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Come Join Us at the 2008 Masters of Business Online Conference

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Jim Brown

Special thanks to Doug for allowing me to guest post on his blog! Indiana?s leading Internet-based marketing experts will present on ten different topics at the second annual Masters of Business Online (MBO) Conference. Last year more than 150 business professionals attended the full-day event. This year, we expect attendance to double, based on positive feedback from past attendees, speakers and sponsors. This year?s event is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Ritz … Continue reading →

Do you Seed Blogs?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Douglas Karr

Way back (snicker) in the early days of blogging, I figured out that commenting on other blogs was hugely successful. The majority of growth in those young days was due to my participation in the conversation in other blogs. Even with the consistent growth of my blog, I continue to try to seek out and find new blogs who are writing great content in relative areas of interest. I also try to promote them in my daily links. With a … Continue reading →

Mobile Textarea: How Many Characters Left

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Douglas Karr

We’re up to Version 3.0 of the WordPress Mobile Plugin utilizing Connective Mobile’s API and Text Club feature. Connective Mobile has a 150 Character limit for your Mobile Marketing message that you want to broadcast to your subscribers. Rather than having someone wonder how many characters they have left, I modified Geeky Grrl’s little in-line Javascript method to display the number of characters left: >/textarea>>br />>small>>span id=”textcount” style=”margin-left:50px”>150>/span> characters left.>/small> The way it works is by changing the value for … Continue reading →

How much does your company charge?

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Douglas Karr

There’s only one Wal-mart. Wal-mart is a company that only has one value proposition: cheap prices. It works with Wal-mart because they can sell the identical product cheaper than the next retail outlet. You’re not Wal-mart. You can’t go to work to figure out how to lower prices every day. Nor should you. Your company is unique and has what no other company has to offer. Your marketing goal should be to distinguish yourself amongst the competition. Don’t compete! Find … Continue reading →

Who’s Twittering You?

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Douglas Karr

Reputation managers can set up alerts on micro-blogging and communicate to consumers, supporters and criticisms directly. Here’s how to set up an alert for those communications within minutes. Continue reading →