Small Business Blog

In today’s plugged-in society, e-mail marketing is an important component of your overall marketing strategy. Done right, you attract and...

As a small business, your logo is your main identifying mark. It portrays what you stand for as a company; is one of the first things...

As a small business owner you may feel that the marketing tactics that you are doing do not work or do not give you immediate results for...

Many of my clients are still unaware of what SEO is or why it matters to their small business… so I am posting this to go back to basics....

by Julie Mierau We all know that physicians pledge to “first, do no harm.” But do you know Google’s company motto? “Don’t be evil.” Yep,...

1. Hire some help! – School is out and kids are smart. Especially with computers and the internet. Hire one for the summer and have...

Maybe it’s just me, but I get really annoyed when a business or organization I do business with offers special deals for new customers...

Everybody’s talking about branding these days. Marketing consultants want to charge companies to create brands — and sometimes rightfully...

The one thing I noticed is that on email, texts or websites, phone numbers that are viewed on a smart phone are automatically  activated...

Hopefully at this point you have at least a facebook account where you socialize with friends and family. You may also have a Linked In...

How do you buy products and services today? What is the first couple of things that you do to begin the process? I am guessing that some...

Social Media Toolkit: The Nuts & Bolts of Your Social Media Strategy Posted using ShareThis #SmallBusiness #Socialmarketing #Entrepreneur...

The main reason is to provide interesting, useful and frequent content to your customers, potential customers, industry experts, media,...

I do a lot of reading, thinking and brainstorming on ideas for small business in small communities like Council Bluffs and across...

Want to trade accounting services for goat cheese? How about bike repairs for graphic design? Advertising for overnight accommodations?...

In the next few days/weeks I will focus on some tips and observations that I have picked up in the last very busy months.    In the mean...

Everywhere you turn for marketing advice, you’ll hear how important word-of-mouth marketing is. Start-up business owners even list this...

Okay, choir, heads up. The sermon is about to begin. A marketing plan is more than an advertising campaign. All together now, a marketing...

I love everything that is marketing and am eager to get ideas and usually will spend time learning everything I can from anyones’...

In the midst of everyday tasks of general business housekeeping and putting out fires, business owners always have those “big picture”...