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How To Create A Brand Name For Your Company

Duct Tape Marketing

3:52] You’ve worked with a lot of pretty big names in your career – would you say that this idea is equally as important for a small business as it might be for a division of a Fortune 500 company? [5:20] So, so, so I, most of my listeners, many of my listeners are small business owners. What would you say that?

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One Simple Tactic That Can Give You an Unfair Advantage in Local Search

Duct Tape Marketing

I am hosting a couple workshops in Kansas City in June. I named the video Kansas City Marketing Workshop and Training. About 30 minutes later this video showed up on page one for the search term – “Kansas City Marketing Workshop”. So, here’s what I did. Total time invested was about 15 minutes.

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SEO for Growth

Duct Tape Marketing

For today’s show the microphone has been turned as the host for this week is Douglas Burdett, founder of Artillery Marketing and host of the Marketing Book Podcast. My co-author, Phil Singleton, of Kansas City SEO & Web Design , is a self-described “SEO grunt” obsessed with tweaking websites for search.

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Hope to Meet Up On the Road

Duct Tape Marketing

Hope to Meet Up On the Road written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Well, summer is definitely over and that means fall conference season is in full bloom.

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Startup firms partnering with government? Really?

Austin Startup

Small businesses are the backbone of the nation and an essential part of every regional economy. And yet, in spite of all this, small emerging firms are largely left out of government contracting. A few cities have created what they are calling a residency program. Kansas City, Mo.,

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How to Anchor Your Brand With a Great Story

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Anchor Your Brand With a Great Story written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Shinola is a hot brand. The start up retailer has recent appearances in CBS News, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, New York Times and a host of daily newspapers and news shows to prove it.

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Why Publishing A Book Helps Build Your Credibility

Duct Tape Marketing

Michael is a C redibility Marketing Expert who helps business owners publish a book that positions them as an expert in their field. He’s also the author of On Marketing: The Definitive Guide for Small Business Owners. I say, John, I think I can help you with your business. You'd meet with me.