Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Chapter II, so if you’re not caught up, do it here, or read all of our published excerpts from our work in progress here. In the last excerpt,
This question came in from client Bill Abelson today, who is preparing a campaign to promote his new web series pilot, Dr. Canard. Shameless shout out: Dr. Canard is a romantic comedy written by Bill
So something new happened today. My daughter hugged me, and on the way to her school bus looked back and said, “bye dad. luvya.” To date, it stands as one of the proudest moments of
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the second chapter of our book in progress. As usual, you won’t see the whole chapter (tentatively titled: Trim Down To Start Up) here, because we want
Apologies for the delay to those few who eagerly await excerpts from our book each week. This interview with Paul DeJoe of Ecquire, part of our series of small business owner interviews, is worth the
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
Yesterday I shared a case study that outlined how to find your small business’ influencers. For this post, I’m going to dig into how to distill your list into action-able pieces, with some tactics for
In the last post I outlined what and influencer is, who mine were, and how to take the first steps in finding your influencers. For this article, let’s dive into the actual tactics I use to
In the last post I outlined some basic tactic for injecting humanity back into your business. If you are anything like me, when you saw the list of sales tactics, you likely chose “Get someone
“Interact first. Sell Second” – Seth Godin I preach that line again and again and again to my interns. Constantly I find myself telling my clients repeatedly, “just stop trying to sell to them”. And finally,
Widget Logic is a great way to selectively choose which widgets appear on which pages. Very helpful for non-profits with sponsors whose contract is limited to certain services. Here’s a screenshot of Widget Logic being
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
