Small Business Mavericks

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

We are all hungry for community and looking for ways to belong. Technology is a tool. Tools don’t use themselves, they need to be wielded by those skilled in using them. The problem is, people don’t follow scripts when they call a business, and they don’t appreciate canned responses when they have a problem.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 24, 2014

He does mention a few tools that will cost a little bit, but most of his information is going to cost you effort instead of your cash. Mr. Barby explains each one of these in greater detail, with links to the tools he mentions: Long Tail Keyword Research. Niche-Relevant Communities. Learn How To Do These Simple Things.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Niche communities – Find those communities that service your niche and talk about the issues in those forums, social networks, etc. Better yet, use Google Alerts and other notification tools to keep you in the loop. You can find them on your favorite social media website.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 19, 2012

In their simplest state, blogs are communication tools. Tools that initially, appear to be only one way, however, over time, they can develop into two way communication tools. Blogs will remain as useful online tools for small businesses until the day arrives where users no longer want answers.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 6, 2011

communities, a website is still the perfect online marketing tool. This is such a basic truth that it’s hard to believe that online marketers attempt to run a business using other tools without a website. Websites – This one is so simple it’s a no-brainer.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 16, 2015

Why do we need to pay attention to what your Google Rank Tracking (or any other tracking tool) looks at? It is very important to have a clear understanding of the data being analyzed by your tracking & analytics tools so you can track the right stuff. We are just going to look at one aspect of it.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 31, 2012

Social media can be a great marketing tool when things go right. McDonalds does have a poor reputation amongst some sections of the community, so a hashtag like #McDStories was bound to have a negative effect. It can also be a nightmare when things go wrong. The lesson for small business owners is simple.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 10, 2011

Even churches and community service organizations are using WordPress as a CMS and designing their websites using this free open source software. The reasons WordPress is such a good tool for building blogs and websites is because it is flexible, easy to use, and has natural built-in search engine optimization benefits.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 19, 2011

» Get Your Own YouTube Channel YouTube presents one of the greatest marketing tools to hit the Internet in years. And what makes YouTube such a powerful marketing tool is that you can virtually have your own YouTube channel, sort of like your own TV channel – except, it’s free. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 9, 2011

Widgets and tools that allow for embedded content have been around for years. Widgets and tools that allow for embedded content have been around for years. But I have yet to see a really good tool that allows you to embed Facebook content. About Us What’s a Maverick? Just take a look at the page.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Coupons can be an ideal marketing tool, however, if you’re a small business, you need to limit your costs. Online coupons are great promotion tools for new products, new shopfronts or websites, or for increasing traffic flow during quiet times. Groupon charged $7.50 leaving the retailer with $7.50 for every transaction.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 23, 2015

This helps build a loyal community, which is the main reason I have a sidebar. Sidebars are tools that can be very effective on your blog and perhaps on other pages on your site. Along with that bio, Neil adds links to social profiles, email opt-in boxes, and any other products or services he wants to promote. The Conclusion.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 10, 2011

Twitter is still a good marketing tool, but spammers have exploited it to a large degree and it has only made managing Twitter more difficult for Twitter employees and for Twitter users. About Us What’s a Maverick? The problem is that Quora will run into some of the same problems that other websites have run into (namely, Twitter).

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 19, 2011

Articles are still good marketing tools. About Us What’s a Maverick? The 2011 way to market yourself through articles is to distribute them through other channels. Try HubPages, Google Knol, and Squidoo Lenses. Or find websites within your niche that publish articles. Even niche-related blogs.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 14, 2011

Tags: Android , business , facebook , VOIP This entry was posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 10:10 am and is filed under Tools for Small Business.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 22, 2011

Tags: competitive information , competitive research , Q&A sites This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 at 9:23 am and is filed under Tools for Small Business.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

The bottom line is: QR Codes are powerful new mobile marketing tools that will transform mobile marketing in the same way that low-cost and no-cost shopping cart software transformed online marketing. About Us What’s a Maverick? It’s here now, and you can have it.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 2, 2011

More people use e-mail every day than any other digital tool. Most people who use e-mail have more than one e-mail address and use e-mail as their primary communication tool. About Us What’s a Maverick? They use it multiple times throughout a normal business day. E-mail marketing prospects are very responsive.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 13, 2011

Whichever Zynga game it is that is most popular right now, creative and savvy marketers are going to find a way to break in and use it as a marketing tool. About Us What’s a Maverick? This year, evidently, it is Cityville. Take a play out of the playbook of Bing, the search engine.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 3, 2011

But the Internet offers novelists and publishers a new tool for marketing and publishing. About Us What’s a Maverick? As this article points out, serialized novels are nothing new. Alexander Dumas and Charles Dickens both published their novels in magazines before putting them in novel form. But what are small businesses doing?

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Have you conducted your own experiments regarding using Twitter as an SEO tool? About Us What’s a Maverick? And, another question raised by SEOmoz itself, does the actual content of the tweet affect that rank too? Care to share the results?

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 14, 2011

About Us What’s a Maverick? » How’s Your Website’s Health? Do you have a healthy website? Does it do what it was meant to do? Every small business website has a function. The job is to sell your services and attract new business.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 3, 2012

It could be any number of things that might be easy start up businesses in your community. If you know that there are enough people in the surrounding area that would purchase from your store, go for it. They have a number of resources available and can help those wishing to start a new business.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2011

I mean, for example, Twitter is a great marketing tool. About Us What’s a Maverick? » Are You Getting Bad Real Estate SEO Advice? Hat tip to Matt McGee for bringing this to my attention, but I have long thought that real estate agents and brokers were getting bad SEO advice. That’s a mediocre list. Just so-so.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 16, 2011

About Us What’s a Maverick? What’s The Best Discovery Engine? » How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO SEOmoz has a great article on how Q&A sites can boost your SEO. First, I’d like to say this is an awesome article and I encourage you to read it through and through.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Sometimes, it be used as a valuable customer service tool. About Us What’s a Maverick? You may want to leave the offer to a follow up e-mail – hopefully addressing their issues. E-mail marketing isn’t always about promoting your business aggressively.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 22, 2012

In doing so, rather than broadcasting your content, you have the perfect opportunity to become a community leader within your niche. Often, it is going to be more niche related areas such as forums and the blog community. That can be a powerful tool when it comes to attracting traffic and sales. As good as search?

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

About Us What’s a Maverick? » Is Your Customer Service Up To Scratch? Customer service is one of the most important issues when it comes to reputation management.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 23, 2011

You can use a tool like SocialOomph , HootSuite , or Seesmic Desktop to keep your Twitter account updated and manage certain aspects of your Twitter account. About Us What’s a Maverick? You could get your Twitter account suspended. Add your Twitter link to your website and your e-mail signature.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

About Us What’s a Maverick?

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MARCH 6, 2011

About Us What’s a Maverick?

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