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Archive for the 'Entrepreneur Excellence' Category

Calling all Orange County Entrepreneurs!

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Real-life in-person networking is one of the lowest-cost, highest-impact and most-sustainable marketing efforts you can do on a consistent basis.

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Clients and friends are always asking me, “How much of my time and money should be spent online?” In most cases, I recommend about 75% of any small business marketing effort should be invested online - but there are exceptions.

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Orange County Entrepreneurs, Women Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

What do you think defines an entrepreneur? What do you think holds women back from becoming entrepreneurs?

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Are you a Microsoft Dynamics Partner?  Are you going to The Partner Event?  If you are unfamiliar with the event, it is a mixture of the old Great Plains Stampede and BBC, and takes place from September 14-16th in Great Plains’ old stomping grounds - Fargo, North Dakota.
I’m going.  In fact, I’m giving a presentation [...]

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Marketing to attract the ideal client

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

At my Mission Viejo Toastmasters Club meeting recently, a group of us were discussing how to attract more members.  Attendance has been really low over the summer, and the group would be more fun with more people.  The ironic thing is that our group actually has about 25 members - a very decent sized group!  [...]

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An earthquake is not exactly a surprise, especially if you live in California. You always know that an earthquake could happen any day, but it’s always a surprise when the earthquake hits. Orange County earthquakes are a predictable disaster. Isn’t the same thing true for business?

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Orange County Marketing Agency, Tornado Marketing, introduces a new small
business marketing website Tornado-Tools.com
Self-Service Marketing Website for Small Businesses
 
ORANGE COUNTY, CA – July 18, 2008 – Orange County marketing agency, Tornado Marketing, recently launched a website advising small businesses on which marketing tools are most effective for small businesses. The ‘Tornado Tools’ website, www.tornado-tools.com, gives small [...]

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Connecting Social Media Sites

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Connecting online through social media has quickly become one of the most effective and affordable ways for regionally-based small businesses to connect to their target audience - at first virtually, and then hopefully off-line.

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At the Tornado Marketing blog, we work hard to always provide you with quality content that will help you grow your business. Blogging is also an easy and fun way to promote your business – BUT if you don’t have your blog set up right, you won’t be getting the full business benefits. And as [...]

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John Jantsch, Author of Duct Tape Marketing, is getting ready for his next in the Coaching Excellence Series. Next week he will be interviewing David Meerman Scott. The interview will be held on July 16th at Noon CDT. The seminars are free and give you a great opportunity to hear more about the success of [...]

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