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New Mini-ebook on Branding

Posted December 29th, 2009 by Mary Ruth
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Discovering Your BrandAs a virtual assistant dedicated to the success of my small business clients, I often need to consider branding in my daily work. Having immersed almost all my time in the web for the past two years, I’m aware that branding is what happens whenever you establish an internet presence.

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Reputation Management

Posted December 29th, 2009 by Mary Ruth
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What's your reputation?I came across a good article this week at Advertising Age: Stuart Parkin comments on the phenomenon that involves the lack of personal branding amongst marketing executives – who nonetheless insist on it for their clients.

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Terrific New Social Media Research Study for Small Businesses

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If you’ve been dragging your feet on social media, it’s time to take both of those feet and jump right in. The just released study on business use of social media from the folks at Business.com is must reading for content marketers who are active, tentative or hesitant about social media.

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The Who and How Many of Twitter

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Wondering what, when and who should tweet? Your questions are answered!

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10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs

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An overview of 10 Social Media tools that are particularly helpful for entrepreneurs. Even if you're just in the early stages of your latest project, these tools can be extremely helpful in beginning to brand yourself and share your story with the world.

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SMB Lessons From BlogWorldExpo 2009

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I was very lucky to be among the group attending BlogWorldExpo last week, putting me in direct contact with some of the world’s best in blogging and social media. As a blogger myself, it was pretty exciting and I was able to take in quite a bit of information about how small business owners can use blogs, email and all of social media to reach their audience.

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6 Tips for Executing a Social Media Strategy

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Ready to start executing your social media strategy? These tips will help get you started.

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What is your excuse to avoid Internet Marketing?

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5 Common excuses SMB uses to avoid Internet Marketing.
Many small business owners are still trying to take hold of the idea of marketing their products and services online, and how to take advantage of the internet as a whole.

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5 Advanced Social Media Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses

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Social media marketing and the businesses that utilize it have become more sophisticated. More small businesses are beginning to understand how to best leverage online tools to build a community and recognize that engagement and interaction are the foundations of social marketing, but most don’t know what’s next.

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SMB can benefit from using Inbound Marketing

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These tools can help most businesses big or small increase their market share, if you offer a product or service that people want, they will look for it. The trick is actually letting them find you when they need you, and before they find your competitors.

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