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It is common practice to set New Year’s resolutions in our personal lives, but how often do we do it for our business? Here are 28 Small Business Marketing Resolutions for the New Year that will inspire you to write your own.

The best way to get 2012 off to a great start is to put some thought into your 2012 marketing plan outlining where you want to go and how you plan to get there. Here are 5 tips for preparing your 2012 marketing plan from small businesses like yours.

If you are an inventor in the early stages of development (you don’t have finished samples) and you are looking to sell or license your invention to a company for ongoing royalty payments, you will more than likely need some form of prototype or design to showcase your invention to prospective [...]

For over three decades I have been working with small businesses and startups in the creation of logos for new ventures, or the updating of existing company identities. With that expertise under my belt comes one major piece of advice to be shared with all business owners:
Don’t wait until the last [...]

The holidays can be one of the busiest and most profitable selling seasons of the year for small business owners. Here are 9 of the “best darn” holiday marketing ideas from small business owners across the US.

There is a lot of buzz about how QR codes are the latest and greatest marketing thing for small business. So the question is; why should we adopt QR codes in our marketing? Here are 6 ways other businesses are using QR codes for marketing. Maybe one of these will work for your business.

According to the National Retail Foundation, Halloween 2011 is poised to be one of the biggest Halloweens for business in nine years with approximately 70% of consumers indicating they plan on celebrating it this year. Don’t miss out on this huge opportunity to market your business this Halloween. Here are 9 Halloween marketing ideas from other small business owners across the US. Use one of these to jump-start your own ideas for Halloween marketing.

Hi gang,
I really love twitter. Actually, I can’t stand it.  What a wonderful tool - and what a waste. I am so conflicted - I am the @chazbono of Twitter users.
I’m not going to take the time to explain to you what Twitter is, because you already know what it is.  It’s [...]

Recently I asked small business owners to share the “one marketing thing” that has made the most difference for their business. I received some fantastic responses that range from practical to creative. Here are 31 of the best marketing “things” that have generated the most customers and leads for these businesses.

Last week I attended a business professionals networking event in my hometown.  The event was extremely well attended and actually turned out to be a lot of fun (I am not saying this just because I was on the planning committee).  I met a lot of great contacts and I caught up with some old [...]