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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 Buying followers is like buying an outdated mailing list.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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Small Biz Roadshow (CA)

  Agenda (incl. workshops, happy hours, hangs, food, beer, beach) Small Biz Triage is hitting the road again this March, for a California Roadshow. We’ll be running 4 workshops in 3 different cities, meeting with

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Wasted Time In The Workplace

ED. NOTE: This week’s blog post illuminates just how and where your employees are likely to waste their time. To John’s comments I’d like to add that flat rates and hard deadlines keep me productive.

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How To Build Employee Trust

Trust doesn’t happen by default. It takes time and effort to build trust among the employees. It is essential to engage and motivate employees. Moreover the employees will be candid regarding the environment of the office,

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Selling, Guilt-Free

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