, every cop their favorite hand-gun and every

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

CHALLENGE: Bronzer Salon was referred to us by one of our peers from a few years back. A mother and daughter started an airbrush tanning

CHALLENGE: ACT has recently begun re-selling the classroom ModelMaker, but did not have a web platform to showcase the product OR a place for ModelMaker