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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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After thinking about how much I enjoyed helping her business grow and learning all I could about business structure, marketing, SEO and social media to name a few, I decided to take these new skills and help other small business owners. Old milk cartons became the latest kids toy and canvas advertising banners were turned into boat sails.

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Small Business Marketing Insights for 2020

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But beyond that, the format appeals to the needs and sensibilities of a modern audience. Paid search—Google ads, Facebook advertising, LinkedIn, all the banner ads—have been around forever. An interesting anecdote for you: I did a search the other day for a plumber in Kansas City. I certainly know I’m that way!

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Why Paid Search Must Be Part of Your Mix

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Digital advertising isn’t a novel idea. From Google and Facebook ads to sponsored content on LinkedIn to banner ads on other websites, advertising online has been around for a while. If anything, the importance of advertising in general, and of paid search in particular, has increased in the past few years.

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Transcript of Crafting Growth-Focused Content for Your Business

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I then moved my family to Kansas to be a music guy out there. That’s what differentiates us from just advertising. So really, it’s like old-school SEO, although we never use those letters ever. So it really depends on your audience, right? Well, I got somebody else paying me, at least, for a little while.

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Why Publishing A Book Helps Build Your Credibility

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Key Takeaway: Building credibility as an expert in your field is an essential component to reaching new audiences and attracting new customers and clients. Credibility marketing is being seen by your odd audience as trustworthy. Credibility goes to the next level because it deals with really how the perception your audience has of you.

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10 Rules for Winning (and Making More Money) in 2014

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So yes – companies spend ALL that money to get traffic to their site via SEO, PPC, social media and what not. The thing is that SEO is going to get increasingly harder. If you’re still doing SEO by optimizing for keywords, you should know: it’s not 2008 anymore. And then throw the traffic in the garbage.

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41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes

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Just how would one cope with a moment when the media are portraying aspects of your character to a very large audience with an agenda of dramatic effect and political grandstanding. Today, I am wearing my World Series ring that I received as a member of the 1985 World Series champion Kansas City Royals. Image Credit: Annah Stretton.