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October 25, 2020
What is Instagram? Instagram is a social networking application based on photo & video sharing. More than 20 billion photos have been shared on Instagram and 60 million are shared every day.
Brands no longer create social media websites just for the heck of it. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
Crowdfunding opens up a new world of opportunity to startups. Crowdfunding campaign is convenient and has the potential to reach a wider range of investors, but it’s not easy. It requires much thought and effort. Most of the crowdfunding projects fail due to inadequate planning.
Following are nine reasons as to why crowdfunding campaign fails:
1. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
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Want to get the word out? Did you know you can broadcast your crowdfunding project or campaign to over 2,500,000 active users on 40Billion, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to promote your message, brand, product, service, fundraising campaign, crowdfunding project, or small business to the world.
Are you trying to raise money on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or GoFundme? For over 4 years, aspiring crowdfunders and startup entrepreneurs have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers and investors. Read more…
October 25, 2020
When was the last time you took a vacation? For many young startup entrepreneurs, the answer is probably “I can’t remember,” or “I don’t have time for vacation.” But you just might want to rethink your aversion to time off. To run a successful companies, you’ll need to be there, of course. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
Hiring? Even the most perceptive business owners can make a bad hire when they don’t pay attention to the right signs. Here are 3 personality types that can bring down your business and how you can spot them in an interview:
1) The Narcissist
It’s easy to make the mistake of hiring a narcissist. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
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Crowdfunding is a collective cooperation of people who network and pool their money and resources together, usually via the Inter?net.
It seems like everyone is using crowdfunding to kick off their new business venture, be it a new coffee shop, or gadget. With the tough economic climate, crowdfunding has become a popular and alternative method of raising finance for a business, projects or ideas and has become popularized online by sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe.
Now anyone with a computer or mobile device and an internet connection can research, review and become an investor in a business with a push of a button. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
You know you want to start a business, but you can’t shake those financial worries – rent or a mortgage, a car payment, and maybe you have kids. Even young people have responsibilities after all. But tack on the fact that your business idea will surely take time to catch on, and starting up can seem even further out of reach.
You are a perfect candidate to become a part-time entrepreneur. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
When should you start thinking about outsourcing some of your tasks? As a small business entrepreneur, time is always scarce, and you find that you just can’t do everything yourself the way you would like to. Maybe you’ve thought about outsourcing, but it’s not a simple decision because you need to compare the cost and quality of the person or company that will be working for you.
A simple search for companies using the terms “virtual assistant” and “outsourcing” will reveal a plethora of firms and virtual assistants that offer outsourcing services for everyday business tasks – such as customer service, tech support, bookkeeping, accounts payable, accounting, and even social media marketing. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
Would you charge a premium price for providing an extraordinary product/service and value? Why bang your head against the wall trying to undercut competitors’ prices?
Selling premium products and services at premium prices leads to greater profits. If you want to make a million this year, you’d have to sell 40,000 copies of your product at $25. Read more…
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October 25, 2020
Want to get the word out? Did you know you can broadcast your crowdfunding project or campaign to over 2,500,000 active users on 40Billion, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to promote your message, brand, product, service, fundraising campaign, crowdfunding project, or small business to the world.
Are you trying to raise money on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or GoFundme? For over 4 years, aspiring crowdfunders and startup entrepreneurs have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers and investors. Read more…
October 24, 2020
Do you have a mobile version of your small business website yet? If you don’t, you could be missing tons of potential customers who use their smartphones to do the majority of their shopping because it’s more convenient.
Would you believe that more than half of all adults in the United States use a smartphone? Chances are, you’re one of them. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Crowdfunding is a way of raising money for a new venture by soliciting small donations from many people online. The biggest platforms in the industry are Kickstarter and Indiegogo. In the last five years, crowdfunding has grown from a tool for off-beat bands to raise money from fans for an album they can’t afford to produce to a way for some really high tech inventors to get access to capital for their new, innovative startups.
Following is the checklist of 8 steps to prepare for your campaign.
1. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Are you stressed out at work or starting a business? Do you feel like you’re reaching a breaking point? Are you having a hard time juggling business and family demands? It happens to many of us. The anxiety, negative thoughts, perspiration, and despair caused by stress are normal, but you should not let them prevent you from succeeding and being your best you.
