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ComScore released the June, 2011 results for search engine rankings in the United States yesterday.  Google still maintains its lead on almost two to one against all others combined.  Almost 66 per cent of all explicit core results started at Google once again, unchanged from May. Out of 16.7 billion searches, 10.9 billion searches were [...]

The LinkedIn Blog is an excellent way to keep abreast of new trends and has an archive of previous posts that can come in handy for newbies.  I visited this post called “5 Ways to Make the Most of LinkedIn” written by  Lindsey Pollak, on October 18th, 2010. Lindsey’s talks about the following five ways to jump [...]

Jeanette Mulvey, BusinessNewsDaily Managing Editor wrote an article on June 27, 2011 entitled: “Mind Your Business: What Your Boss Doesn’t Know (Yet)” slanted toward baby boomer bosses. To those of us who called the Yellow Pages social media when we first started in management, she calls out. And here is her plea: “Social media and [...]

I was privileged enough to recently view a webinar from Guy Kawasaki called “Semper Social, How To Enchant With Social Media” courtesy of Mari Smith, Social Media Keynote Speaker and Trainer.  Guy is currently a venture capitalist and according to Wikipedia: “..was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984.”  [...]

The June 27th issue of Advertising Age ran an analysis of the changing population of the United States and its implications for the recovery. It was done by Matt Carmichael and I thought it might be of interest to small business owners with their marketing plans in mind so far as their target market and [...]

As small business owners we have powerful tools available to us to open up dialogues with prospects and customers.  We can get feedback and shift our position to better meet their needs. After all, isn’t that why we are in business? This tool is called social media and it resides on the WEB.  Yet too [...]

There is an appeal to small business owners who need control in their entrepreneurial world and WordPress offers that control in a Web publishing format.  WordPress is a publishing program this is free thanks to the joint efforts of thousands of programmers worldwide who want nothing more than to be able to contribute to mankind.  [...]

My boy Gary V. does it again in this short video blast! He is, as you know, a firm believer in the use of social media to promote and market your small business. I am in that same boat along with Gary as well. Vaynerchuk suggests we believers part ways with non-believers by saying: “See [...]

“Do you nothing that I say….you must unlearn what you have learned!”  Yoda says to Luke Skywalker after Luke says he will try:  “No, try not!  Do or do not;  there is no try!” In sales, management always points to the current bottom line sales results. End of month:  You had a great sales month! [...]

I follow Dr. Ralph Wilson of “Web Marketing Today” and have been for a while.  His site link has been on my DIY WEB Marketing page for some time as recommended. This YouTube video came today in his newsletter update. It is a little intense for newcomers and do it yourselfers, but still worth a [...]