How to Make Your Business Stand Out In Your Niche In business, you need to be unique. If customers don’t see it, they will go to someone who is. Unfortunately, as easy as it sounds in theory, in practice it is one of the toughest things to achieve. In a recent article I read, it ...
2011 Smart Business Expo Networking is about making connections and building mutually beneficial relationships. Events are full of like-minded individuals, and if you go to the right events, it’s full of people that you can work with or learn from in some way. On Thursday August 25, The St. Louis Business Journal presents the 2011 ...
What is a QR Code? A QR code is like a bar code that you can read with your phones camera user some kind of QR Code Reader App. I will get into the “How To” later. What happens once you read this “QR Code”? Whatever you want! You can add your contact information onto ...
Anyone who has watched the television show Mad Men knows that there was a time in our country when the advertising industry was the tail that wagged the dog of American industry. That age ended recently in my opinion. Spending a load of money on television ads and having strategy on if you are reaching your target ...
AT&T recently announced that they would be starting a text based advertising program where anyone who would subscribe for the service would receive around text messages with promotional materials and coupons from a local business. According to their press release, this is done by creating a virtual perimeter around a participating business and sending out ...
Marketing is a useful tool for any business period. It helps get your name out, establish what products or services you are selling, and helps define who your customer base is. But marketing without a firm strategy behind it is like trying to shoot one blade of grass with a nuclear missile. You will get ...
Social media is an important aspect of our lives in the year 2011. We don’t have flying cars and our robots are currently relegated to break-dancing and playing soccer, but using a smart phone or computer terminal, I can know the opinions of a particular group of friends on any subject at a moment’s notice. ...