SEO Tips & Marketing Facts for Entrepreneurs with a Green Industry Small Business Startup
Amidst the current downturn in the global economy visionary entrepreneurs are scrambling for position to capitalize on growth markets. We understand as we look to the future that green industries represent a key area of growth. Timing is now great for small business start-ups to become major players that shape the landscape of this industry. Does your company focus on wind, water, fuel cells, efficiency, pollution controls, waste management, organics, or being environmentally best in class?
Understanding your market and targeting your small business marketing will position you to become a major player in the green industry. Read more
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Just a Quick Update
So what have I been doing lately?
I have been busy and noticed I hadn’t got around to posting to this site in several months. Of course, unless I post some information on here nobody that stops by this site will know if I am still here or not.
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Also, several months ago I converted this site over to a Wordpress site and also have my old Rants, Raves & Insights blog up and running on this site, too; Read more
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Digital Ad Spend UP: Social Media & Mobile Ads DOWN
Respondents of a recent online national survey on interactive advertising and digital marketing, reported by Business Wire, indicate email, digital advertising and search are still HOT; and are the reason why digital ad spend is up.
The bad news for social media advertising and mobile advertising is that they are falling short of the desired results businesses had hoped to see. Continuing to use a blend of advertising appears to be the best way to hedge against uncertainty in the social media and mobile advertising markets. The report indicates a great deal of risk exists in utilizing these forms of digital advertising. However, it stops short of defining any reason why social media and mobile advertising are failing to deliver the results that other forms of digital ads are delivering. Read more
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FTC to monitor blog claims and endorsements
Trust and ethics are ingredients of traditional advertising wherein consumers have grown to expect acceptable levels of compliance; and not tolerate deceptive advertising practices. The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] is one of the government agencies responsible for monitoring and policing violators of the public trust in this arena. Blogging and tweeting, on the other hand, have escaped the scrutiny of the FTC, until now. Soon, the FTC will be monitoring claims and endorsements in blogs. In the future, will representations that are non-typical be given safe harbor in blogs and social media? It looks like tainted endorsements and claims about products and services that are not typical will be considered deceptive; and bloggers making these claims or endorsements may soon be under the scrutiny of the FTC. Read more
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Expand your social media exposure with social shopping networks
This is a follow up to my prior posts: Social Media Networks: Which ones for me?, Expand your social media vertical markets, Expand your social media reach with social bookmarking sites and Expand your social media exposure with recommendation engines.
In this post I am simply providing you with a small handful of Useful Social Shopping Networks that some of us could be utilizing and taking advantage of: Read more
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