April 11th, 2008
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Press releases “shout” the news about your business and provide free promotion. However, there are various techniques for writing press releases that catch attention and gain you recognition.
So…how do you produce press releases for various occasions that will be most effective?
Joan Stewart, at The Publicity Hound web site, provides a series of tutorials and tips for writing […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
April 2nd, 2008
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Since I wrote the post, Using Twitter To Boost Your Home Business, I’ve discovered Twitter is a very popular topic. I’ve received inquiries asking if I’ve started using Twitter, what’s been my experience or that of others. Co-blogger, Yvonne Russell, mentions she’s curious about Twitter, too.
So, I’ve been doing a bit more research. I should […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 6 comments
April 1st, 2008
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Building relationships and developing friendships yield important rewards in life and the business world. Robin Jay, author, speaker, and corporate trainer, provides tips for building these relationships between 12 and 2 in her book, The Art of the Business Lunch.
When you introduce a social situation into a business relationship, you change the dynamic you have […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments
March 20th, 2008
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Following up on customer sales and services helps with satisfied customers or repeat sales and visits.
Have you tried any of these 13 Thoughtful Follow-up Tips? Some tips will work better than others, depending on your customer, your product, and the nature of your business.
Send an e-mail, asking if they have any questions.
Write and mail a […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
March 17th, 2008
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Carolyn Howard-Johnson, known as a frugal book promotion specialist, offers six tips to help you make your media releases more effective. Even though Carolyn’s tips focus primarily on book promotion, see how you can adapt them to your business.
Carolyn is the author of The Frugal Book Promoter, The Frugal Editor and the Great First […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 8 comments
February 29th, 2008
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“Going Green” has begun to affect just about everyone and everything. At least we see the term more and more. Now there’s talk of going green for Leap Day, February 29 (and carrying it on throughout the year). Check out Alison Kriscenski’s post, Great Green Leap Day Encourages Volunteerism, at Greener Assets.
Have you begun to incorporate […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments
February 27th, 2008
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(Oops! Somehow this title got posted instead of saved. So I’d better finish and let you know what I was thinking. So if you saw only the title, here’s “the rest of the story.” )
Generally we regard blogging as a method to help promote a business by informing customers, providing added information resources, bringing a more personal side […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 9 comments
February 24th, 2008
HomeBizNotes.com
If you’re joining in all the hype about “going green” in today’s world, do you ever consider that you might turn some of your customers off if you’re focusing too heavily on this to the exclusion of other important aspects of your business or their needs?
Also, as Bob Turek says, at Project Management 411, Green Hype […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments
February 13th, 2008
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No matter what business we’re involved in, there are bound to be times of crisis. Having some idea what to expect and how to react helps us get through these situations more smoothly.
With the technical challenges here at b5media last week, along with my having problems with my browser communicating with Home Biz Notes, I was made […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments
February 7th, 2008
Welcome! I hope you didn’t get discouraged if you knocked at HomeBizNotes‘ door and found it closed the past day or so. The b5media network has been down periodically, so even though we wanted to welcome you, we couldn’t make connections all the time.
We’re here now. So stop by, read our posts, leave your comments […]
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