Could EntrepreneurShip Investigation Help Keep Your Youth at Home?

February 28, 2012

Today I’m going to take a break from my introduction of my newly opened membership site, Take Control of Your Internet Marketing and talk about an impressive youth entrepreneurship program I learned about in Nebraska last week. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING YOUR SMALL TOWN, DON’T STOP READING! We know [...]

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Part 2: Take Control of Your Understanding of Internet Marketing

February 14, 2012

When I talk to small local business owners about their internet marketing I often hear their overwhelm and uncertainty. “I know I need a better website BUT…” “I just get a Facebook page up and along comes Google+!” “There are just not enough hours in the day for Twitter and email and other social media!” [...]

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Take Control Part 1: What is Being Said About You Right Now?

February 7, 2012

Welcome to Part One in a series to introduce Take Control of Your Internet Marketing. Finally, the membership site I have been promising for nearly a year will be opening up. Keep your eyes open for the announcement late next week before I head off to speak at the Center For Rural Affairs Marketplace Conference [...]

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How the Internet Levels the Playing Field for Local Small Businesses

January 31, 2012

Ed and I are in southern California for several months, living in Loma Linda, a little town an hour east of Los Angeles.  This area is made up of one little town crammed against another for miles in every direction. Small local businesses are located in the little strip malls on almost every street corner. [...]

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Do Facebook Likes Mean They Love You?

January 24, 2012

My husband checks his Facebook page everyday. He thoroughly enjoys keeping up with his “friends.” He rarely posts anything himself and has liked very few business pages. Why am I telling you this? Because he’s a textbook example of a 65+ Facebook user according to a study reported by Brian Solis in a post, “I [...]

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