To cope with the stress and stay focused, you’ll need to incorporate a stress relief routine in your workday. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
With Twitter having over 300 million users around the world, it has become an important network for companies to reach out to their customers. There are well-established and successful brands that have come up with best practices companies could emulate to attract a loyal following and transform customers into brand advocates.
Here are ten marketing lessons for successful utilization of Twitter:
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October 24, 2020
How can you maximize the benefits of attending professional networking events as an entrepreneur or business owner?
1. HAVE AN AGENDA.
Not all networking events are created equal. It behooves you to research the best of the bunch in your area and decide which might be best for your overall start-up goals. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Everyone’s buzzing about content marketing these days, and for good reason. While advertising isn’t dead by any means, the digital age has spawned a brave new era for today’s marketer. Selling no longer works like it used to. But informing, educating, and even entertaining, does work.
That’s what content marketing is all about: Providing information of value that convinces an audience you are a trusted expert on your topic of interest, and puts you top-of-mind when it is time for them to make a purchase decision.
The following 5 strategies will help you navigate the process a little easier. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Want to get the word out? Did you know you can broadcast your crowdfunding project or campaign to over 2,500,000 active users on 40Billion, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to promote your message, brand, product, service, fundraising campaign, crowdfunding project, or small business to the world.
Are you trying to raise money on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or GoFundme? For over 4 years, aspiring crowdfunders and startup entrepreneurs have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers and investors. Read more…
October 24, 2020
As an entrepreneur, small business owner or marketing manager, how do you reach potential customers during these abnormal times? Are you willing to pay so your posts reach more eyes? Perhaps you should be.
One of the newest 40Billion features, called Promoted Posts, allows businesses to pay from $20 to $999 so that more visitors and contacts see their posts on computers and mobile devices for up to one year.
Using a regular whiteboard post on 40Billion.com can be effective for ramping up engagement, but with Promoted Posts, 40Billion is taking the idea one step further.
The problem is that many regular posts go unseen, and only a small percentage of a user’s contacts see a given post; though it varies depending on how engaged your contacts are. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
What do you do as a small business or independent retailer when a major food chain, big-box store or national franchise becomes your neighbor and direct competitor? All along you’ve been specializing in items that aren’t in the mainstream but sell well, and then some big outfit (like Walmart or Amazon, for example) decides they’re going to hone in on your action.
When this happens, what can you as a boutique or specialty retailer do to remain in business and retain your dominance in any niche market?
Your first reaction might be to lower prices in order to compete with the big stores. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Want to know how to attract new customers, increase sales, and grow your customer pipeline instantly by partnering strategically with other businesses? There are many mutual benefits that make the work required to build a strong marketing partnership worthwhile. There is the implied endorsement that goes along with it as well.
Strategy is a key to success. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Today, nearly every business is attempting to become a content marketer. The results aren’t pretty. The noise is deafening and while there’s plenty of great content, every industry is being bombarded with junk-cheap imitations of the idea of content marketing-create original, compelling, helpful content. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
On some of the most popular crowdfunding platforms – such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe – less than half of the campaigns hit their funding goal. How do you make sure your crowdfunding campaign isn’t a failure? Here are four potential mistakes to avoid.
#1: Starting off too slow
If you want to hit your fundraising goal by the end of the campaign, experts recommend focusing on raising 30 percent of it in the first two or three days. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
With the tough economic climate, crowdfunding has become a popular and alternative method of raising finance for a business, projects or ideas. Crowdfunding platforms are convenient, simple to use and reach a wide audience of investors at a low cost.
Crowdfunding can be defined as a collective cooperation of people who network and pool their money and resources together, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other organizations. Read more…
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October 24, 2020
Want to spread the word about your business? Did you know you can broadcast your product or service to our large audience across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and 40Billion for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to broadcast your small business, startup company, product, or service to 2,500,000+ social users on 4 social networks – including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and 40Billion – at once.
For over 4 years, aspiring entrepreneurs and startup companies have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers. Read more…
October 23, 2020
You’re an aspiring entrepreneur, so why are you working for an entrepreneur? Is working at another startup a route to nowhere or a good career move? It just might pay to work at someone else’s startup before starting your own. Here are 3 reasons why:
1) Startups can take a chance on talent.
