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How LinkedIn Can Help You and Your Business

Posted by Karen Fischer on Thursday, June 16, 2011, In : Marketing Practice 

Linkedin is the best B2B online networking tool that I have seen or used.  I have been using the site myself since 2005 and upgraded to a business account 3 years ago.  Each time I use the site I find more and more value in it as a premiere Social Networking site for business. I thought I would pass along what I have learned, so that others might receive similar benefit.

When I first joined the site, it was more about it being the “new” way to network and I will admit I initially just stuc...


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Is Social Media Right for Your Small Business?

Posted by Karen Fischer on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, In : Marketing Practice 

Are you as small business owner that is a baby boomer asking yourself – how in the heck is Twitter and Facebook that my kids use going to help my business? If you aren’t sure or haven’t even considered Social Media, then you need to think about the following. Who are my customers and how are they influenced? If you answered that all of your customers are 50 and over and would never use Social Media, then think again. Ask yourself who influenced that decision maker and how that person ma...


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Marketing on a Shoestring Budget

Posted by Karen Fischer on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, In : Marketing Practice 

Over the years, having worked in marketing for extremely large companies and also for small ones, I found that there are some discrepancies when talking about marketing budgets. Typically in a company the marketing budget should be around 10-15% of your annual revenues, and when a company is starting the percentage is much higher in order to gain awareness in the market.  The truth of the matter as we all know is that is the first budget that finance or investors go after to cut.  Though we a...


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