Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing

I’ve added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won’t involve much analysis and may range widely in topic. (Image is from Meet at the Apartment)
Enjoy!
Good stuff I ran across this [...]

The web has changed many things about business, but one thing’s for sure, it’s dramatically enhanced our ability to collaborate with every important constituency group.
Let me explain this idea of collaboration as a business strategy. In the past, it was generally considered very natural for small business owners to collaborate with partners and the occasional [...]

I wrote a post earlier this week describing ways to optimize your social media profiles to enhance your ability to draw traffic to your web site pages. The holy grail of a link back to your site from a popular social media site like LinkedIn is one that allows you to add your own anchor [...]

So much was made of the theoretical Main Street vs. Wall Street during this past fall’s election that I think we forget that the iconic street of entrepreneurs really does exist in the small towns and urban neighborhoods all across America. And now, in some places Main Street has fallen on really hard times – [...]

I don’t know what it is really, I can get all the info I could possibly cram into my brain right there on my phone, but I still subscribe to lots of magazines.
I suppose there are psychological reasons attached to this, but there are some very practical ones as well. I tend to read much [...]

One thing I know about these fast times we live in – people want information and engagement when they want and how them want it. The best way to turn this to your advantage is to employ tools that make it as easy as possible for prospects and customers to contact, engage, discuss, provide feedback, [...]

There are many reasons to get more involved in social media sites. Content creation and discovery, lead generation, and networking just to name a few of the benefits. However, even if you’re not ready to jump in with both feet and create fully a engaged presence on popular social media sites, you should still take [...]

I’ve added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won’t involve much analysis and may range widely in topic. (Flickr image included here is also fav image of the week)
Enjoy!
Good stuff [...]