an unfiltered, and (gasp) unedited look into my head when pondering the future of my own small biz. ******************************************* MacGyver – Burn Notice – Man vs Wild – Food 911What am I missing?What story do
So I’ve been doing this small biz marketing thing for nearly three years now. Me and my rotating cast of geeks, artists and heavy lifters have helped 67 small business owners with everything from taping
Been preaching it for years now … video, video, video. So we finally produced a video intro for our website. A humungous (sp?) thanks to Ed and Mariellen of Three Moon Bay for producing this clip.
Hmmmm …. so maybe we should change our name to Tiny Biz Triage. According to the WSJ, the government considers a “small business” to be anything less than 500 employees! I’ve always used 25 as
CLIENT: Direct Action Solutions, a shop in San Diego OBJECTIVE: Drive more customers to the store. STRATEGY:Local Search Engine Marketing Leverage Social MediaDevelop an truly easy-to-update / simple-to-purchase eCommerce platform and the results BEFORE less
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