New Post at the Staples “How’s Business” blog
The nice folks over at the Staples “How’s Business” blog are featuring a post I wrote for them on where PR ideas come from for small business owners. I encourage you to read the post and leave a comment – thanks! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend
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Being a small business owner means that each marketing activity you pay for takes on greater significance, since you don’t have a big budget. You can’t really afford for any one marketing activity to be a total flop because it will torpedo your budget for other things that you need to do. Here are three common mistakes that small business owners make when marketing their small...
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The interest among small business owners in getting free publicity has exploded in recent years – one look at the all of the free press release distribution sites that have sprung up online confirms that fact. This invariably leads small business owners to seek out tips on writing a press release to try to get attention from the media as part of their PR campaigns. The simplest rule is this –...
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