Maslow’s Hierarchy of Social Media for Your Business

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Most businesses struggle with social media. Typical challenges include deciding which sites to use, staying on brand and being consistent. Part of the issue is that businesses often try to bite off too much. We hear from social media gurus about 'building a community', and that's a great goal, but how realistic is it for most businesses? We think it … [Read more...]

Hot Sales and Outwitting the Social Media Devil

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Growth Nation is participating in two important upcoming events for business owners looking to grow. Sometimes the summer can be slow without the right strategy and plan. Grow instead! The first event on the morning of Friday, June 24th features 4 top sales experts discussing how to grow revenue in this HOT HOT summer season when things can normally … [Read more...]

Find the Cash 10/14, then Market to Grow 10/15

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We're offering business owners in the Phoenix area two great programs to help fund growth and then use marketing to take growth into overdrive. On October 14th 7:30 - 9:45am we're hosting "Finding the Cash to Grow" featuring 20 funding, financial and financing experts to provide all the info and connections you'll need on all the options. Then October … [Read more...]

Integrating Social Media into Your Growth Plan

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What a wonderful event at Growth Nation headquarters in SkySong featuring the one and only Lon Safko. Thanks to Lon and a full house of attendees who made the event fun, educational and inspirational! Our meeting was centered on developing social media strategies that fit Arizona businesses. At this event we were focused on helping Phoenix, Tucson … [Read more...]

Lon Safko, Social Media and Growth Nation 8/12

Lon Safko

Growth Nation is pleased to be hosting the one and only Lon Safko, principal at Extreme Digital Marketing and author of The Social Media Bible, in a special advanced marketing session at our global headquarters in SkySong on August 12th from 9am to noon. Lon is one of the world's top authorities on social media marketing. He's also a wonderfully … [Read more...]

Getting Social (Media) to Grow

Getting Social (Media) to Grow

This week I participated with other social media experts in Social Media 2010. The event was held in Mesa, Arizona by Greater Phoenix SCORE and the Arizona Department of Education, sponsored by Constant Contact. The keynote speaker was the amazing Lon Safko, author of The Social Media Bible. During the last day of the program, we presented a summary … [Read more...]

51 Free Marketing Tips #41 through 51

We now come to the last of the 51 free marketing tips. Thanks again to Francine Hardaway, Ed Nusbaum and Phillip Blackerby for having Growth Nation support the Fast Trac program, which inspired this list. 41. Write and distribute a good press release. There's two important parts - writing and distributing. First on the writing side, please please … [Read more...]

51 Free Marketing Tips for Small Business: #1 through 10

Francine Hardaway and Ed Nusbaum of Stealthmore Partners recently asked if I wouldn't mind stopping by a Fast Trac group to discuss bootstrapped marketing. I figured that this might mean 'free', and so I put together a list of 51 free marketing tips for small business that everyone seemed to have fun with, especially since the list was free, too. I … [Read more...]