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How to Drive Traffic to Your Event Landing Page

Your event landing page has 10 seconds to capture a visitor’s interest. That’s not a lot of time to spark an event-goer’s imagination and hold their attention. How do you strike a balance between eye catching design, strong messaging for why attendees should come, and the value they’ll get all on one event landing page? Ronnie...

Attention To Customer Details Is Her Secret to Success for this Domestic Staffing Company

The name you give your business, hiring the right people and a focused attention on customer details are just three of the many things that Donna Morris, of Xtra Pair of Hands DC has done to grow her business. One of the favorite things I like about being a global speaker is meeting thousands of...

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5 Reasons Why Your Small Biz Needs Media Attention

Have you ever thought about using media attention as part of your marketing strategy? Having an independent media source highlight your business can be invaluable. Print, radio, and TV media attention has many benefits, here are 5 you simply can’t afford to pass up: 5. Enhance Credibility We say nice things about our own businesses all...

Generating Referrals Like a Ninja…Without Asking! smarthustlemagazine.com

Generating Referrals Like a Ninja…Without Asking!

As a small business owner, solopreneur, or sales professional, does the thought of asking for referrals make your skin crawl? Referrals are one of the most misunderstood ways of generating business today. Ramon Ray chats with Stacey Brown Randall, the referral queen, about how to get more referrals than ever without ever asking.  “Referrals are...

6 Experts Share Tips on SEO, Video Creation, Product Launches, Email Marketing and Online Courses

At Social Media Marketing World 2019 in San Diego, Ramon Ray interviews 6 experts from leading brands about marketing. Ramon interviews experts from Emma (email marketing), Teachable (online courses), SwitchPod (hand held tripod), Vimeo (video hosting), SEM Rush (SEO optimization) and Promo (video creation). Email marketing is SO powerful. Yep, social media marketing is great, but email marketing is BETTER. You can reach...

Camellas Kitchen Mother Daughter Duo

A Mom & Daughter’s Side Hustle With Flavor

When passion and skill come together, great things are born. And in this case, amazing tastes are created too. Keep reading to learn about Camella’s Kitchen, and how a mother-daughter-duo brought their cultural roots to the public through their love of food & their side hustle. Camella’s Kitchen was founded by Karen and Nyana, a...

Customer Conversation Channels Are Expanding. Are You Keeping Up? Salesforce Essentials Expands Opportunities.

Customer communication channels are growing and you can't control that conversation. You can't control where it happens or how it happens if you want to give your customers the best experience. Customers want to communicate with you, NOT just on on a phone, not just via web chat, but also through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and beyond. When...

Scaling Her Accounting Empire. Family Tragedy Propelled Her Forward.

Ramon Ray was joined by Rachel Michaelov, founder of Empire Tax Professionals to talk scaling, growth, and marketing. Rachel is an IRS-licensed enrolled agent who helps business owners making more than $10,000 with things such as monthly bookkeeping, payroll, sales tax, and corporate returns. Rachel got into the tax business because she knew there...

TOP 3 Lessons to Success in Business with Marshall Mosher

https://youtu.be/BqXr1R613SM As entrepreneurs, many times when we start businesses we get so caught up in our perfect idea of what the business will look like that sometimes we lose focus on our bigger vision of ‘why’. Speaking with Marshall, founder of Vestigo an outdoor team building platform, we go through the importance of failing fast,...