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Smart Working Tools – Three Ways to Effectively Use Twitter for Business

I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I have written many articles on Twitter, Tools for Twitter and Resources to make you more effective. You see, it is not about me but about you. It is about you and how you can leverage Twitter for your business to make you more effective.
Recently, Twitter has finally started [...]

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.

Get Your Hand Off Your Wallet And Your Head Out Of Your…

Let me be very honest, starting a business costs money.  Starting a successful business…still costs money.  Getting the marketing pieces and materials you’ll need to do the bare minimum to promote your business effectively…will cost money.
Does spending a lot of money guarantee you are going to be successful?  No, but spending it smartly does help.  [...]

When She Says Your Marketing’s a Good Size…

There’s a quote that I use to keep taped somewhere on the wall behind my monitor. It was:
“Go BIG or go home”
For the longest time I took that to mean that the actions I took in marketing, design, and in life, had to be larger than life.  Ultimately, I learned the hard way that ‘big [...]

It’s Time for Your Marketing to Get Wicked…

My name is Michael Dougherty, Mike if you don’t mind, and, through this blog, I will bring you content whose focus is to help you get into the mindset of marketing your company…from the point of view of your clients.  Besides, they are really the ones who pay the bills, right?
To get it out of [...]

Building your Brand 101 Series

My first series was an outline of Building your Business Online and listed the steps to get a presence established online. The last step was marketing. Establishing your brand online is a bit different than doing it for a brick & mortar. The virtual world allows for more creativity but it also offers some new [...]

Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy to speak at Web 3.0 Conference

We all refer to Web 2.0 and have a sense for what that means to us. But many are starting to consider Web 3.0. Our own Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy will be speaking at the upcoming Web 3.0 Conference in mid October in Santa Clara, California. He will be on a panel discussing Knowledge Discovery from [...]

TelecomHUB presents: Social Networking in the Business Arena

The business world is quickly changing. Are you ready? TelecomHUB offers you the opportunity to attend a panel discussion on utilizing social media for:
Business Acquisition
Career Advancement
Competitive Advantage
Employee Satisfaction & Retention

LinkedIn is for Connecting

LinkedIn is well known as a place for business professionals to network with like minded people. It’s easy to use and with a few extra steps beyond creating an account you can find new opportunities for your business.

Here are five steps to get you started after you create an account.

Building Your Business Online Series

The internet has opened up a whole new world for small businesses. No longer does it matter where you’re at or what size of company you have. And there are opportunities for anyone that wants to create a presence online. Your customers can be anywhere in the world! No matter what your service or product [...]