Getting a first job is key to launching your career as an entrepreneur. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
As a smart entrepreneur, you probably have a business plan that states what you intend to accomplish, what competitive threats are out there, your financial projections, how much money it will take to get to profitability, and how your company is going to succeed. Wait… Did you forget to include that last part?
At 40Billion.com, we help many entrepreneurs and startup businesses every day. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
To be an innovative entrepreneur, you want to foster creativity in your daily life so that your mind is ready when opportunity arises. As Will Smith put it, “If you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready.”
Unusual combinations, sometimes called “remote associations,” are related ideas that may seem unrelated at first glance. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Keeping your business’ employees motivated, inspired and productive should be a top goal for companies. Here are 5 ways to leave your staff inspired and productive:
1) Create a list of employee rights.
To amp up your work environment, this list should include the right to a comfortable work environment, managers who behave professionally, and an immediate and fair response to any grievances. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Hiring? Even the most perceptive business owners can make a bad hire when they don’t pay attention to the right signs. Here are 3 personality types that can bring down your business and how you can spot them in an interview:
1) The Narcissist
It’s easy to make the mistake of hiring a narcissist. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Crowdfunding is a way of raising money for a new venture by soliciting small donations from many people online. The biggest platforms in the industry are Kickstarter and Indiegogo. In the last five years, crowdfunding has grown from a tool for off-beat bands to raise money from fans for an album they can’t afford to produce to a way for some really high tech inventors to get access to capital for their new, innovative startups.
Following is the checklist of 8 steps to prepare for your campaign.
1. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Want to spread the word about your business? Did you know you can broadcast your product or service to our large audience across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and 40Billion for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to broadcast your small business, startup company, product, or service to 2,500,000+ social users on 4 social networks – including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and 40Billion – at once.
For over 4 years, aspiring entrepreneurs and startup companies have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers. Read more…
October 23, 2020
If your business experiences uncertain revenues during summer months or other seasonal or even unexpected slowdowns, you may be looking for new marketing ideas to grow your business. Here are 4 ways you can give in order to get more customers and sales this summer.
For seasonal companies that thrive during summer months, marketing might be a cinch. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Whether you’re a startup or established entrepreneur looking to grow, you’ll probably have to deal with common mental challenges along the way to success.
NEGATIVE THINKING
Slumps happen in business and life. Start asking positive questions when you find yourself thinking: “I’m not good enough. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
The challenge of capturing the ROI of social media is almost as old as the Internet itself. The reason boils down to basic consumer behavior. For one, shoppers engage with brands at multiple touch points, across a range of devices. And new digital technologies are lowering the barrier for startups to enter the market.
This landscape is creating a fragmented data picture, where information often lives in silos between teams. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Crowdfunding is a collective cooperation of people who network and pool their money and resources together, usually via the Inter?net.
It seems like everyone is using crowdfunding to kick off their new business venture, be it a new coffee shop, or gadget. With the tough economic climate, crowdfunding has become a popular and alternative method of raising finance for a business, projects or ideas and has become popularized online by sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe.
Now anyone with a computer or mobile device and an internet connection can research, review and become an investor in a business with a push of a button. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
What should you include in an introductory email to a potential VC investor if your goal is to actually get them to open it and read it? Although every investor pitch and every investor is different, these 4 blunders are common to most of the unsuccessful ones:
1) The email has a worthless subject line.
Too often, entrepreneurs use boring, worthless subject lines in their investor pitches. Read more…
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October 23, 2020
Do you have a mobile version of your small business website yet? If you don’t, you could be missing tons of potential customers who use their smartphones to do the majority of their shopping because it’s more convenient.
Would you believe that more than half of all adults in the United States use a smartphone? Chances are, you’re one of them. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Equity crowdfunding is the process whereby everyday people (the “crowd”) invest in an early-stage company, which is not listed on a stock market, in exchange for shares in that company. These shareholders have partial ownership of the company and stand to profit if the company does well.
For the first time, the JOBS act is allowing unsophisticated investors to purchase your stock. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Creating a social media strategy is essential for every social media marketing professional in order to have an effective social media campaign. Social media marketing should be merged with your traditional marketing plan. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
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This post on how to raise money successfully using simple crowdfunding steps answers common questions for startup entrepreneurs and small businesses thinking about using crowdfunding to raise funding.
