4 Tips for Using Social Media to Sell

You can use social media to land a sale--but only if you're following these key principles. By Inc. Magazine and Tom Searcy

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Forget the Phone Book. How to Generate Leads for Local Businesses

A big, fat Yellow Pages landed in my driveway the other day with an audible whomp. I promptly picked it up and deposited it into the recycling bin with a second whomp. Harsh, right? But when I'm searching for something local--be it a snow shovel or a cinnamon roll--the last thing I'd do is flip through the phone book.

Chances are, you feel the same way. A study last year by Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 51 percent of U.S. adults get information about local businesses from the internet, rather than from newspapers, word-of-mouth, TV reporting or those tragic phone books.

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Marketing Is Dead?

Traditional marketing — including advertising, public relations, branding and corporate communications — is dead. Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. But they are. The evidence is clear. Read More...

Is Marketing Dead - Harvard Business Review Bill Lee Story