Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing

Consider subscribing to my blog’s RSS feed. It’s stickyI’ve recently reopened the Duct Tape Marketing forum to allow small business owners to meet and discuss marketing with like minded business folks. Duct Tape Marketing Authorized Coach Bill Brelsford of Rebar Business Builders is moderating the forum to keep the conversation valuable to members and visitors.
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Not long ago I recall that the Holy Grail of business was something referred to as the Paperless Office. This was the notion that software and computers would allow businesses to operate without printing anything on paper. Funny thing is though it seems that while we are much more efficient and much more global, we [...]

The Kauffman Foundation, The New York Times, and Inc are the national sponsors for an ambitious undertaking known at Entrepreneurship Week USA
The weeklong event, Feb 24-Mar 3, features sponsored learning and networking events all across America in an attempt to bring some serious focus on the job of being an entrepreneur. When you visit the [...]

I’m booking a few road dates to bring the Duct Tape manifesto to the world and thought I would outline some of my upcoming trips in case there are some Duct Tape readers that I might bump into along the way.

SXSW Interactive - Austin, Tx - March
Country Club Bank Small Business Day - Kansas City, [...]

For all you Duct Tape Marketing book wanters in the KC area, I’ll be doing a mini workshop and book signing at the Borders Books in Overland Park, KS this Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2pm. Come on out and say hi.
Can’t make it. You can always just buy the book!

SEO Expert, Jill Whalen stopped by for a discussion of small business search marketing on the Duct Tape Marketing podcast.
Jill is bringing her High Rankings Search Engine Marketing seminar series to the Midwest March 15 & 16.
Lee Odden of TopRank Blog will show participants just how he gets such incredible rankings for his web sites [...]

Last week I pointed out that Fast Company named the Duct Tape Marketing podcast a must read for the creative class. They put together a nifty little slideshow to walk you through the 12 podcasts you should be listening to.

Web design and features are a lot like fashion in a way - trends and looks come in out of style with the changing seasons.
Current styles find lots of sites copying what I can only call Web2.0ish designs drawn from some of the more popular blog templates. While I personally kind of like this style [...]