Category Archives: small business marketing

Get Slightly Famous: How to Become a Celebrity in Your Industry

The internet show about small business marketing -Episode #4 Become a Celebrity in Your Field and Attract More Business with Less Effort. That’s the promise of Steven Van Yoder, author of Get Slightly Famous. Van Yoder has written a book about publicity, gaining credibility, and establishing your business as the authority in your particular industry.

>Weekend Marketing Reading

>For those of you who just cant take the weekend off… CUSTOMER EXPERIENCESunday Mālama: The First Time versus the Insider’s Advantage by Rosa Say on Managing with Aloha CoachingA thought-provoking illustration on the importance of maximizing your first-time customer’s experience to gain a competitive advantage. ADVERTISINGIs It Time to Abandon Your Yellow Pages Advertising? by

A Remarkable Customer Experience: Power to The Small Business Podcast

The internet show about small business marketing -Episode #3 John Moore has been recognized by Fast Company magazine as a “leading practitioner of the arts of customer service and marketing” and has served as a Standards Council Advisory Board Member with the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. John is the author of the Brand Autopsy

>Weekend Marketing Reading (and viewing)

>BRANDINGThe Philosophy of Brand Management by Brad VanAuken on Branding Strategy InsiderWhat’s brand management at its best? It’s about alignment and your customer’s needs. ADVERTISINGThe Amazing Color-Changing Card Trick by Cam Beck on Chaos ScenarioThe accompanying video is amazing and the behavior principles will tell you something about both website and print ad design. PRESS

>Weekend Marketing Reading – Vol 1 Iss 3

>Fire up your marketing mind for 2008 with these great reads: BRANDING5 marketing lessons from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Drew McLellan at Drew’s Marketing MinuteWhat can a genetically-mutated sub-arctic dwelling deer teach us about marketing? Evidently a lot, according to Drew McLellan. It’s all about being different. CUSTOMER EXPERIENCEThe Secret Motivations that Drive

Pancakes and The Art of Brand Leadership

>I wish I could take credit for this idea, but I can’t. On Christmas Eve, one of my clients, Sykora Family Ford, held their 10th Annual Pancake Breakfast. More than 1000 customers and friends attended the breakfast on Christmas Eve morning. Sykora’s pancake breakfast has become an important social event in the community. It is

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