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Announcing New growsmartbusiness.com Event for the Legal Minds of DC

Every industry is gearing up to get into social media, whether it’s to promote good customer service, establish a personal face to a brand, or become a great thought leader. To help those in the legal industry better understand how they can use social media, growsmartbusiness.com is proud to present a series of events aimed [...]

Social Media Tools for Restaurants

In all honesty, Shashi should be writing this post since our Social Media Swami used to be an Executive Chef that worked all over the world, but you have me a guy that by all views of photos in the last few years, loves food. What I can offer you is my passion for social [...]

Like A Kid In A Comic Book Store

Instead of trying to create tactics and plans that brings clients to you, try getting out and going to them. Seriously, go where your future long term customers will be. Market like you would to a kid…be where the eyes are.

Jay Berkowitz clearly defines Web 2010

It is funny. As I get ready to do a write up on a great event this week I find that there is an online “blog fight” about Web 3.0 vs 2010 Web vs whatever. This past Monday was a great event called SocStardom #3 hosted by Maya Ruiz-McPherson that hosted Jay Berkowitz of “Ten Golden Rules of Marketing” fame. He is CEO of TenGoldenRules.com and gave us a preview of his presentation called “Web 2010″.

Just Because You Give It Away…

The campaign was clear, very honorable in its intentions, and was giving something away a gift thanks. And this wasn’t just a cheap give away item. It had value both financially and use. The campaign had all the makings of a successful campaign if the appropriate effort was put into it, but what happened?

The DC Restaurant Social Media Meet-Up on WUSA Channel 9

Kristin Fisher is the new media reporter at WUSA Channel 9 and her job is to “Go behind-the-scenes of the Nine News Now morning show.”  Kristin also does  ”What’s Hot on the Web” live weekdays from 5-7AM . She covered this story forr her “Your Stories” segment on today’s ( May 22nd)  6 AM WUSA9 [...]

Restaurants using Social Media with Yelp, Facebook and Twitter – A Network Solutions Event recap

This morning I was down at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC off of K and 5th Street to attend an Networks Solutions and Yelp! co-sponsored event that included chefs, restaurateurs and food bloggers and the topic of social media. It was very well attended and successful event that began with the discussion of social [...]

If You Aren’t Excited About It…

If you’re on the fence whether you’re excited about what you do or if the shine has worn off… pick a side and go there. It’s going to suck at times. It’s going to be exhausting at others. There’s going to be days where you look at your loved one, friend, employees, or business partner and think, “What the hell did I get myself into” and the answer to that question is the very same thing “I love what I do for a living!”

A Trove of Undiscovered Talent – An Interview with TalentTrove.com’s founder, Davinder Singh

Mayra Ruiz-McPherson is a regular contributor over at GrowSmartBusiness but recently she met entrepreneur Davinder Singh of Talent Trove and had the opportunity to discuss a range of topics including building his online community of artists, the challenges of building an online business and startup struggles.
Forget American Idol. Have you heard about TalentTrove.com? TalentTrove.com is [...]

Marketing Your Business On A Shoestring Budget…

In my previous post ‘Get Your Hand Off Your Wallet And Your Head Out Of Your…*’, Terry Upton asked in her comment “What if you don’t have any money at all? What would you say to those people trying to get there business off the ground?”

Well fear not Terry, and all you trying to have your business take flight, this post is for you.