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PR Tips and Hacks for a Small Business

Proactive Report

I was invited to be a panelist on the DesignHill webinar about PR for small businesses today. In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” Every small business owner is concerned about the bottom line.

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Competing with Free

Direct Marketing Observations

How do other companies compete when Nike, Gatorade and AE give stuff away for free? I remember asking a small business owner once why they kept advertising in magazines and newspapers when the results were so poor and their answer was that they had no other options. So how do you compete? Predictable right?

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Facebook Experiments With Real-Time Advertising | Small Business.

Small Business Mavericks

It has a competing advertising model. For the longest time, serious advertisers online went to the pay-per-click line, and Google was the beginning of that line. But then Facebook became the popular social network and introduced its own PPC advertising model. The latest test run by Facebook is for real-time advertising.

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PPC For Small Business – Are You Attracting The Wrong Traffic?

Small Business Mavericks

Small business owners often feel a little overwhelmed when it comes to advertising online. When a small business owner does run an advertising campaign, the most common complaint we hear is that their campaign was a complete flop. The problem is obvious – these sites are attracting the wrong traffic.

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3 Up & Coming Social Media Tactics Every Small Business or Startup.

Jason Yormark

This is especially the case when you offer a product or service that is provided by major players that are hard to compete solely on price with. However as businesses have started to offer rewards to users who check-in, that likelihood changes dramatically. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 God Bless You!

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Nine Benefits of Using Social Proof in Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Social proof is more persuasive when reviewers or influencers are viewed as competent or more acquainted with the industry or product category than the observer. Beats Traditional Advertising. Social proof reduces both the need to advertise and sales effort, and increases conversion rates. Product research can take a long time.

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3 Up & Coming Social Media Tactics Every Small Business or Startup.

Jason Yormark

This is especially the case when you offer a product or service that is provided by major players that are hard to compete solely on price with. However as businesses have started to offer rewards to users who check-in, that likelihood changes dramatically. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 God Bless You!