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Small Business Stories – An Introduction

09/12/201709/12/2017Blog, leadership, management, marketing, restaurant, retail, small businessblog, business, connection, customer service, customers, Education and Training, management, Marketing, Small business, small business owners, success

Small businesses begin with stories. Small Businesses root in an idea, an inspiration, an event, a need – which leads to a story. This post is an introduction to a new direction of blog posting I’m Read More

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Keys to Niche-Driven Small Business Marketing

05/02/2017Blog, Email Marketing, marketing, restaurant, retail, small business, Websitecall to action, customer loyalty, customer service, customers, Email marketing, Marketing, niche-driven business, North Georgia, Sales, Shopping, Small business, small business owners, terminator, town square

Ah, what a delight to visit an old fashioned town square! North Georgia has dozens of old town squares perfect for niche-driven businesses. Recently, my family and I had the itch to enjoy our local Read More

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Social Media: The Infinite and Overwhelming Possibilities

07/23/2016Blog, Email Marketing, marketing, small business, Social MediaClients, Content, customers, Email marketing, Marketing, prospects, Small business, small business owners, Social Media

Raise your hand if you think you understand Social Media Marketing. I would venture most of you took a pause to consider the following in regard to your use of Social Media. For business or for Read More

Brace Yourselves, the Holidays are Coming

10/13/201508/14/2016Blog, Email Marketing, management, marketing, retail, small business, Social Mediabusiness, Christmas, contacts, customers, Email marketing, holidays, Sales, schedule, Shopping, Small business, Social Media, strategies, Tools

Fall and Winter Seasons bring Labor Day, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and more… so what? It’s not too soon to talk about the holidays and we’re talking about the power of Holidays as Read More

Your Small Business Needs Social Media

09/19/201508/21/2016Blog, marketing, small business, Social Mediablogging, business, competition, connection, customers, leads, LinkedIn, network, posting, prospects, SMB, Social Media, tweet, tweetchat, twitter

To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Is that still the Question? If you are still hesitant to utilize Social Media to grow your small business, consider social media your avenue to the circle of prospects who either have Read More

Does Your Brick and Mortar Have Curb Appeal?

06/19/201011/25/2015Blog, management, marketing, retail, small businessappearance, business, connection, Curb appeal, customer loyalty, customers, Marketing, positive, retail, Small business, success, supplies, time management

YOU may not see it, but a little clutter here and there, old inventory gathering dust, bulletin boards with last month’s information, paperwork piling up on the office desk,… to your customer, it all contributes to a sense of lifelessness and poor standards…