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Books, Websites, and Social Media:Smart Trends You Need to Know

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] This Weeks Smart Trends: Book The Jetstream of Success: Legends Create History Everyday By Julian Pencilliah Julian Pencilliah, a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist (among other endeavors as well) believes everyone is endowed with star quality—but we’re not all awake enough to let “this radiance become our natural state.” His book is intended to show...

Getter CEO Jason Miller

Gettr CEO Jason Miller Talks About Birthing A New Social App

Gettr is a brand new social app, launched by Jason Miller, on July 4th, 2021. In our interview, he describes Gettr as a free speech platform, that opposes "cancel culture". While most of the top users on Getter are very "conservative" voices, Jason said the app is not about a particular political affiliation. His vision is...

How to Deliver a Powerful Media Interview for Your Business

Connecting your business, and yourself, with the media is extremely important for exposure. In fact, anytime you are in front of a camera, how you communicate and present yourself is critical. So once you have a media interview lined up, or even a presentation or upcoming video, how do you successfully present yourself? Jane Hanson...

mission

More Than Words: The Art of Balancing Mission and Margin in Social Enterprise

“Why books, Jodi?”  “Why not books, Ramon?” There is money to be made in books! Jodi Rosenbaum, Founder and Executive Director of More Than Words, says they are selling them to the tune of $3.7 million a year. She says every book that they receive is in the hands of young people that they’re giving jobs...

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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...

Four Ways To Ensure Social and Search Changes Never Affect Your Content Marketing.

Today I got my copy of Gary Vaynerchuk's latest book "Crushing It". It reminded me of the desperate journey of so many to "be like Gary" or some other digital celebrity. Sure Gary, Seth Godin and other digital celebrities have zillions of followers, deservedly. They've been hard at work providing great content, amazing value,...

Making Sales From Twitter: Social Selling

Are you using Twitter to generate leads for your business? Many business owners and marketers overlook the power of Twitter as a social selling platform. By leveraging the internal search engine and other third-party tools, you can double or triple the number of high-quality, targeted leads you get. As with most things, you need to start...