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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Takeaways from 2020

Hearpreneur

Throughout the different phases of the pandemic, we have spent even more time with our existing customers and actively sought out their advice on how we can make our platform and services better as this distributed work environment continues. A few years ago outsourcing resources offshore was all the rage. Photo Credit: Tony Tullio.

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The Future of Small Business SEO (Hint: It’s About Content)

Duct Tape Marketing

We are on the front line of small biz SEO – we have dozens of SEO clients and have seen first-hand how client companies with both active blogs and social media networks handily outperformed their competitors in 2013. Low cost, high volume offshore link building is not only dead, it’s super risky. How do we know? Social Networking.

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Build a Competitor Profile for Clues to Delivering Better Value

Up and Running

Review their web site, social media presence and, of course do a Google search. This customer had mandated that its suppliers research offshore production. Through simple Google searches we gleaned enough data about the rivals’ moves that we were able to create a timeline for their plans to move some of its production offshore.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

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Why This SEO Veteran Is Joining the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network

Duct Tape Marketing

Years of hard-sell cold-calling and deceptive marketing practices by thousands of domestic and offshore service providers promising SEO gold have tarnished our industry. John has a huge, targeted following in all of the major social media channels.

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New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.

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Entrepreneurs Can Revitalize The Image Of Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location.