Three Predictably Irrational Pricing Strategies That Get the Sale

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The rational way to handle pricing is to declare your price, tell customers everything you’re going to do for that price, list all the wonderful benefits, then ask for a purchase decision. That works in a rational world, but as it turns out, people aren’t rational when they spend their money. In Predictably Irrational, behavioral

How to Write a Blog Post, Step by Step

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Businesses know they should be blogging, but don’t know where to begin. Here is a basic, step-by-step process that I use to write a blog post. Step 1: Choose Your Topic The most common protest I hear about adding a blog to a business website is: “I don’t know what to write about.” Actually, finding

>Podcast: Mitch Joel Talks about Six Pixels of Separation

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> The Internet show about small business marketing. Episode #36 of Power to the Small Business podcast. Everyone is connected, connect your business to everyone. Why all the hoopla about being connected? That’s the question Mitch Joel answers in his new book, Six Pixels of Separation. Mitch Joel has been called the “Rock Star of

Getting Social Media Right

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Guest post by Eric Brown Social Media and all the new online New Media create an array of innovative ways to market your goods and services, particularly for the savvy Guerrilla Marketer. Does that mean you drop traditional marketing? Likely not. I am sometimes criticized for taking an all or nothing kind of approach toward

Quote Spot: The Customer Experience

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A Collection of Quotes on the Customer’s Experience “Service is an affair of the heart, because for service to touch the mind of the it must come from the heart of the server.” T. Scott Gross – Positively Outrageous Service: How to Delight and Astound Your Customers and Win Them for Life “It is the

Jay Ehret to Participate in Network Solutions’ Cost Conscience Marketing Panel

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Network Solutions is hosting a free online event: How to Effectively Market Your Small Business in a Downturn Economy? Jay Ehret, The Marketing Spot founder and Chief Officer of Awesomeness, will join a distinguished panel of marketing experts for a free webinar on Wednesday, August 26, 2009. The panel will share advice and ideas to

SEO: The Basics of Search Engine Optimization

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Episode #35 of Power to the Small Business podcast. The Internet show about small business marketing. Search engines can be the number one source of traffic to your website. But it’s not that simple. Your website content has to be indexed properly by the search engines, then ranked high enough in the results so people

5 Steps to A Unique Social Media Profile

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A guest post by Judy Dunn Showing Up Online New social media sites are sprouting every day. It can feel like a giant wave, a time-sucking, all-consuming information and networking overload. Another new site to join? Guess it’s time to slap up another paragraph. Just write anything to fill that frightening blank space that is