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Tag: Marketing

  • Marketing That Doesn’t Suck

    What’s on the iPod: Awake My Soul by Mumford and Sons Don’t be naked this tax season.Join Anne Wayman and me and special guest Julian Block, tax expert extraordinaire, for the 8 Top Tax-Saving Strategies for Freelancers webinar. Special pricing: the one-hour webinar plus nearly $375 worth of freebies for just  $39.95! Get your spot before it’s gone: Register here.— What a wonderful…

  • Truth in Your Own Advertising

    What’s on the iPod: Unbelievable by Diamond Rio Today is absolutely one of my favorite days. I look forward to it every year – it’s the longest day! That sun will be out (and in this case, blazing hot) until late. So will I. Once I get this work pile whipped under control, I’m giving…

  • Points of Contact

    What’s on the iPod: 1983 by Neon Trees Do all Mondays come with little surprises that need more brain power than humans are capable of at the start of the week? Logging in here today proved interesting. Blogger, where this blog is hosted, now has a completely new format and is no longer compatible with…

  • Thoughtless Marketing

    Great webinar last night! Thanks to all participants for attending the Trade Magazine webinar, and for the lively discussions! If you missed it, fear not! The discussion continues over on the Five Buck Writer’s Forum. For the price of a caramel macchiato, you can become a forum member. As I was arranging meetings for the…

  • Rule of Absolutes

    Yesterday was somewhat fruitful. I got the bones of the article set up and I worked through the intro and the “supporting” evidence for that intro. About then I had to stop for a client call. After that, I had to stop because my body said so. Anyone who knows me knows I follow one…

  • Double-Duty Marketing

    Good enough day yesterday. For some reason, I couldn’t focus until sometime after lunch, but I did manage to get some client work done and some marketing completed. Today, reviewing the article and out the door with it. I’m pleased with it on first blush, so we’ll see. I’ve been reading about the blogosphere various…

  • Worthy Advice: Show Your Stuff

    Just two more days to score your chance at some free Amazon swag: Sign up to receive my occasional newsletter and you’re entered to win a $20 Amazon card! Make sure you’re all signed up by Saturday, January 21st (that’s tomorrow) before midnight. If you sign up January 22nd, you still get the newsletter, but…

  • Superbly Idiotic Marketing

    Win something already! Sign up for my occasional newsletter (usually once or twice a month), you’re entered to win a $20 Amazon gift card! Just click right on over there at the left where it says Want More? Everyone registered by Saturday, January 21 before midnight is entered for the drawing. The newsletter gives you…

  • Concentrated Marketing

    My best ideas come from you. This week proves that to be true thanks to our own Wade Finnegan, who was wondering out loud how to figure out his niche or if he even wants one. He has one of the best lines of the month: “2012 will be the year this takes off, I…

  • Why Marketing Isn’t All That

    Three more days until the LinkedIn Secrets & Success Webinar with Urban Muse Susan Johnston! Susan, author of LinkedIn and Lovin’ It, will answer questions on LinkedIn, social media, and e-publishing. If you join the Five Buck Forum, you can get the webinar for a mere $10. That’s $39 off the price for non-members. Plus…