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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. states for-profit companies can accept donations and nonprofit companies earn revenue, which dispels the myths that a nonprofit can’t make money, or a for-profit venture would miss out on donations.

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Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

So if you search Marketing Agencies Kansas City, MO you get one set of listing and if you add something like “digital work&# to the search the list changes based on words in the reviews. Today Google added an interesting twist to Google Maps searches called Descriptive Terms that injects another dynamic – search optimized reviews.

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Joining The Board of Startup Weekend

Feld Thoughts

I spent the day in Kansas City yesterday at the Kauffman Foundation for my first Startup Weekend board meeting. I was at the first Startup Weekend in Boulder in July 2007. I saw that in Boulder in July 2007 and I see that when I hear of other people that have participated in Startup Weekends around the world.

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Odis Jones Explains How to Strengthen Your Rural Community’s Economy

The Startup Magazine

million dollars in 2007, all of it owing to the nonprofit arts and culture organizations that are present. A city that supports its cultural institutions financially and through marketing efforts, it enables itself to initiate activity and draw in tourists. The Greater Paducah region generated $39.9

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Transcript of Creating a Winning SEO Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

I live in Kansas City, Missouri. In other words, if you’re trying to check on results and track results, sometimes it’s a little challenging if your IP address is in Kansas City, Missouri. John Jantsch: So if somebody was in your shoes or just even somebody like myself. I have clients in Canada and different places.

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Is Your Business a Pork Belly :: Small Business Marketing Blog.

Duct Tape Marketing

Normal is a Commodity Better is Only Better if it’s Different Posted by : John Jantsch on Apr 22, 2011 | 8:22 am Categories : Duct Tape Marketing , Marketing Strategy Tag : Kansas City Board of Trade Popular Posts Adding the Facebook Like. Pork Bellies are one of my favorites commodities, mostly because I like the name so much.

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

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Back in 1896, executives at the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway were looking for a way to gin up some excitement, build awareness, and gain some customers who would be willing to buy tickets to Texas. Of course the passes were only good for use on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. We Built This City. PR Destroyed It.

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