Google Plus, 7 Reasons to Get on Google+ Today

by Blair Evan Ball July 12, 2013

Are you using Google+ as part of your Social Media Marketing? Have you heard of Google+ Local for storefront businesses? While not receiving  a lot of media attention, Google+ has surpassed all Social Media Sites in terms of users except for Facebook. Google+ now has more than 500 million registered users and 343 million active […]

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11 Tips on Having a Better 2nd Half of the Year

by Blair Evan Ball July 5, 2013

How would you like to have a better 2nd half of the year than your 1st? Do you know many businesses and individuals will. What separates them from you? Do they have some lucky charm? Or do they follow a proven system with strategies and skills that unlock the powers to succeed. What’s holding you […]

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How Businesses Can Take Social Media to The Next Level

by Blair Evan Ball June 28, 2013

Do you want more Brand Awareness? How about more Sales? Do you want to raise more funds? If you’re not active consistently in Social Media it will increasingly limit you and your business revenues. Why? The Old Traditional way of marketing is expensive, dying and being replaced rapidly by Social Media Marketing. Some will debate […]

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How to Determine Your Competitive Advantage

by Blair Evan Ball June 21, 2013

What could your competitive advantage be? What makes you and your business brand unique? What makes your individual brand unique? You should be able to write down your area of competitive advantage on the back of a business card.  Once defined, it becomes the core message that you convey in all of your Social Media, […]

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Small Business Week and Why It’s Important

by Blair Evan Ball June 20, 2013

What are you going to do to support a local business during Small Business Week? The focus this week is on small business, the reason…it’s National Small Business Week in the United States. Why do people start a business in the first place? 66% set out on their own path to become the boss. They […]

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Never Never Give Up

by Blair Evan Ball June 14, 2013

Have you ever reached the point of giving up? Just throwing in the towel. Some of you may be at that point today. It is always darkest before the dawn, and there is hope. Being an ex athlete, I pay attention to teams today and how easily they give up. We’ve seen it and can […]

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Turning Your Negatives into Positives

by Blair Evan Ball May 31, 2013

A little boy came home from school and seemed troubled. His father sensing something was wrong asked his son what was the matter? His son responded, I think I flunked the math test today. The father responded quickly that he needed to be more positive. His son quipped back, I’m POSITIVE I flunked the math […]

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Top 7 Social Media Platforms Used by Business

by Blair Evan Ball May 24, 2013

Social Media Marketing, are there benefits? That’s one of the questions I’m most frequently asked. If I put in the time will I get results? How much time do I need to put in to get results? Here are the latest Social Media Marketing survey results. How Marketers Are Using Social Media to Grow Their […]

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How to Reclaim Your Edge: 5 Tips

by Blair Evan Ball May 17, 2013

Social Media Networking and the pace of business continues to change. Today it is changing daily. How do you keep up with change? My father taught me, the day you stop learning is the day you die. He believed and lived that until he drew his last breath. Recent studies show that successful people are […]

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