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The 2nd Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 2: Pursue the Human Connection There’s a lot of paranoia flying around currently.  The news has covered it and moved on already, but everyone’s deepest insecurities love to be reminded that the government is

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The 3rd Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 3:  DON’T RUSH The sales funnel confuses more of my clients than even the most complicated WordPress plugin. And I can’t blame them. When I started out, I clearly didn’t get it either. Most

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MailChimp FAQ

What is MailChimp? Simply put, MailChimp is our favorite email newsletter platform.  It has other uses, from announcements to invites, and anytime in between when you might need a slick looking email.  If you are

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The 4th Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 4: Practice Confident Exclusion Whether you’re a small marketing firm, or a fashion magazine, or whatever, your business exists to help people.  Trying to be everything to everybody can make this difficult.  It can

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The 5th Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 5: Don’t Dilute As I search for examples for each of our commandments in action or being broken, I’m beginning to realize that many of these are complimentary. This commandment of “Don’t dilute” could

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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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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 Buying followers is like buying an outdated mailing list.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

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