Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott is giving a boost to small business owners in the U.S. with the launch of the Small Business Road-to-Success Challenge.

10 small business owners will be awarded 15 free nights for the sole purpose of traveling around the country to build their business. After three months of working through their own set business challenges, one small business will be awarded a grand prize of $20,000 by a judging panel that includes me Read More
Marketing podcast with Phil Libin (Click to play or right click and “Save As” to download – Subscribe now via iTunes

evernoteFor this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast I had the chance to visit with Evernote CEO Phil Libin.

Evernote is a simple service that allows you to track and store everything you want to remember and get it out of your “meat brain” and housed somewhere safe and trustworthy. About 9,000 people a day are joining the free version of this service that also syncs incredibly well with iPads and mobile devices. (GTD fans, funny David Allen story here Read More
Yes, for those of you who haven’t heard about the “merging” of the Bing search engine and the Yahoo search engine – yup…it’s happening now, eh!

Over the past year or so, after talks and deals being made, it was decided that from about mid-year or so in 2010, that the Yahoo search engine results would be supplied by the Bing search engine. We reported much more fully back in February on this here…. Read More
A look at the search engine marketing industry and what people are doing. Clearly the industry is doing well & is experiencing remarkable growth. A look at the attributes.
There’s a lot of talk about social media – often way too much. I understand…it’s the latest and greatest in web marketing, but let’s not get too carried away with it. In fact, for businesses interested in executing some really great Internet marketing programs, the more traditional approaches are still very strong and remain relevant – often having better exposure and more conversions. One of these traditional programs is search marketing and it might surprise you that even with all the latest advancements in Internet technologies, this specific industry is still growing Read More
Ever been somewhere and had this great idea for a business or a web site only to get home and find out that the domain name is taken? DomainStorm provides you with a fast and fun way to check domain availability and provides a convenient way to register your domain name. Is the domain name you want taken? Looking for creative suggestions? Give us keywords and shake your phone – you may be surprised at what you fin Read More
Now that you’ve conducted your research, profiled your customer, and know who your ideal customer is and where to find them, it’s time to market to them. Since your customer profile is only as good as your marketing strategy, here are 3 steps to make sure your marketing is ideal Read More
Ever wondered what it takes to operate a door-to-door sales operation? Interested in expanding your existing sales channels to include door-to-door selling?

Here are a few tips to help you start a lawful door-to-door sales business, and, who knows, set you on the way to becoming the next Avon empire Read More
Are you using Google Insights to help you with your sales? Here is a how to article with a video to help you out Read More
How much emphasis do you place on the psychology of colour in developing your brand visual. While it does play a part, it should not be the prime objective. Read More
Do you sometimes forget the ingredients needed to cook up great sales content? Writing quality content is the only way to convince people to buy your products. If you sell .. Read More
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