I have been in the crowdfunding space since 2008, after experiencing first-hand one of the biggest problems plaguing new businesses: There was a $40 billion gap in funding every year! That year, I founded one of the first crowdfunding platforms for U.S. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
You may know Twitter as a consumer application; however, many businesses, not to mention politicians, have realized in recent years that Twitter’s effectiveness makes it perfect for marketing.
People these days have short attention spans, and sending out your message – known as a tweet – in a quick sentence or two can get the idea out there before potential customers have time to lose interest. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Risk taking is second nature to most entrepreneurs, but technology issues can make them turn cautious. Too often, business owners believe they don’t have the expertise or financial resources to take full advantage of technology. But, by limiting their use of tech, they also limit their growth opportunities in our now always-on, always-connected world.
Turns out, many of these myths about tech may be based on misconceptions. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
It seems like a catchy idea is all an aspiring entrepreneur needs these days in order to raise money on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe. Do crowds gravitate toward funding bad ideas? Or can crowds make rational funding decisions and, better yet, exceed venture capital investors and banks in identifying promising projects?
The crowd is often thought of as being a group of fools, but it turns out the crowd does consider the quality of projects and outcomes pretty well. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Want to spread the word about your business? Did you know you can broadcast your product or service to our large audience across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and 40Billion for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to broadcast your small business, startup company, product, or service to 2,500,000+ social users on 4 social networks – including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and 40Billion – at once.
For over 4 years, aspiring entrepreneurs and startup companies have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers. Read more…
October 22, 2020
Video is rapidly growing and quickly becoming an important component of marketing strategies. If you have not yet incorporated video marketing then you are simply behind the curve. Not only that, but you are losing out on the various benefits that having a video strategy provides.
Importance of Video:
The reason video is such a powerful medium lies within its ability to engage, educate, and influence potential and existing customers. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Today, nearly every business is attempting to become a content marketer. The results aren’t pretty. The noise is deafening and while there’s plenty of great content, every industry is being bombarded with junk-cheap imitations of the idea of content marketing-create original, compelling, helpful content. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Okay, starting a business was exciting. And now that you’ve poured your heart and soul, your time, your money and more into your business, it simply must succeed… Right? While that’s nice to say, it’s not always true. The more you’re able to realize that success can come and go, the better positioned you’ll be to take advantage of other, more promising opportunities.
Here’s how to know when to give up:
1) Are you the only one who still believes in your business?
Sometimes the smartest people can have a blind spot when it comes to their own vision. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
You’re an aspiring entrepreneur, so why are you working for an entrepreneur? Is working at another startup a route to nowhere or a good career move? It just might pay to work at someone else’s startup before starting your own. Here are 3 reasons why:
1) Startups can take a chance on talent.
Getting a first job is key to launching your career as an entrepreneur. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Here’s a list of buzzwords for you: social, video, and marketing. But if you put them together, they create something that can powerfully engage customers and greatly improve their online experience.
It’s a combination that works very well for online marketing: the grassroots, viral environment of social media; video’s ability to engage; and a strong marketing strategy.
You’re likely well aware of video’s value in bringing your brand and messages to life. Read more…
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October 22, 2020
Want to get the word out? Did you know you can broadcast your crowdfunding project or campaign to over 2,500,000 active users on 40Billion, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to promote your message, brand, product, service, fundraising campaign, crowdfunding project, or small business to the world.
Are you trying to raise money on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or GoFundme? For over 4 years, aspiring crowdfunders and startup entrepreneurs have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers and investors. Read more…
October 21, 2020
Hopefully you’ve already created your annual customer and client holiday gift list. Whether they’ve been naughty or nice, all clients should get recognized in this holiday ritual. But how can you make your holiday gifts do double duty-not only as a “thank you” for the past year’s business, but also as a marketing tool to encourage more business in the new year? Here are some ideas.
Remind them of you:
The simplest way to make your holiday gift a marketing tool is to choose a promotional product with your company’s name and/or logo on it. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Social media is a digital marketing slippery slope… Stretching yourself too thin can result in disengaged users, and failing to engage users on the right platforms will only amount to yet another lost marketing opportunity.
