Entries Tagged 'Google' ↓

The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word

Have you ever seen those Mentos and Diet Coke videos on YouTube? The complete nut who thought that up is Steve Spangler, a member of the National Speakers Association, and, as you can tell, an explosive thinker. He’s becoming a fan of Twitter. I kid you not.

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Beyond LinkedIn is Where the Customers Are - by Guest Writer, Dave Kurlan

davekurlan2Sales Development Expert Dave Kurlan is the CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc. He is the author of Baseline Selling and writes the popular Blog, Understanding the Sales Force.

Recently we began using several online business social networks other than LinkedIn to target and generate leads. The results have been nothing less than astonishing.

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Why Your Business Must Immediately Adopt the Laurie London Strategy

In the same decade of Fats and Elvis and Jerry Lee - a boy named Laurie topped the music world with a song that has huge implications for your business today.

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Breaking a Leg in Dubai

It’s one thing to be up-to-date for an upcoming speech in familiar territory. It’s quite another thing to be ready for a speech halfway around the world. Just ask Fred Berns.

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All I Want for Christmas is a Readable Blog

National Public Radio has a great series this week devoted to the topic of “blogging.” One of their stories tells about Sarah Boxer’s search for readable blogs. Impossible task?

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When You Care Enough to Steal the Very Best

Brian Clark’s Copyblogger.com just won the 2007 Blogger’s Choice Award for Best Marketing Blog. If you do 1/10th of what this guy teaches (and he gives it away for free, folks) you’ll be rich. Which is why we were concerned to find out that someone seems to be stealing Brian’s stuff.

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Google Don’t Know Diddley About People

We’ve been using ZoomInfo.com almost as much as Google these days. Yup, it’s true. Sheryl has a saying that goes, “Don’t look in the sock drawer for ice cream.” In this case, don’t look for your sales leads and contact information in Google.

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Battling Pirates, Protecting Content - by guest writer, Matt Lee

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Matt Lee is a Business Information Specialist and librarian at theJames J. Hill Reference Library, specializing in   digital libraries and other online initiatives. 


This blog’s recent post called “Someone is Stealing Nicholas Boothman’s Stuff” highlighted an example of overt plagiarism in marketing copy. This isn’t the first reported instance of pirated content online, and in our cut-and-paste-friendly era, it probably won’t be the last. Continue reading →

Someone Out There is Swiping Nicholas Boothman’s Stuff

I recently received an email offer for a “Great Seminar Opportunity” that will build my business into a winner. The seminar is offered by a local business coach who is promising that I will learn to systemize and leverage my business - and even to increase my profits by a specific percentage. The coach didn’t promise that I will learn how to steal other people’s copyrighted materials. He should have.

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Search Skills, Don’t Leave Home without Them

Today, lots of people are winging their way to Washington D.C. for the 18th Annual Affordable Meetings National Convention in Washington D.C. So, who’s going? First, 1700 top meeting professionals. Second, a host of top-flight speakers, like Scott Friedman. And third, going along for a virtual ride, is our own eBook, The Power of Information: Google News Alerts Make YOU the Expert.”

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Click here to see a 2-minute video search tip for meeting professionals.

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