Marketing Devoid of Common Sense

October 21, 2009

Marketing is not magic. It’s not a skill reserved for the well-educated, or the privileged few who possess special knowledge. Succinctly put, marketing is a “communications-based process through which individuals and communities discover that existing and newly-identified needs and wants may be satisfied by the products and services of others.” (ref: Wikipedia) Seems pretty straight-forward, [...]

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Growing Valuable Network Contacts

May 11, 2009

Before discussing methods and strategies for growing your social media networks, it’s important to review and assess some philosophies on social networking. 
“Growing your network” could easily imply that the value of social networking is in the size of your network, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. It’s not about the number of Followers you [...]

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Social Networking for Business Seminar

March 25, 2009

When: April 15th, 2009, 6pm-9pm
> Encore Seminar: May 7th, 2009, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Business Incubator Center (Grand Junction, CO)
Cost: $35 ($30 for GVYP members)
Register: Call the BIC at (970) 243-5242
Social networks are quickly proving themselves useful across a broad range of applications for businesses.  They’ve broadened the reach to our customer-base, provided an excellent means for creating [...]

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