This content from: Duct Tape Marketing What Is Main Street Anyway? Main Street is white hot these days, or at least the concept of main street is I guess. So, my question to you my readers is this: In the context of the small business world, what is Main Street anyway? Is Main ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Mobile Awareness Is Changing the Marketing Game The entire category of mobile marketing has been a hot or up and coming topic for a number of years, but it's one of those that hasn't really hit mainstream for the typical small business. I think ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Think Search When Considering a Blog Whenever I am asked to speak to a group of small business folks about social media, I always suggest the creation of a blog as the jumping off point to enter the world of social media. More often than not som ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Your Marketing Organized One of the most difficult tasks for small business owners, when it comes to marketing, is organization. Until you start to look at marketing as one of the core systems in your business it will always feel like a disjointed ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Small Business is the Economic Bailout Headlines aside I find the economic panic and ensuing bailout talk to be a tad dramatic. I've got no particular political ax to grind with that statement, I just think people get so caught up in the hype that ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Duct Tape in the News Here are a few recent interviews I thought I would share. USNews - Blogging to Small Business Success Action Coach - You vs. The Economy: 5 Fresh Answers for Small Business From Seth Godin and John Jantsch Onl ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing The Search Engines Want to Know You Better Google, Yahoo and MSNLive are just itching to get to know more about your website and they are steadily adding tools to make it easier for you to tell them more, learn more and analyze just what's going on ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Hourly Thinking is a Recipe for Disaster If you provide a service, and you charge for your service by the hour, you're headed for trouble. You are essentially selling a product with a limited supply. The only way to increase your business is to r ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing The Telephone Doesn't Use Any Gas Technology and data speed advances have made the use of web meeting technology a no brainer for even the smallest of businesses. In the fast paced world we live in, the ability to get a group of folks together onli ... Read more

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Talking Coaching and Consulting with Alan Weiss Join me live - Wednesday, Sept 24th Noon CDT - for a conversation with Alan Weiss , author of Million Dollar Consulting. Register here Anyone who is currently a coach or consultant or who ... Read more