Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing

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Recharge those batteries, learn a new skill or (this is a biggie) make some important networking connections with like minded business types.
If marketing is your thing and [...]

I ran across one of the most concise explanations making a marketing case for blogs on a software development blog from a company called Visionpace.
Why Blog?
From a business perspective blogs are no different from marketing channels like video, print, audio or presentations. They all deliver results of varying kind. The kind you can expect [...]

On June 30, 2005, new federal regulations were scheduled to take effect which prohibit companies (including tax-exempt associations) from sending faxes with commercial content to recipients unless the company first obtained the written consent of the recipient. Although this deadline was originally scheduled to occur in the fall of 2003, the Federal Communications Commission [...]

This will come as little surprise - My name is John, I’ve launched another blog. I’m a blogaholic.
This blog - Referral Flood - Referral Marketing Blog - focuses on referral marketing for Independent professionals and small businesses.
Much of the content for the blog comes from my belief that referral marketing is one of the [...]

I don’t know if I can answer that question but I’ve come to realize that I must find ways to keep asking it.
One of the ways I do that is to force myself to read books, magazine, articles and blogs that remind me why I do what I do. (I say force because it’s just [...]

Case studies have long been recognized and an effective way to offer proof that your product or service does what you say it does.
The idea behind this tool is that a prospect can read how you helped someone just like them and come to the conclusion that you can repeat that performance.
The only problem though [...]

The Duct Tape Marketing Blog and Web site appear right under an interview with Seth Godin in the July Issue of Entrepreneur Magazine
I just can’t seem to shake the guy!
From the magazine’s Sell Buzz Feature:
Quick Pick - For growing businesses in search of some great marketing ideas, Duct Tape Marketing is a worthwhile online pit [...]

Often breaking into a new market takes having a hook, filling an unmet need or riding a the crest of a trend.
I enjoy the heck out of a site called TrendWatching. This site reports on consumer and business trends and gives a thorough analysis of how one might tap into the trend.

The recent issue gave [...]