Guerrilla Marketing, a Cost-effective way to Promote Business

Posted by Maya Pillai

“Done poorly, guerrilla marketing can make your company look like a nightmare. Donecorrectly, it is one of the single most powerful marketing tools.” – Experiential MarketingForum Guerrilla Marketing, which is an alternative form of marketing, was a term coined by Jay ConradLevison in the early 1980s. This form of marketing depends mainly on time, energy andcreativity than on hefty marketing … Continue reading



8 Great Visual Marketing Ideas you Must Know

Posted by Maggy

We have selected 8 great visual marketing ideas for your business taken from the book Visual Marketing, by David Langton and Anita Campbell. David Langton is a visual communication designer, blogger, and author of visual design. Anitca Campbell is the CEO and founder of Small Business Trends, http://smallbiztrends.com. 7. How Many Ways Can You Destroy Your Printer? Going Viral with … Continue reading


Win an iPad 2! 12 Days Left!

Posted by Maggy

There is a week and a half until the Social Biz Page Contest is OVER, ending on November 6, 2011. This is your week and a half reminder for your chance to win a brand new iPad 2, Nikon S3100 digital camera, or an Ultra Flip HD video camera. See instructions here. Here are the top 5 contestants so far … Continue reading


Sneak Peak at Facebook’s new feature for Businesses

Posted by Puneet Yamparala

Facebook New feature

All the small business owners who have adopted Facebook to promote their business and to engage with their customers have another tool at their disposal. This new tool is the Facebook Page recommend feature. With this new feature you can recommend Facebook business Pages just like you are used to recommending other content which you find all over the web.Here’s … Continue reading


Top 25 Upcoming Small Business Blogs to follow for 2012

Posted by Puneet Yamparala

This list here is the ultimate list of the Top 25 Upcoming Small Business Blogs which you should be following in 2012. The reason we call this the ultimate list is because we do not rely on some meaningless metrics or numbers to come up with this list. We all know these metrics and numbers can be manipulated. We know … Continue reading


Top 10 Marketing Mistakes to Watch out for

Posted by Marketing Advisory Team

Love it or dread it.  Right brain or left.  Waste of money or revenue generator.  Marketing is always in question. Should we do it?  Why isn’t it working? How much should we spend?  Can we even afford it?  Why do others do it so much better? The answers are actually quite simple. Unfortunately, too many people get easily confused over … Continue reading


The Big Marketing Duh- it’s all about sales

Posted by Marketing Advisory Team

If you had a surefire way to increase qualified leads and help sales close more business, why wouldn’t you do it?  What if it was an easy, proven way that doesn’t always require you to acquire and learn new software, blog/tweet/or otherwise use social media or even be numbed by analytics.  I bet I could sell you this painless marketing … Continue reading


Rules for Starting an Advertising Campaign

Posted by Maya Pillai

Effective strategic and marketing advertising are key to the success of any kind of business, more so with small/medium ones. Go through the effective ad campaigns tips and rules to be followed. Whenever a new product is launched in the market or when a business desires to grow, companies begin advertisement campaigns. The other desirable objectives are to make its … Continue reading


“Marketing can be a Waste of Time and Money”

Posted by Marketing Advisory Team

As much as it pains me as a professional marketer, I have to agree with that statement when many small businesses tell me that.  For them, they are so consumed with operations that they have only be able to do random, sporadic and amateurish marketing.  No wonder they aren’t getting much from those efforts! However, everyone knows instinctively that marketing … Continue reading