One Year and 500 Posts – The Best of the Best and the Future is Looking Bright
April 2, 2009 :: Steve FisherFor all of our readers out there, we are marking a milestone of our 500th post here at Solutions Are Power and it has been an awesome 16 months of growing, learning and listening. We hope we have provided you valuable and timely information along with some humor thrown in for good measure. We plan [...]
E-Newsletter Lessons Learned: Brooks Bell Interactive Presentation on AARP Webletter
March 30, 2009 :: Steve FisherGuest post by Mia Vallo, Online Advertising Manager for Network Solutions. Mia is passionate about helping companies become successful with their online marketing and advertising strategies. She can be reached at Mia.Vallo@networksolutions.com.
Image Source: AARP Web Site
I recently sat in a presentation by Brooks Bell, President of Brooks Bell Interactive, on lessons learned from AARP [...]
5 Easy Steps to Writing Effective Search Engine Marketing Ads
March 26, 2009 :: Steve FisherGuest post by Mia Vallo, Online Advertising Manager for Network Solutions. Mia is passionate about helping companies become successful with their online marketing and advertising strategies. She can be reached at Mia.vallo@networksolutions.com
Advertising on the search engines seems simple at first. Sign up, write your ads, pick your keywords, set your bids and done. But do [...]
Contract Review for Small Businesses: Five Helpful Tips
March 23, 2009 :: Sharon AlaviLawsuits are expensive, time-consuming, and can considerably hinder a small business. Detailed, well-drafted, and skillfully negotiated contracts are worth the effort; they protect small businesses and can prevent burdensome legal battles. Below are several tips for small business owners to keep in mind when reviewing contracts such as agreements with vendors for the [...]
How does your small business rate against your peers?
March 19, 2009 :: Steve FisherSmall businesses face many challenges regardless of the economic climate, but how can you know if you rate well against your peers?
Recently, we launched a new member of the Network Solutions community called Grow Smart Business. The primary component of the site is the Small Business Success Index. This Small Business Index is a partnership [...]
SXSW Entrepreneurs: Jonathan Fields of Career Renegade
March 17, 2009 :: Steve FisherJonathan Fields is a Career Renegade. His new book of that name, Career Renegade: How To Make A Great Living Doing What You Love, was motivated from his experience going from a highly-paid, but miserable attorney to successful creator of his own professional path.
You learn more about the book here and download the first chapter [...]
Book review – Tactical Transparency, Ch. 10: how issues blogs show people you’re listening
March 16, 2009 :: Jill FosterQOTD-from Tactical Transparency: how leaders can leverage social media to maximize value and build their brand
Bk series intro, chapter overview
I’m still immersed in the useful insights of authors Shel Holtz and John Havens; and I can’t get enough of their book. Last week launched this review series covering the third chapter about characteristics [...]
Writing a Winning Business Card
March 11, 2009 :: Steve FisherAs many of you know, I seem to have taken on this mission of trying to be the “Dr. Phil” of Business Cards. Some people need it told to them straight, some need to be saved from themselves and some people, well you just can’t save.
Recently, I wrote the post “Don’t Get Your Business Card [...]
Should I use an external service to manage my local search listings? Part 5 of our series on Local Search Marketing.
March 11, 2009 :: siansimonIn Part 1 of this series we explored how local search works. Part 2 discussed the recent growth in the popularity of local search with consumers. Part 3 took a deeper dive into some of the pros and cons of local search visibility. Part 4 looked at some of the practicalities of implementing local search. [...]
Integrating Local Search Marketing into your Business Plan. Part 4 of our series on Local Search Marketing
March 10, 2009 :: siansimonIn Part 1 of this series we explored how local search works. Part 2 discussed the recent growth in the popularity of local search with consumers. Part 3 took a deeper dive into some of the pros and cons of local search visibility. Now we’re going to look at some of the practicalities of implementing [...]
