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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 Buying followers is like buying an outdated mailing list.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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Christmas Come Early

… well not really, but it does feel damn good to see this before diving into a culinary orgy. Traffic volume and quality is up. Mobile usage has doubled, and bounce rate went from 88%

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Enjoy the Little Things

The True Meaning of 1,000 and where the mysterious Rule #32 comes in. So I hit 1,000 followers on Twitter today. Hold on a sec, and let me try that again.   I HIT 1,000

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What Page of Google Am I On?

WhatPageOfSearchAmIOn is one of my favorite tools of marketing geekery.  I stumbled across  it earlier this year when recording a client’s starting search ranking for an Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Campaign. Hitting the #1 spot

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Popular Post

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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