Lose the Focus!

If the transmission, A/C, and engine start to fail and the seats are torn and the paint is chipped on your old Ford Focus, would you take it to a mechanic and ask him to spend whatever it takes to give it an overhaul? Or would you consider the value of the car, which Kelly Blue Book says is about $500, and start shopping for another vehicle?

The New Rules for Websites

Over the past several years, Google has switched absolutely everything up. Chances are, you’re busy running your own business and haven’t had time to keep on top of the trends. Fortunately for you, we have.

Bowling for Business: The Rules of the Mobile Road

Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a webpage in the phone’s internet browser. QR Codes are free and easy for advertisers to create and customers to access.

Bowling for Business: Top 11 Marketing Tips for 2011

When it comes to business, I find it easier to establish innovative objectives. So please allow me a departure from my usual column-format to share what I believe to be the top 11 marketing strategies for the New Year.

Bowling for Business: Set Yourself Aside

It was then that our client had an “aha moment,” realizing that the methods that persuade him may not be the same as strategies designed specifically to reach potential customers in his target market. A typical entrepreneur, intimately involved in every step of the business, from conceptualization to manufacturing to marketing, Rick found it difficult to set aside his own frame of reference. But once he agreed to do so, we were able to launch an effective social media campaign that catered to his customers instead of to him. And you can do it, too.

Bowling for Business: Info on the Go

This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on August 16, 2010 and in the Biz Press on August 18, 2010. After borrowing my sister-in-law’s mobile phone in 1988, I was convinced that cell phone technology would never gain much of a following. As attractive and portable as a cinder block, it came with a 42-page instruction…

Bowling for Business: SEO—The Bot Stops Here

This column first appeared on RIMOFTHEWORLD.net on February 15, 2010 When our daughters were young, we made sure our home was childproof. We plugged the outlets with plastic covers, latched cabinets and bundled electrical cords. We placed a menacing plastic gate at the top of the stairs which pinched our fingers when we opened it…