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Like a Web Site that Rocks? Just ask Jerry

Would you like to know how to make your web site pay off big time? Would you like to know bunches of web strategies, email marketing techniques and content ideas that even the experts don’t teach? Simple. Just ask Jerry Rouleau - if you can catch him.

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The Fastest Way to Make Those Business Purchases

These days, when it comes to buying a service or product for your business, you’d like to do proper research and some comparison shopping, but who has the time? Continue reading →

335 Ways to Make Your Professional Services Business Succeed

I’m sorry, but when an author quotes both Yoda and Yogi, they have me. And, when they quote from books I already admire, they keep me reading. Then, if they don’t apologize for being themselves, they end up captivating me. Suzi Pomerantz does all of these things in Seal the Deal!: The Essential Mindsets for Growing Your Professional Services Business
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Who Cares About Sirius and XM Radio?

Last week, Sirius and XM Radio announced they are going to merge into one satellite radio company. A couple months back The Florida Times-Union published a story about yet another “oldies” radio station going down the tube.

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Arsons of Ideas - Saving Downtowns with the Fred Factor

“Timothy Bishop doesn’t go out and rebuild downtowns. He is an arson who lights fires in the hearts and minds of downtown citizens.” - Pug Ostling Continue reading →

Remote, Really Remote, Assistance

Arun worked on my computer yesterday. He quickly took a look at my problem (my Microsoft Outlook email would not open), fooled around with a few of the settings and in a few minutes had solved my problem. Arun lives in Bangalore, India. I live in Broomfield, Colorado. Continue reading →

Stupid Motivational Tricks

This week a Wall Street Journal writer suggested a radical idea to America’s corporations. Jared Sandberg recommended that companies make a New Year’s Resolution to “Lose the goofy team-building exercises.” Think rope courses, paintball parties, firewalking and goldfish-swallowing. Continue reading →

Marketing Gone Mad

You have to wonder if we can even seduce ourselves. The strategies and methods used to seduce customers has become a craft – a carefully taught and finely-tuned craft. Continue reading →

Branding is Changing - Fast

Important sentence in the New York Times this morning: “But the branding game has changed radically, largely because of the myriad choices the Internet provides consumers and because of the economic influence of widespread Web pontificating, known as the blogosphere, which barely existed as a popular force until about four years ago.”

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Adwords Has Been Very Good To Me - by guest writer Shep Hyken

Shep HykenShep Hyken, CSP is a professional speaker and author who works with companies that want to develop loyal relationships with their customers and employees.


Many of my colleagues have felt that the use of Google Adwords has not been an effective use of their marketing dollars. I’m not sure what their expectation, but my experience is different. I don’t expect Adwords to take the place of my sales people. Adwords is just another part of the mix. The more strategies in the mix, the more sales we make. While I can’t guarantee success for everyone, at least you can make some decisions based on my experience. Continue reading →