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The Win-Win of Social Media Through Unexpected Uses. Pt. 2 Hidden Genius of QR Codes

The Win-Win of Social Media Through Unexpected Uses. Pt. 2: Hidden Genius of QR Codes!

01/27/201312/01/2015Blog, leadership, management, marketing, non-profit, small business, Social Mediaapple, blogging, business, business page, cake mix, connection, customer loyalty, customer service, DUNCAN HINES, Education and Training, entrepreneur, exponential rise, Facebook, fun, Grocery store, LinkedIn, Loyalty program, Marketing, McDonalds, Mobile device, newsletter subscriptions, PayPal, productivity, Publix, QR code, retail, Sales, Shopping, Small business, Smartphone, Social Media, success, technology, twitter, Uniform Resource Locator, YouTube

Still think QR Codes are useless? When QR codes (QR = quick response) were introduced, success was implied. And then… nothing… because there weren’t enough people with phones with scanning ability. BUT, with SmartPhone purchases on an exponential rise, …

Why Consumers DO Buy Rather Than Why They SHOULD Buy.

Why Consumers DO Buy Rather Than Why They SHOULD Buy.

12/01/201212/01/2015Blog, leadership, management, marketing, non-profit, small businessAffinity Marketing, blogging, business, Communications, connection, Consulting, Consumer, corporate marketing, customer loyalty, customer service, david ogilvy, Education and Training, entrepreneur, Facebook, good fortune, LinkedIn, Marketing, marketing department, productivity, recognition, retail, Sales, Small business, Social Media, twitter, wonderment

What I learned in a hurry about working in Marketing is that one side is about convincing the buyer they want or need your product or service, the other side of the coin is about convincing the seller they need to market their product or service.

Expected better results from Facebook and Twitter?

07/10/201212/01/2015Blog, management, marketing, small business, Social Mediaboomers, Brick and mortar business, business, Communications, customer loyalty, customer service, Education and Training, entrepreneur, Facebook, Google, Grand Opening, grand opening banner, IPhone, Marketing, Small business, Social Media, success, technology, time management, twitter

New users of Facebook and Twitter for small business lead generation are often disappointed in the lack of immediacy in big results. Frankly, that’s a bit like expecting total …

Clients from Hell? If you’re judging, you’re not helping

06/23/2012small businessbusiness, client experiences, Clients, Clients From Hell, Communications, connection, customer service, Design, entrepreneur, focus, inclination, Internet Marketing, IPad, Marketing, Real estate broker, Small business, Social Media, Vimeo

Are clients from hell out to get you? If you get caught up in the means by which a client is conveying their needs, then you have lost focus on the actual need. Stop judging what and how …

SMB Blank Billboard

Are You Known by Your Business Name?

05/30/201212/01/2015Blog, marketing, non-profit, small business, Social Mediabusiness, customer referrals, customer service, entrepreneur, Facebook, LinkedIn, liquor store, Marketing, rotary phones, Sales, Small business, small business owners, Social Media, Social network, success, twitter, YouTube

Are you under a strange misconception that just because your customers were satisfied once, that they are screaming your business name from the rooftops daily?!

Social Media is two way communication

04/18/2012marketing, non-profit, small businessbusiness, communication connection, Communications, connection, Conversation, customer loyalty, customer service, entrepreneur, Facebook, Internet Marketing, LinkedIn, Marketing, recognition, retail, Small business, Social Media, Social network, Social networking service, social safety, success, talking to strangers, technology, twitter

I just read a great post on how to improve your communications skills with eye contact and it made me think – how does that play for our online world and social media where “face to face” is all online? Despite webcams, smartphones with 2 way screens, and other aids to visual online communication, we still largely communicate online with little more than a static Gravatar …