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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 Buying followers is like buying an outdated mailing list.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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Using Dropbox for Small Business

Preach What We Practice The second installment of our new blog series, “Preach what we Practice” where we’ll give fellow small business owners a back-stage pass to how we do business. This week I’m digging

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Using Google Drive for Small Business

Preach What We Practice Series This is the first installment of our new blog series, “Preach what we Practice” where we’ll give fellow small business owners a back-stage pass to how we do business. This

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Marketing a School vs. Marketing a Business

We’ve worked with numerous schools and training centers over the years, and noted some critical differences between helping a school and helping a traditional small business. Terminology First and foremost, when marketing a school you

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RIP Facebook Profile ThatsNotWright

After years of threatening my digital self with drunken tirades, and passionate sermons against inherently anti-social behaviors, I’ve finally done it – I killed my Facebook Profile. Read on to see why I made the

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How to Import Your Email List to Mailchimp

Updated 5/26/2016 Uploading your contact list to mailchimp is a big hang-up for many mailchimp users. That’s a problem, since it’s a pretty darn important step. Here’s the skinny: a little prep work will make

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