Category Archives: Marketing
Are you Confused between a Freelancer and a Logo design company?
A few days back, I met a friend, who came up to me to have my suggestion on whether he should hire a freelance logo designer or a logo design company for his start up business. Similarly, most of the people who want a logo for their business come across this very same situation – [...]
Public Relations: The Basics
When people talk about Public Relations they tend to slip into one of the two stereotypes. They either dismiss PR as unimportant or they regard it as an antidote to every problem the business is facing. Let’s not take any of those extreme stances. Let‘s see, instead, what PR can do for an entrepreneur like [...]
Online Persona
I was having a conversation the other day with a friend who was weighing the decision of finding another contract gig or building his business. His business has existed for years but he hasn’t worked a lot to build it up. This is a guy who has a personality that everyone would remember and more [...]
Also posted in Entrepreneurship, Networking, Social Entrepreneur Tagged facebook, LinkedIn, Online Persona, Twitter Leave a comment
Network…Network…Network
When I went through my MBA courses I took classes on marketing, accounting, finance, organizational behavior and many others. For a capstone course, I created a business plan for a new business and defended it. Since that time, I have ventured into the world of startups and have realized that all of that was great [...]
Interview with ideablob.com's founder Ami Kassar
I had the privilege to do an email interview with Ami Kassar over at ideablob.com. We were connected via a twitter conversation when I was requesting interesting people to do an interview with. Ideablob is an online community where entrepreneurs are encouraged to discuss ideas in an open and helpful environment. If you have an [...]
Also posted in Entrepreneurship, Interview, Networking Tagged email interview, Networking, Twitter 1 Comment
Top 5 things to NOT do on Twitter
AKA: Twitter etiquette
This is for the average twitter user to advanced twitter user. If you have something like 50,000 followers … why the hell are you reading this post, you don’t do these things … right?
Don’t use auto Direct Message/@replies ‘tools’ – If you don’t have time to respond to your messages then don’t pretend [...]
Adding our blog to different services
We have added our blog to a bunch of different services. Check them out:
blogcatalog.com/directory/entrepreneurship
blogarama.com
Blog Flux Local – Minnesota
Blog search directory
globeofblogs.com
blogexplosion.com
Twitter Advertising
Do you generate cash with your twitter account?
I am curious to see what people’s thoughts are in regards to generating money with their twitter accounts.
Let me know what you think!
http://www.polldaddy.com/p/1248810/
Social Bookmarking as an Online Business Tool
On many popular sites, you’ll notice a row of links to Digg, StumbleUpon, del.icio.us., and a number of other sites. These sites make up a new system called social bookmarking. Social bookmarks are like the online counterpart of your browser’s Favorites, except that your list is public and you can recommend [...]
Also posted in Social Entrepreneur Tagged delicious, digg, facebook, myspace, social bookmarking, stumble upon 2 Comments
Generation X: The Confused Generation