This content from: Duct Tape MarketingI've added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won't involve

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingI know that spouting words of thanks on this day can come off a bit disingenuous, but I just feel like giving readers of this blog a look into some of the things I humbly

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingRight now showing up on page one of the organic search results is the holy grail of small business online marketing. Any business that spends significant time consistently producing keyword rich, educational content, draws links,

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingIf you're doing good work, have products that people enjoy, and provide a service and experience that exceeds expectation, chances are, your business is benefiting from word of mouth referrals.While this occasional lead generation windfall

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingMarketing podcast with Dan McComb (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download - subscribe now via iTunesI've been running with a consistent theme of late that the best use of social media

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingSocial media and online marketing tools and tactics are an evolving lot. What was true last month may have a new twist this month.With that in mind I am happy to report that I've once

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingIf you have no precise marketing strategy, or even a simple set of marketing goals, social media participation will only serve as a glorious way to highlight that your business is precisely like every other

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingI've added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won't involve

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingThe latest version of QuickBooks is a big step outside the box for the leading small business accounting software.Building on Intuit's Connected Services Strategy announced last year, QuickBooks connects to several new online services that

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingWhen I first started my business, several decades ago, I was determined to tell people that, mine was an integrated marketing firm. To which, I generally received polite nods and the occasional more truthful -

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingMarketing podcast with Mike McLaughlin (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download - subscribe now via iTunesSocial media has certainly changed marketing, but few people are addressing just how dramatically it's changed

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingI'm a big fan of the newish Twitter List function. I wrote about it last week - 5 Reasons to Use the New Twitter Lists FeatureNow that I've you pumped up about using lists, I

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingIn case you missed my post on Friday I offered one signed copy of One these seven books: Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, New Community Rules by Tamar Weinberg, Six Pixels of

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingI've added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won't involve

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingIn a fit of collaboration goodness I would like to gift one set of seven awesome books to the person that most creatively answers the following: I get the biggest return for my business using

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingI get daily pitches from PR folks and business owners asking me to write about their news, launch, product, or survey. On one hand, I still think it's awfully cool that people think enough of

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingThe video below, staged by the Business Marketing Association (BMA) during their annual conference, should be shown to every business marketer alive. It's an update on the classic McGraw Hill ad known widely as "Man

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingMarketing podcast with Leo Babauta (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download - subscribe now via iTunesLeo Babauta is the publisher of the very popular Zen Habits blog and author the Power

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingLinkedIn and Twitter announced an integration today that should be interesting.Starting sometime today, LinkedIn users can automatically feed their Twitter status updates to their LinkedIn status updates. While LinkedIn's status update feature is right there

This content from: Duct Tape MarketingTwitter added a new feature recently called Lists. I have to admit, at first I thought this was no big deal. I use desktop twitter clients like TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop to create groups and