How-To advice on marketing a home business. Resources on marketing planning, direct marketing, publicity, advertising, internet marketing, networking, branding, and more.
By Angela Stewart
Economists can argue about whether the economy is in a slowdown, recession, treading water or bumping along the bottom before its next surge, but one thing is for certain: You’ve got to produce the same or better results this year with a smaller marketing budget.
Improve Internal Communication Within Your Company
By Steve Nicholls
"User-generated content via social media is worth its weight in gold …"
When most business leaders think of social media, they think of how it can help them communicate with clients and potential clients. This is true, but what many don’t realize is that it is equally important to use social media internally to facilitate communication between departments, overcome geography, and ultimately to maximize productivity.
Come Up With a Phrase That Pays
Every day, audiences are bombarded with more and more information until their ears are positively ringing. How on earth can your readers make their messages the ones that stick in their audiences' memories?
By Terri Seymour
Affiliate marketing is when you sign up with companies to market and sell their products and/or services for a commission. Commissions are generally 25% or lower, so be sure to check before you sign up.
Here are The Top 10 Reasons Why
"Having a blog on your site can help you achieve high traffic and sales by the more effective marketing results 
it can create."
The term "blog" is short for web log, which started out meaning a personal online journal. Back in the late 1990s when blogs first emerged, they were usually filled with personal posts about the owner’s daily life, thoughts, and problems. They have since evolved into invaluable online marketing tools. Blogs are now a "must-have" resource for any online business.
VerticalResponse, a provider of self-service marketing solutions for small businesses including email marketing, social media, ev
ent marketing, online survey and direct mail marketing, released findings that examine email and social media marketing user data among small and mid-sized businesses.