You can save time by using social media marketing automation sites like 40Billion, which specializes in broadcasting promoted posts to its large network of several million users across the most popular social networking sites for small businesses – including Twitter, LinkedIn, 40Billion, and even Facebook. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
On some of the most popular crowdfunding platforms – such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe – less than half of the campaigns hit their funding goal. How do you make sure your crowdfunding campaign isn’t a failure? Here are four potential mistakes to avoid.
#1: Starting off too slow
If you want to hit your fundraising goal by the end of the campaign, experts recommend focusing on raising 30 percent of it in the first two or three days. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM) has always been a powerful way to influence business results and grow sales.
Why should Marketers care about WOMM?
If you could master what has been identified as the most valuable form of marketing – the one that consumers trust above all others and the one that is most likely to drive sales for your company – would you instead choose to ignore it or leave it to chance?
Why would you simply choose to sit back and hope conversations will just happen organically about your brand? If you want to win the marketing race, you need to unleash the power of word of mouth. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
If your business experiences uncertain revenues during summer months or other seasonal or even unexpected slowdowns, you may be looking for new marketing ideas to grow your business. Here are 4 ways you can give in order to get more customers and sales this summer.
For seasonal companies that thrive during summer months, marketing might be a cinch. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
If you have a website, you’re probably already familiar with search engine optimization (SEO). Now, add “social” optimization to your to-do list.
A website that’s optimized for social media sharing typically attracts more traffic and sparks more engagement with customers. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Want to spread the word about your business? Did you know you can broadcast your product or service to our large audience across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and 40Billion for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to broadcast your small business, startup company, product, or service to 2,500,000+ social users on 4 social networks – including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and 40Billion – at once.
For over 4 years, aspiring entrepreneurs and startup companies have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers. Read more…
October 21, 2020
Equity crowdfunding is the process whereby everyday people (the “crowd”) invest in an early-stage company, which is not listed on a stock market, in exchange for shares in that company. These shareholders have partial ownership of the company and stand to profit if the company does well.
For the first time, the JOBS act is allowing unsophisticated investors to purchase your stock. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Social media plays a very vital role in the online presence of a business or the brand, and more and more consumers are turning to these outlets to connect with brands they like. Social media is the best way to actively engage with your customers, both active and potential, and if done cautiously and correctly, can be of great advantage to your business by targeting a specific audience for your brand. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Starting a business blog is just the beginning, not the end. Publishing a blog post? You need to let the world know that your awesome blog and business exist!
So how do you do that? That department is called marketing. Blog marketing could sound like too much of a technical word and many small business bloggers don’t even want to hear about it. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Are you stressed out at work or starting a business? Do you feel like you’re reaching a breaking point? Are you having a hard time juggling business and family demands? It happens to many of us. The anxiety, negative thoughts, perspiration, and despair caused by stress are normal, but you should not let them prevent you from succeeding and being your best you.
To cope with the stress and stay focused, you’ll need to incorporate a stress relief routine in your workday. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Video is rapidly growing and quickly becoming an important component of marketing strategies. If you have not yet incorporated video marketing then you are simply behind the curve. Not only that, but you are losing out on the various benefits that having a video strategy provides.
Importance of Video:
The reason video is such a powerful medium lies within its ability to engage, educate, and influence potential and existing customers. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
You have a great business idea, and you’re lining up the resources to make it a reality. But if you don’t establish solid corporate and accounting strategies from the start, you could be putting your business in peril before you ever get off the ground.
Follow these four steps to get off on the proper financial foot…
1. Read more…
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October 21, 2020
Want to get the word out? Did you know you can broadcast your crowdfunding project or campaign to over 2,500,000 active users on 40Billion, Twitter, Facebook, and Google for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to promote your message, brand, product, service, fundraising campaign, crowdfunding project, or small business to the world.
Are you trying to raise money on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or GoFundme? For over 4 years, aspiring crowdfunders and startup entrepreneurs have used 40Billion for affordable promotion across popular social networks in order to reach more potential customers and investors. Read more…
October 20, 2020
When you are looking for funding, the dilemma use face is crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending? This is the question many business owners are asking now that these alternative forms of business finance have become mainstream on the back of ineffective lending from the banks. So, the ultimate question then is, which method of finance would work best for you and your business?
Crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending are two innovative ways to get money into your business. Read more…
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October 20, 2020
These days, many people accept that a slowdown in sales is a fact of business life. Well, nothing could be further from the truth, and as a business owner you need to get out of that mindset.
A summer slowdown may be something many people want because they expect this to be a season for vacations – or perhaps even unexpected lockdowns. Read more…
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October 20, 2020
Starting a business blog is just the beginning, not the end. Publishing a blog post? You need to let the world know that your awesome blog and business exist!
So how do you do that? That department is called marketing. Blog marketing could sound like too much of a technical word and many small business bloggers don’t even want to hear about it. Read more…
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October 20, 2020
Face it… The topic of shutting down your business isn’t something most entrepreneurs want to contemplate, but something most will have to deal with inevitably.
There’s just no skating around the issue that for whatever reasons, sometimes companies must close up shop. Read more…
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October 20, 2020
The marketing manager is a critical component of any company’s success. They’re the ones responsible for using creative, cunning, and savvy interpersonal skills to make the company’s product or service known. A company might sell a groundbreaking, innovating product, but it won’t matter much if no one knows about it.
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Google+ (defunct) was a nice social network that was quite different from Facebook in many ways but it was all the rage when it came out and people were waiting for e-mail invites to join the network. The initial buzz has been over for quite a while, and now it is time to really see if Google+ could have overtaken Facebook at some point to become a more popular and larger social network.
Are the Numbers Important?
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Want to spread the word about your business? Did you know you can broadcast your product or service to our large audience across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and 40Billion for only $20, or as little as $5 a day? Buy a promo ad to broadcast your small business, startup company, product, or service to 2,500,000+ social users on 4 social networks – including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and 40Billion – at once.
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October 20, 2020
PRO: Free money to get your business started.
If you win, you could be awarded over $100,000 in cash and/or prizes that you can use to build, hire, and get your startup off the ground. In most cases, there are no strings attached and you don’t have to give up a percentage share of your business equity. Read more…
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It’s a fact that women are now responsible for 85 percent of all purchasing decisions in the United States and recent research shows that they overwhelmingly prefer to shop in physical retail stores.
They like to touch and feel the products they’re considering buying and they enjoy the social interactions that come from shopping with friends and family. Read more…
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Did you know that brand ambassadors are better advertisers than even the most strategically marketed advertising plans specifically made for your business by agencies? Brand ambassadors are more likely to be seen as a good source of information by people around them.
In fact, when you think about the fact that most consumer purchases include word-of-mouth recommendation during the whole buying phase, businesses would realize that brand advocacy is a necessity and would even be the best investment to get into because of its very promising return on investment.
The question is how does a business turn their customers into brand ambassadors?
This is common sense but a brand advocate has a voice on both sides – the product/service and the consumer. Read more…
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Here’s why your company’s Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other social media campaigns aren’t performing as well as they could be.
Over the past five years, social media has become an increasingly important part of many companies‘ marketing strategies. Read more…
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October 20, 2020
Since Facebook is declining in popularity among younger users, more and more businesses are turning to Instagram to reach younger demographics. If you plan to adopt a similar strategy, you’ll want to take a look at the following Instagram marketing tips and tricks for getting the most out of your presence on the site.
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October 20, 2020
What do the smartest entrepreneurs do differently to ensure their businesses stay profitable? They do the simple things right. Simple things like finding cheap ways to get exposure, or hearing their customers’ feedback, or networking in the right places. With all this covered, the customer acquisition cost for every new customer falls low enough to make their business model sustainable in both the long and short term.
If you have a young business that’s losing steam fast compared to its competitors, it’s very likely you’re facing a rival who has found inexpensive and effective ways to market itself to new customers. Read more…
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October 19, 2020
One of the most important aspects of your crowdfunding campaign is the story you tell, as it has a direct impact on the overall impression that your project conveys. In the end, this is what will get someone to become your supporter. Your choice of words can actually make a huge difference in your campaign’s results.
Before getting started, you have to decide if you or your team are the most suitable to do the work. Read more…
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At some point in your career, someone has probably talked to you about how to brand yourself; how personal branding is this incredibly important thing that everyone is doing these days; how, if you’ve built a business and are trying to grow, it’s not something you can ignore.
