Too Busy

I have been part of an organized networking group/team for close to five years now.
The name of it…
Alliance for Business Growth.
Part of BNI… Business Networking International.
BNI is the world’s largest networking organization. 
Over the years I have taken on a few

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Local Online Marketing Shenanigans

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Facebook Local Search

Facebook just released some new search tools that allow users to more easily find local places and services.
Some screenshots below.
The key points here…

Having your Facebook Page up-to-date and categorized correctly.
Make sure your page is verified. Depending on when you set

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5 Hours on Mobile and What it Means

My excuse?
I shall go with hitting up the green beer on St. Patrick’s Day.
Here goes…
Recently… we learned.
People are on their smartphones 5 hours a day.
5 hours looking at that screen. WOW!
The other day, I helped a client get a mobile

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Easy Lead Generation for Your Small Business Marketing

 
12 Good Leads from the 8th to the 26th
We were making some tweaks for one of our clients.
This case-study comes from a catering business, but from experience,  I can tell you these results happen for clients in all types of

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3 S’s

3 S’s  – Suck Eyeballs, Suck Attention & S___
Hey.
Snap, Inc.
The parent company of Snapchat just went public.
I am writing this on Thursday before the close of the market so I could be off.
Anyway…
Initial thoughts are Snap will be valued around

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The Future of Email Marketing

Flipping through the App, “Flipboard.”
I flipped across an article about email marketing.
Mainly…
“The Future of Email Marketing.”
It was about this start up doing some cool stuff with email marketing. (I’ll get to that in a second.)
Anyway.
It made me think about how

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Chatbots for Martial Arts Schools and Fitness Gyms

Below are a few screenshots and explanations of various ways your school or gym’s chatbot can be used…
 
Your chatbot home screen when a prospect engages…
 
 
Here is the chatbot ready to answer questions…
Chatbot Answering a price Question…

 
 
The chatbot sent a broadcast

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The Google Shortcut

Google Shortcut??
Small Businesses rack their brains all day long.
They do (or try to do) “organic seo.”
They post blogs.
They look for backlinks.
Directories.
They stay active on social media.
They stress.
All because they want to be “found on Google.”
And… for sure.
I mean… for clients

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Mixing Up Marketing

In this video we cover the right mix of online marketing for your business.
 
 

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