Staying physically fit has more benefits than just helping you look better. By exercising at-least half an hour a day you will dramatically increase your mental acuity, lower stress and increase your productivity. Companies that provide a gym and allow time for work outs see a significant rise in employee satisfaction and productivity. It...
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In this podcast Andrew Bennett of BenSpark.com and NotAFamousBlogger.com joins Ben and Christian to discuss online self marketing and how to successfully build an online community. Related articles by Zemanta Tip My Hat Tuesday – Andrew Bennett aka @BenSpark (buckdaddyblog.com) The ties that can bind live events to online communities (matei.org) Related Posts Viral...
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Tags: Andrew Bennett, BenSpark.com, business, community, company, cooperation, Directories, group, Marketing and Advertising, Online Communities, Online community, people, Podcast, team, teamwork
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Tools such as twitter, Digg, and Facebook are Horrible sales vehicles. In fact using them poorly can do more to hurt your brand than help it. Social Media as a tool for business is much more useful to your PR group than it is to your sales team.
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Tags: advertising, business, Digg, Facebook, marketing, online marketing, online sales, Public relations, social media, social media marketing, Social network, Twitter, Viral marketing
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There is a direct relationship between good UI design and increased sales. On the flip side, bad design inevitably hurts sales. Pretty obvious if you think about it, but why? Quite simply, good user interface design is primarily about giving the user what the expect, where they expect it in a pleasing way. Doing...
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Tags: Companies and Consultants, Conversion, Design, Human-Computer Interaction, marketing, online marketing, online sales, Search engine optimization, social media marketing, UI, Usability, User interface, User Interface Design, Website
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The success or failure of most start-ups can be determined even before the company is formed, just by looking at the founding team. So how do you create a team that is likely to be successful? First “Know thy self”. Without really knowing yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses and what drives you. You cannot...
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Tags: Building a Successful Team, business, business advice, Chats and Forums, Entrepreneur, Informal Online Tests, Myers-Brigg Type Indicator, Personality, Personality type, Psychology, Social Sciences, start up advice, Start-up Success, starting a business, startup business, Testing Services
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Last week we talked about Viral Marketing from a stratospheric level, this time we go a little more in depth and give a great example of a company building a program that will definitely create a viral effect. What it all boils down to is understanding the value you offer your customers, and packaging...
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In this podcast I talk about viral marketing, what it means, and how you can use it to sell your products or services. Social Media Marketing and Viral Marketing are very closely related and both are parts of the same whole. Using them is a bit of an art, and it is a simple...
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With the rise of online media over the last decade their has been the death of many traditional media sources. This has put the traditional marketer in a state of confusion, with hundreds of tools and ever changing rules it is a tangled web. Ben and Christian discuss the opportunity this represents to the...
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Our first in what will hopefully become a long line of podcasts, in which we discuss and explain all the myriad of tools and techniques to get your business noticed online.We will also discuss starting a business and how to be successful.
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We tend to surround ourselves with people like us. Most of my close friends are too similar to me. It’s why we are friends. It is also why we aren’t business partners.
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Tags: business, business advice, Entrepreneur, Health, Life Lessons, Mr. Wonderful, Personality, Psychology, Relationships, serial entrepreneur, Social Sciences, start up advice, Tests
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