Six Steps to More Successful Events

When done successfully, working a booth at a local event,  business expo, or other type of trade show can be a great way to grow awareness of the services your business provides to your community.  But many marketers flop when it comes to successfully working their booth and maximizing the number of touch points available to reach potential customers both

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What You Really Get Paid For

As anyone who’s ever started a business can confirm, there are plenty of unknowns when it comes to being an entrepreneur. “Who’s my target customer?” “Should I have employees?” “What kind of website do we need?” “How much should I charge?” And many, many other questions besides. But before you go too far down any of those paths, pause a

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Remembering Our Best Friend – Meg-Meg Bell

On the afternoon of Sunday, August 25, 2013, Meg-Meg Bell began her journey over Rainbow Bridge.  She peacefully passed away with her father at her side and in the loving arms of her mother at Wisdom Animal Clinic in Texarkana after putting up a valiant and brave battle against canine lymphoma.  She was an inspiration to many. Meg-Meg joined the

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Deciding Which Publications to Advertise in?

If your community is anything like the communities where we have businesses, you are not limited on the number of publication sales reps frequenting your business, leaving you voicemails, or filling up your inbox, all in hopes of getting you to spend your advertising dollars with them.  With so many options, how do you know which publication to pick? Step

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Our 4th of July Lake Vacation…

Enjoying the 4th of July on Lake Ouachita with Meg!! It’s been almost one month since we found out her cancer came back.  So far Meg is still doing well.  She had a blast in the water, enjoyed tent camping for the first time, and really loved the hotdogs cooked over the campfire!!

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The Problem with the Professional Visitor

Each time I interview a new person for a marketing position, I always ask them this question, “When selling, is it more important to you to make someone happy, or is it more important to you to get their business?”  If you haven’t done sales before, you may be surprised to learn this is not a trick question.  I am

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The Cancer is Back…

Sunday afternoon, as Brandon and I were packing for our vacation, we noticed a larger than normal lymph node in Meg’s throat area.  We were both concerned about it, so we asked Brandon’s mom to take her to the vet yesterday. Joanna at Wisdom Animal Clinic saw her at 4 o’clock.  Shortly thereafter we got a phone call letting us

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Tips to Improve Facebook Fan Growth

There are so many options in social media today that it can be overwhelming to decide where to start, how to keep going, and what new avenues you should explore in your marketing.  Twitter is the fastest growing social media of 2013, but Pintrest, Instagram, and YouTube are also really growing.  And even though it was announced this week that

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3.5 Months Doggie Lymphoma Cancer Free

For those of you wondering how Meg-Meg is doing … the answer is “Just perfect!”  🙂 She went for her 3 month check-up last month, and her doctor said there are still no signs that the cancer is back.  YAY!!!  She is like the Meg-Meg we knew before all those weekly and bi-weekly treatments for canine lymphoma changed our lives!!

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Vegetarian Breakfast Casserole

Vegetarian Breakfast Casserole 6 eggs 2 large baby Bella mushrooms, sliced 1 Roma Tomato, diced 1/2 package frozen spinach, thawed 2 strips fake Morning Star bacon Shredded Dubliner Cheese Garlic Powder Pepper Preheat oven to 375F. Spray 8×8 casserole dish with Pam. Place layer of spinach across bottom. Please sliced mushrooms over spinach. Sprinkle diced tomatoes over mushrooms & spinach.

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