Or is it? Personal branding, just like regular branding, is something that’s often completely out of your control. Read more…
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October 19, 2020
Crowdfunding is a collective cooperation of people who network and pool their money and resources together, usually via the Inter?net.
It seems like everyone is using crowdfunding to kick off their new business venture, be it a new coffee shop, or gadget. With the tough economic climate, crowdfunding has become a popular and alternative method of raising finance for a business, projects or ideas and has become popularized online by sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe.
Now anyone with a computer or mobile device and an internet connection can research, review and become an investor in a business with a push of a button. Read more…
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What exactly is marketing, and how is it different from promotion? Promotion and Publicity are not to be confused with Marketing. Marketing has to do with how you express your identity. Promotion has to do with how you convey your marketing message to your target audience, and Publicity is what you get when people notice your offer and talk about it. Read more…
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Some marketing strategies become less effective over time, while others become more effective over time. As a startup entrepreneur or small business owner with limited resources, you need to pay especially close attention to what’s current so you can get the most bang for your marketing buck. Read more…
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What is Instagram? Instagram is a social networking application based on photo & video sharing. More than 20 billion photos have been shared on Instagram and 60 million are shared every day.
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With the tough economic climate, crowdfunding has become a popular and alternative method of raising finance for a business, projects or ideas. Crowdfunding platforms are convenient, simple to use and reach a wide audience of investors at a low cost.
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Imagine you’re leading a brainstorming session at your company. You want to come up with growth strategies for your startup, so you gather your team in a meeting room, generate lots of ideas, and choose the most promising one. Many small business owners use that approach, but unfortunately, it often doesn’t work. Read more…
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As content marketing continues to grow in popularity, a question being asked more and more is “should I replace my traditional marketing with content marketing?” The short answer is no.
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Unless you’re an accountant, the word accounting probably strikes fear in your heart, or a little bit of nervousness, at least. For aspiring entrepreneurs, the feeling is probably amplified. After all, poor bookkeeping from the start not only can set a project back in the short term, it can really come back to bite you over the long haul. Read more…
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Let’s face a simple fact, boys and girls: advertising on the social channels is here to stay and, increasingly, social butterflies who want to get noticed will have to spend money on it.
This will come as a discouraging news for the legion of social media mavens who like the free nature of the social channels but reality is reality and marketers, organizations and business who really want to advance themselves will need to get serious about spending money on social advertising.
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October 18, 2020
Okay, starting a business was exciting. And now that you’ve poured your heart and soul, your time, your money and more into your business, it simply must succeed… Right? While that’s nice to say, it’s not always true. The more you’re able to realize that success can come and go, the better positioned you’ll be to take advantage of other, more promising opportunities.
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1) Are you the only one who still believes in your business?
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In case you haven’t noticed, the hashtag (#) has taken over social media.
With sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram all using this format to organize content, it should be clear that this once forgotten character on the keyboard has finally made the big time.
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It’s no secret that word-of-mouth advertising is 10 times more effective than a traditional ad. But contrary to popular belief, less than 10 percent of those sought-after personal recommendations happen online.
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When you’re getting ready for a website redesign, you need to make sure that you partner with a certain kind of online marketing agency. Anyone can say they design websites nowadays; but not everyone can say they produce websites that look great, are easy to use, and have a real, measurable impact on your revenue stream.
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Nowadays, the desire for speed, easy access and convenience are a priority with consumers of almost every generation. Technology is impacting every aspect of our daily lives, shifting how we gather information and research and affecting our purchasing choices and habits. We want access to information from our smartphones, and we want technology integrated into our shopping experience. Read more…
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1. Little or no social media or blogging activity.
Why start a blog and never publish? Why start a Twitter account and never tweet? In social marketing, you have to show up and be active. Yes, starting that Facebook page was a good idea, but unless you are going to be consistent in posting and using it, just forget about it.
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It’s easy for new entrepreneurs and even seasoned business owners to be frazzled and to panic when mistakes happen. As your business grows and employees and partners are stretched thin, the risk of mistakes, errors and accidents increases. Mistakes happen, but they can destroy your brand’s reputation – whether your company has made a billing error, sent an embarrassing email with leaked confidential information, or recalled a bad product.
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