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Embrace These 14 Low-Cost Ways To Help Your Small Business Grow
There are 33.2 million small businesses in the USA, which make up about 99.9% of all American businesses. Making yours stand out and grow effectively and fast among so many small businesses can be a r ...

Mark Cuban: These Are the Top 4 Reasons Most Small Businesses Fail
You may not realize it, but most U.S. businesses are small businesses; SBA statistics show that 99 percent of all businesses are independent companies with fewer than 500 employees. That's the good ne ...

Develop a Public Relations Strategy to Promote Your Small Business
Running a small business is by no means an easy task, especially when you are just getting started – you have limited time, resources, and budget, all while trying to get things done in order to creat ...

The Brass Ring Marketing System – SPECIAL OFFER!
Frustrated with your Website? Fails with D.I.Y. site builders? HERE'S THE ANSWER! Great for DIY'ers! Not just a website, but a turn-key small business marketing solution. Here’s The Thing: You Should ...

Public Speaking Classes: Everything You Need To Know
Being a talented public speaker is a skill that is able to help advance a wide range of careers. The first step in this pursuit typically begins with enrolling in public speaking classes to help you m ...

How to Translate WordPress (Ultimate Guide)
WordPress powers almost 43% of all websites and not all of them are in English. In fact, the number of non-English websites is on the rise, with 56% of WordPress sites being created in languages other ...

Is It Bad…or Good? The Jocko Willink “Good” Video
How to deal with failure and bad situations. Excerpt from the Jocko Podcast

Thrive And Survive: PR Tactics For Small Businesses In A Challenging Economic Climate
Within our global economy, small businesses play a significant role in driving innovation and embodying the entrepreneurial mindset. They are often at the forefront of introducing new products, ideas ...

How to Generate Qualified Leads for a Small Business: 3 Easy Tips
According to a 2021 HubSpot State of Marketing survey, 50% of small business owners say generating qualified leads is their primary digital marketing goal. But generating leads is a top challenge for ...

SEO: “How to Yoast Your Post”
Do you want your articles to be as well optimized as possible? Do you aim for that number 1 position in the search results? And do you madly chase traffic and clicks? It’s not easy to achieve all thes ...

7 Japanese Concepts That Can Improve Your Life
Besides instilling in me a desire to crane-kick everyone, The Karate Kid ...implanted a nascent interest in Japanese culture. When I was five, I remember cobbling together a small Shinto shrine out of ...

My Addicting Step-by-Step Process To Get Tons Of Glowing Testimonials From Your Freelance Clients
We all know that testimonials are an important part of marketing. Humans are social animals and social proof is a powerful signal that can turn a prospect from a skeptic to an enthusiastic buyer. The ...

Best Business Books of All Time
Reading great business books is one of the most cost-effective methods to become a whip-smart business person. As business book editors, we read a lot of books — and this curated book list is to bring ...

Experts Say This Is the Key to Marketing a Mom and Pop Business
Marketing opportunities are endless, but marketing budgets are finite. Is it better for a mom-and-pop business to put money into online and social media marketing, or to invest in real-life sponsorshi ...

Content Marketing In 2023: The Ultimate Guide
Content marketing is a strategy that utilizes a wide variety of channels, including social media, websites, videos, infographics, podcasts and blogs, to attract potential customers. By creating, publi ...

How To Leverage An Omnichannel Marketing Strategy To Reach Your Audience Wherever They Are
The data shows that omnichannel marketing strategies have power. When implemented successfully, they increase ad-driven store visits by 80%. With consumers relying more on their mobile devices and exp ...

For Many Small-Business Owners, a Necessary Shift to Digital Payments
The number of Americans who say they are “cashless” has jumped in the last five years. Forty-one percent of Americans said they did not use cash for their purchases in a typical week in 2022, up from ...

Sales And Marketing Alignment For Improved Business Effectiveness
Organizations are constantly looking for strategies to increase leads, customer satisfaction and revenue. An effective way to achieve this is through sales and marketing alignment. When your marketing ...

What is a Target Market and How to Pick One
When marketing a business, the key to success lies in the ability to target the right group or groups of people accurately. Knowing your target market is essential for any company that wants to create ...

Small Businesses Face Economic Strain Even With Loyal Patrons
Brand loyalty is one thing, but when that loyalty is directed at a small business, it stands to benefit an entire community...The relationship between a small business and its customers is unique — ra ...

Essential Tips on How to Boost Sales for Your Small Business — Melinda Emerson
What can you do to increase your sales right now? Today on the Atlanta Small Business Show, we’re pleased to welcome back Melinda Emerson, America’s number one small business expert, CEO of Quintessen ...

12 Tips for Creating the Best Email Subject Lines (with Examples)
Email subject lines are arguably the most important component of your emails. After all, the subject line is what subscribers see in their inbox, and is what determines if they even open your email or ...

What is Copywriting?
Are you intimidated by copywriting? If your answer is yes, welcome to how 99% of marketers feel. If your answer is no, are you some kind of wizard? Copywriting is the reason why people buy something.

7 Ways to Boost Your Small-Business Marketing
These marketing strategies can help small businesses gain new customers and increase repeat business. Image credit: Shutterstock Kimberly de Silva Marketing is important to every ...

WORDPRESS ALERT:
Fast Secure Contact Form Plugin Removed By WordPress Due To Serious Security Issue
Greetings, all... One of the most popular WordPress forms plugin, the Fast Secure Contact Form plugin (which has been the standard for all Brass Ring Multimedia websites for years) has been removed f ...

Small Biz Owners Almost Always Fail With Their Marketing Because of These 3 Things
Today I want to talk to you about some ways small business owners almost always fail when it comes to their marketing because they don’t do three specific things. By Brad Swezey First, they don’t ha ...

Fear and Entrepreneurship: The Psychology of What Scares Us
Your stomach ties itself into a knot and your heart races nowhere as your mind sorts through every conceivable worst case scenario. We call it “fear” and our instincts scream for us to avoid whatever ...

10 Things Your Small Business Can Learn About Marketing from Apple (INFOGRAPHIC)
Building a universally loved brand without engaging in price wars against competitors is not easy. But one brand that has achieved this seemingly impossible feat is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Behind Apple’ ...

Brass Ring Newsletter: September 2017
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE: How Healthy Is Your Website? 27 Amazing Online Marketing Tactics for Small Businesses With Low Budgets, by Neil Patel How to Create a Social Media Marketing Content Plan ...