I just get done writing about the Akron blogger group and what do I find? Four Cleveland based bloggers heading to Las Vegas to participate in the BlogWorld Exo next week. Not only that - but if you...
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Last week the Akron Blogger Community met for the second time. We had some of the first visitors and a few new bloggers as well. It was a great opportunity to share information. One of the new...
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When you think of great partnerships over time a few special ones come to mind: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire Roy Rogers and Trigger The Lone Ranger and Tonto Bing Crosby and Bob Hope But for me...
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I stumbled upon Prevail PR today and their post Small Business Blogging Toolbox in which they state: Building a blog for your small business could mean the difference between failure and success. No,...
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You know them. The t-shirts with the stick figure art and simple message. Life is Good, founded in 1994 by brothers Bert and John Jacobs is based in Boston, marketing everything from apparel to dog...
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Ivana Taylor brings up a thoughtful discussion today on her blog Strategy Stew. In her post entitled What Are Your Customers Telling You she talks about the importance of truly listening to what...
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by Deborah Brown on October 27, 2007
How many of you have found in your career, the need to cold call? I have heard some small business people insist that they've never knocked on doors or picked up the phone book with the Yellow...
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Following is a great listing of the top 100 business blogs put together by my new best friend John Crickett over at Business Opportunities and Ideas. Starting from the top with Copy Blogger and my...
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by Deborah Brown on October 26, 2007
It's human nature to fear and dislike rejection. In all walks of life the word "no" is certainly not what we want to hear unless the question was "do I look fat in this...
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Have you ever had one of those days when you need to speak to a real person but keep getting voice mail, on-hold messages and NO ANSWERS? If you are anything like me, you begin to breathe faster,...
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I recently heard about an on-line help that would prompt you to stay organized. At the time I thought, "hmmm sounds interesting, someone telling me what to do each day - one chore at a time - to...
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by Deborah Brown on October 24, 2007
Have you ever contemplated the scathing, "tell-all" book you'd write about your office soap opera? We all have stories about the office know-it-all, the office slut, the office 'does...
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by Deborah Brown on October 22, 2007
You put yourself out there - gave it your all - put on your game face - matched benefits with solutions and still the phone doesn't call. How long do you wait for the phone to ring after...
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by Deborah Brown on October 22, 2007
In this month's edition of Eyecare Business there is an article entitled Giving Away Your Profits? I read this article with interest, first as a 17 year veteran of the optical retail industry and...
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I have a customer whose retail business is entirely on the web. I am writing copy for one of his product landing pages. He provided a key word phrase and I wrote the copy. When I sent him the......
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by Deborah Brown on October 18, 2007
When you think "on-line retailers" who comes to mind first? Well, if you said Amazon you were right. They currently do 10.7 BILLION dollars in annual on-line sales. That's almost 10% of...
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Jill Konrath, author of Selling to Big Companies will be one of the main speakers at the upcoming sales conference in Minneapolis. If you haven't read her book - pick it up. She offers wonderful...
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by Deborah Brown on October 17, 2007
Two weeks until Halloween so it must be time to shop for the holidays. I was in Drug Mart today picking up a few things and the workers were busy putting Christmas decorations on the shelves. I...
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It's Blog Action Day and bloggers all over the world are participating by dedicating day's post to efforts to save our environment. One of my customers, PageMax, is doing double duty when it...
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The devil used Eve to temp Adam with an apple oh so many years ago changing life as they knew it. We are tempted every day by others and by our own weak nature. I'm thinking about all of......
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Stephen Hopson at Adversity University has moved his blog to Word Press. I applaud his actions as it is a far more challenging experience than you might think. As someone who has moved 28 times, I...
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I'm reading Seth's latest post How to create a good enough website and just the title is enough to send me over the edge. I struggle EVERY DAY to instill a "go above and beyond"...
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