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Archive for June, 2008

Tornado Marketing via Wordle

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Wordle is in one word: Fantastic! It doesn’t have any social media capabilities, it doesn’t connect you to a bunch of people and it doesn’t make it easy to read all your blogs. But, it does allow you to bring out your creative side, share it with the world, and as an added benefit, it’s [...]

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Long-term business strategy

Monday, June 30th, 2008

What kind of mission, philosophy and culture would you have to develop to keep a company going for 46 generations? How do you keep going through wars, sicknesses, economic turns?

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Farewell, Bill Gates!

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Bill Gates is retiring today. Have you seen his “Last Day in the Office” video? Check it out!

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Customers are overwhelmed with options. In the end. it seems like some of them just throw up their hands and pick a provider at random. But there is a way to stand out from the crowd.

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Keys to Keywords with PPC Advertising

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

In August, we here at Tornado Marketing are planning to do some co-marketing training sessions with Steve Wiideman of ElaborateSEM. So this week I sat in on one of his pay-per-click training sessions to see how we could build on each other’s expertise. With Steve’s permission, we thought we’d share one of the most important take-aways of the day - focus on the keywords.

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Directory of Web 2.0 Sites

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Wow!  This directory is packed with over 250 pages of Web 2.0 and Social Media sites that small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals can use to connect and share information. 
 

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A lighthearted look at marketing

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Every once in a while, I think we all need to take a step back from the day to day, and have a laugh. Marketing is one of the most powerful tools we have in our business, which is why it is so easy to make jokes about!
 I found this joke on JibJab.com, with thanks to the submitter, [...]

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Orange County Blogging Presentation

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Thank you to MCAI for hosting the Blogging event. We enjoyed presenting and meeting everyone at the event. Also, a big thank you to Kyra Reed for presenting with us, you definitely know your stuff!
For those of you who attended last night, a copy of the PowerPoint is available by emailing us at Tornado@TornadoMktg.com. Also, [...]

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Come meet the Tornado Marketing Team

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Tonight and tomorrow Adrianne Machina and Kirsten Wright from Tornado Marketing will be presenting at two Small Business Meetups in the Orange County / Irvine area. For the last week we have been prepping our material, planning our presentations and getting very excited! After the meetings, our presentations will be available to request on our Tornado [...]

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After a holiday like Father’s Day, I can’t help but talk about appreciation. I honestly believe that a holiday that is created just so you have a day to tell your father ‘thank you’ is rather silly. Now don’t get me wrong, I get my dad (and father in law) a card and a gift [...]

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