As we enter the final days of 2008, I’m spending time with clients reviewing their marketing results in order to determine their marketing plan for the new year. You can do this yourself by spending a few hours looking at how your marketing has helped your business grow. Ask these questions and don’t be afraid [...]

I often notice that many small business owners treat marketing like something that can be turned on and off. I see this happen especially when the economy is soft. The key indicator is that I get unbelievably busy because businesses decide they probably should market to try and find new customers.

Works both Offline and Online

For many thinking of starting their own businesses, the fear of finding clients can paralyze them enough to sabotage their efforts. Cold calling prospects can make some of us break out in a cold sweat. One of the things that I learned early on in my business start-up days is that [...]

I had the opportunity to be a guest on the morning show at WCRN 830 True Talk Radio hosted by Maurice Lewis who was in for Peter Blute. Joining me was Jack Cutone. The discussion centered around the presentation I did last week on the value of personal branding at Jack’s class at Quinsigamond College called [...]

At a recent presentation I gave to college students about ”Marketing Yourself”, we talked about what it takes to create your personal brand and how social media marketing plays a very strong role. Everyone needs to think about how they are perceived in the market, both from an offline and online perspective. In competing in the job [...]

As one of your major marketing tools and in many cases, the only thing your prospect sees of your business before deciding to call you, your web site and/or blog is a valuable property that needs to be protected. Having had a client that built security software to help companies prevent malicious attacks on their [...]

One of the best ways to gain exposure for you and your business and influence your ideal client is to use article marketing. Article marketing is a very cost-effective promotional strategy where you write articles and publish them online via content sites with permission for others to republish your work on their blog, website or in their email [...]

My business is in transition. And as I contemplate this transition, I realized that this evolution is the catalyst for growth.
The evolution will involve change. In a recent post, John Jantsch identifies change as the ultimate secret to business growth. And I couldn’t agree more. He provides five ways to intentionally get change into your business [...]

I read an article in Business Week called “Tech ‘Solutions’ Your Small Biz Can’t Use” written by Gene Marks, an author who writes about penny-pinching advice for small businesses. This column certainly caused quite a stir based on some of the comments posted.
Like the commenters, this article does give me angst as some of his [...]

Welcome to the Masterful Marketing Blog™. This blog will cover topics that relate to marketing your small business including tips and ideas for small business owners that will help them have a great year. Many of the posts will come from discussions that happen during the Masterful Marketing™ sessions that I feel will help others.
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