Is There Such A Thing As Competition?

As you may recall, I wrote two posts about competition not too long ago:  3 Major Reasons You Shouldn’t Ignore Competitors on Social Networking Sites and 3 Undeniable Ways to Turn Competitors into Enemies on Social Media Sites.  I think Ivan Misner’s Philosophy below really complements these posts well.  Enjoy!
My philosophy about competition is best summed [...]

Is Social Media a ‘Get Rich’ Scheme or Competition?

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Top 3 Costly Email Marketing Mistakes

If you use email as part of your marketing strategy, deliverability is probably among your top concerns. After all, emails need to arrive in the inbox before they can effectively generate leads. Unfortunately, there are a few gaffes that can cost you when you send your next email marketing message.
Here of the top three mistakes:
1. [...]

6 Ways to Let Google Optimize Your Business

It’s easy to take the idea of search engine optimization for granted. Yeah, the marketing landscape is abuzz with all things SEO today, but did you even know what the term “search engine optimization” meant ten years ago? The term has no doubt covered a lot of ground in a short period of time.
But let’s [...]

5 Incredible Lead Generation Ideas

As an expert in your field, you’ve got a ton of really important information in your head. But you’ve got to get it out of your head and into some useful format for lead generation. Information is the heart and soul of marketing, so you’ve got to have some idea about the products you want [...]

Are You Engaged?

This is a guest post by Dr. Ivan Misner (Bio is below).
In engaged in the conversation, that is! OK, OK . . . now that I have your attention, let me explain.
In my book Truth or Delusion I bring up the point that word-of-mouth marketing is always working, it just may not be working in [...]

How Do I find Ideal Clients in This Economy?

It’s easy to find out who your Ideal Clients are, no matter what the economy is like. Here’s how.
How do I find ideal clients in this economy? That was a question one attendee asked in a recent panel I hosted, and it’s not the only time I’ve heard such a question. How can I survive [...]

Do You Need to Gripe? Groubal Instead!

Have you seen the new brilliant free social network called Groubal? Groubal (gr.oo.bul) is “A powerful way to share your gribes that are grouped together to create change, group responsibility and group buying power.”  This unique social network was launched by Robert Doner to bring consumers together who have a complaint against a big company [...]

Are You a Carrot, Egg or Coffee Bean?

It seems everywhere I turn these days, there are people around me who are struggling in their business or personal lives.  Thus, this is the perfect time to share this post.  This inspirational story was first shared with me when I was mentoring with John Assaraf.  Then I saw my friend and mentor, Ivan Misner [...]

Social Media – The Newest Customer Service Tool

This is a guest post by Heidi McCarthy (Bio is below).
Being so ensconced in customer service, I look for every opportunity to praise good service and to offer constructive criticism when warranted.  In that regard, there is no faster, or cathartic, medium in which to speak out than social media.  Companies today do not [...]

Case Study: Mompreneur Grows Business by Using Twitter to Build Relationships

“Social networking is still a luxury, and I don’t have time to use it for my business.” Does this sound familiar? This is the most common excuse I receive from entrepreneurs and clients. So, since we all have the same amount of hours in a day, how does Dawn Papandrea-Khan, a mompreneur [...]

4 Steps to Strengthen Your Brand with Social Media

Social media is a very powerful tool for allowing businesses to efficiently and economically develop a strong brand presence in the marketplace. This is true not just when it applies to brand outreach, but also brand development at it’s core.
At Flying Pig Communications, we work with a lot of start-ups and small businesses that are [...]

Poll: How would you describe your knowledge of the Social Web as a whole?

What other polls would you like to see on this site?  Please feel free to suggest new poll questions in the comments below.

Marketing to Your Customers, Not Your Ego

Today, I am going to discuss something that I’m sure everyone has seen at least once or twice, and I would hasten to add that probably the majority of marketers have been guilty of it at least in some small way (I’m certainly no exception).
Ego-centric Marketing
It’s not usually done on purpose, but I think businesses [...]

3 Undeniable Ways to Turn Competitors into Enemies on Social Media Sites

Have you heard the old saying:  “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?”  This was said by Sun-tzu , Chinese general and military strategist.  This proverb has been applied in business as well, but it seems that many people using social media for business are not following this motto.
Here are three undeniable ways to [...]

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