Samantha on March 31st, 2010

A while ago, Greg Elwell wrote an interesting guest post on the Fortune Marketing Tips blog titled How Small-Town (Local) Businesses Can Benefit from Twitter. I really liked two examples: The local coffee shop that took orders via Twitter and the cupcake shop with the fun, “first 25 people do to this get a free [...]

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Fiona on March 24th, 2010

My husband Jason and I headed out to Lake Louise last weekend and stayed at the Post Hotel. Rather than indulging in skiing, skating, and all things cold, we curled up with our Mac and killed ourselves laughing watching episode after episode of the British series  Top Gear. If you know what I’m talking about, [...]

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Samantha on March 23rd, 2010

In our last blog post, we talked briefly about the power of word-of-mouth and referral marketing. Have you used referral marketing as part of your overall strategy? If you like the sound of it but would like more information on the ins and outs of referral marketing, read on! Referral marketing is a credible way [...]

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Samantha on March 17th, 2010

It’s Saint Patrick’s Day, which means your city is likely awash in a sea of green. You may be wearing green today, but when it comes to your daily marketing routine, are you the inexperienced kind of green? Here are four marketing tips that can help your small business right now. 1) Stick to a [...]

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Samantha on March 12th, 2010

One morning recently, I was in a local Starbucks. Shortly after I got there, the lineup grew so long that it nearly snaked out into the lobby. I placed my order and was given a receipt, the woman behind the till pointing to something on it and talking about a survey. Not wanting to hold [...]

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