Everyone wants to be found via an online search, but few know how to optimize their business. Here are some tips you can do yourself that will elevate your online search results. 1.) Claim your local listing on Google Places for business. http://www.google.com/business/placesforbusiness/ Google uses a local phone number for your listing so be sure [...]
Twitter has changed their layout to a larger graphic on the top similar to Facebook. The new layout has been rolled out to most people by now and like it or not these large graphics are dominating social media. WHY? Because it is a fact human brains process visual information 60,000 times faster than text. [...]
If you are like many small businesses that are trying to stay current in today's digital world you have a website, write a blog and are trying to be active on your social media sites - right? Do you wonder how to tie it all together so you have a congruent as well as consistent [...]
Have you had great experiences with a company that keeps you talking about that company and the experience over and over again? Creating a marketing experience that is memorable and one that differentiates you from your competitors should be a goal every company. Let me share a recent trip to Whole Foods. I was shopping [...]
One of the techniques I use to grow my business is through training and speaking. First, I love to teach so when I approach it with that goal in mind it takes away a lot of that scary feeling around public speaking. I have practiced by providing many trainings whenever I can and when it [...]
It's easy to spout off a quick thought on social media because it provides instant connection. But it's also easy to post inappropriate things that can impact us in real ways. Adults and kids alike are sharing their moment-by-moment commentary without filtering it first with dire consequences. Here is the Tweet that got MN State [...]
