From the monthly archives:

August 2009

“Today, it is easier than ever to do five promotional things a day for your book, product or service. You can blog, tweet (Five tweets = one blog to me), interview, reach out, send promotional items to high profile users, network, make a presentation or pick up the phone.” – Tim Sanders PROMOTION #1: I [...]

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When Probortunity Knocks, Answer!

by Doug Stewart on August 20, 2009

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.” – Richard Bach I got a new printer this week. One of my clients sent it to me. He’s been a client for close to 9 years now. He’s been a friend for 12. After unpacking the printer, I hooked it up to my PC. [...]

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What does dominating your space on the web mean to you?

by Doug Stewart on August 19, 2009

DOES IT MEAN . . . When someone goes to a search engine and types in your product or service, they find you? Or if they type in something related to your product or service, they find you? DOES IT MEAN . . . Before a potential customer knows exactly what they want — once [...]

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Emmy winning TV journalist, Cindy Morrison, tells how to get interviewed by local press for your small business: Tell me what you think of this video. Would you like to see more like it? Sincerely, Doug Stewart PS – Kudos to Ron Hudson for originally posting this on Viddler Giving You the Power to Fight [...]

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Daily internet marketing actions bring BIG results

by Doug Stewart on August 14, 2009

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.” – Jim Rohn Before starting my business in 1999, I was a [...]

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A few months ago I helped a successful mortgage broker’s website go from zero leads per month to averaging several leads every day. Before contacting us, the mortgage broker’s website was loaded with info on how a reverse mortgage helps people. But it wasn’t bringing in the leads. Read on and you’ll find out the [...]

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Last night I found a new interactive show online where Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, is locked in a room with a few key people in a business. These key people hash out one or two major business issues they’re facing. After hashing out the issues with Jack Welch, they present [...]

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A lot of good, strong small businesses were started before this new fangled internet thang. They’re owned by good family people. They’re owned by good members of the community. These people grew their business in their hometown. They worked to help their hometown be a better place. They did it because “that’s what you’re supposed [...]

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In the new movie, Julie & Julia, Amy Adams plays Julie Powell. Powell became an Internet celebrity with her blog. In Julie’s blog she documented the year she spent cooking every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” Her blog was turned into a book. Then her book was turned into a [...]

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