Ruthie AbrahamSeptember 6, 2015 Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. A company spends time, money, and creative efforts on designing brochures proclaiming the benefit of their products or service. They’re well-made–sharp colors, perfect ratio of graphics to text, and the text conveys the company’s products or service in a relatable, informative way. Wonderful. … Continue reading Is your Website Just a Brochure Online or a Powerful Sales Engine?
Chris WardenAugust 24, 2015 Three months ago, a young tech startup in San Antonio began mining data to improve their marketing efforts, products and services. The fruits of their labor – a rag-tag collection of reports and documents – lay strewn across their desks and laptops. They thought all the answers were right there, everything … Continue reading Stop Being a Victim of Analysis Paralysis – Just Do It
Jen Phillips AprilAugust 21, 2015 Have you ever said that? I have a surprising number of conversations with business people that start out that way. Maybe you’re one of them. Recently I was reading CJ Hayden’s book Get Clients Now! I like to pick up a book like this at least once a year. I … Continue reading I Know WHAT to Do…I Just Don’t Do It
Miguel ConnerAugust 17, 2015 There is no shortage of content on the mental and emotional hazards of social media, all readily found in…uh…social media. Yet this dark cloud is getting darker by recent studies, supported by qSample’s own finding. It’s casting a larger shadow over a medium that once was believed as the great democratizer … Continue reading The Dark Side of Social Media Just Got Darker
Solomon ThimothyAugust 14, 2015 Small, local business owners have a lot on their minds, especially when they’re just starting out their business. Time is limited and budgets are tight. All available time and energy is dedicated to being at the business and ensuring that everything goes smoothly. If you run a café that means you’re … Continue reading 5 Marketing Must-Haves for Local Businesses Just Starting Out
Julie KantorAugust 11, 2015 In my business, we consult with many interesting organizations—ranging from well-known, publically-traded companies to professional service firms, non-profits, and media giants. There are many lines of inquiry thrown around during a consulting session. Consider these: How do we evaluate performance properly? How do we handle an underperforming employee? How do we … Continue reading Not Just an Annual Review: It’s So Much More
Vishnu SupreetAugust 3, 2015 Generally, a large percentage of successful websites are multi-author sites. This is true because you need more than one author to create content to satiate a hungry readership. Also, because writers tend to specialize in one or at best a few niches, it is a good idea to have different … Continue reading How Do You Restrict An Author To Just One or Two Categories On WordPress?
Ian NewcombeJuly 4, 2015 The quest for the perfect multi-channel retail stock management system begins and ends with inventory. Every item on every shelf represents cash that’s working for your business, but is that cash working as efficiently as it could be? Too much stock means cash is idle, while too little stock loses you … Continue reading Why Multi-Channel Retail Stock Management Might Just Be the Holy Grail…
Kenna GriffinJune 13, 2015 We all have days when we just don’t want to. I’m having one of those days today. It started with text before 6 a.m. from my son, who was staying the night with a friend. He had a stomach ache and soon started vomiting. I got him home and in bed … Continue reading How To Find Your Motivation When You ‘Just Don’t Want To’
James PotterJune 1, 2015 We often have people tell us how they think LinkedIn works and it is not always correct. There are a lot of myths about what it takes to make LinkedIn work so we have created a series of blog posts to dispel the most common myths we see. Myth #7: LinkedIn … Continue reading LinkedIn Myths: LinkedIn is Just a Super-Sized Job Board
