Can you believe it’s Thursday again already? Well it’s time once again to hit the morning news in the Business Blitz here at Extreme John! Today I’ll cover a number of small business tips which include: 70+ Essential Resources for Making a Difference on the Social Web, Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 Hints for New Users, 6 Ways Your Small Business Can Steal Customers From Big Brands and Five Marketing Tips from the Bakery Down the Street.
Hot Business News For September 15, 2011
First up this morning: 70+ Essential Resources for Making a Difference on the Social Web. Everyone, whether they own a small business or not, should do whatever they can to give back – this is something I stand firm on and try to promote not only within my own family but also within the workplace. This article covers a huge number of resources that you can use to make a difference in the social web including: social campaigns for education, how video games are playing a role and online fundraising.
Next up this morning: Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 Hints for New Users. You guys already know that I have been having some fun with Google+ so when I ran across this article I just had to share with those of you who are not familiar with Google+ yet. Included in the tips and tricks in this article: how to organize content using circles, how to disable post sharing and how to find permalinks for posts.
Also in news this morning: 6 Ways Your Small Business Can Steal Customers From Big Brands. Part of being a small business owner means being able to compete against the big boys which means being able to lure customers to your business rather than allowing big name brands to steal them from you. This article covers a number of tips to help you lure customers away from those big brands including: focusing on the simple things, outmaneuvering the bigger guys and excelling in customer service.
Last up this morning: Five Marketing Tips from the Bakery Down the Street. The title of this piece alone attracted my attention. Marketing and marketing well is a huge part of being a successful business so anything with tips on how to market successfully that crosses my desk is going to be read. This article includes five tips that you should take in to consideration when marketing including: always using friendly greetings, always tempt customers and remembering to offer day old bread.
Parting Shots
I actually enjoyed each of these articles this morning but I have to say that the bakery article was my favorite because it really does include some great tips on how to market your business despite being small.
Your Turn
Do you currently do any of the five things listed in the bakery article in your small business? Leave a comment below and share your experiences!
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John, just a quick note to thank you for featuring my “Five Marketing Tips from the Bakery Down the Street” post here. I’m glad it was helpful: it was a lot of fun to write.
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Thank you for stopping by Pam. Killer article, it was a must share and based on the comments here it seems a lot of others enjoyed that article just as much as I did.
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I think customer service is important, and stressing the local angle. I compete with a larger roof cleaning company in Tampa, and usually win by telling my potential customers they will have the owner of the business (me) cleaning their roof, vs some employee of my competitor.
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Great way to keep your customers happy Chris.
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I really enjoyed the bakery article as well. It’s just such a pleasure to get away from list posts every once in a while. And I love it when someone can relate something a little different back to their niche. Plus, I can totally relate to the aroma of baking bread. MMMM good!
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Kind of makes me want to hit a NY bakery right now.
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Good Morning Extreme John!
I always appreciate your Business blitz!
Well,bakery tips seems simple but very useful,you don’t have to forgot about them!
I’ve also enjoyed to read some Google plus tips&trick since I’m still a newbie
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Happy to hear you enjoy the morning Business Blitz, thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
I love the article “Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 Hints for New Users” ten slides are initial tutorial for new user.Good stuff there.
I enjoyed the article about the bakery. There are so many things to do in business that sometimes you forget about the basic ones. Just found your blog today. Looking forward to your future posts.
Thanks john I love the article on tips to help you lure customers away from the big guns! Very good information. there are a couple others I need to look into but that one is prime stuff.
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Hi John! the “Five Marketing Tips from the Bakery Down the Street” is such a good read. This gave me few insights on how to market small business. This is really helpful to me at this time because I am thinking of putting up a business (an offline business).
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Happy you enjoyed that article, I was hopeful someone here would find it as useful as I did.