Home And Small Business World http://www.homeandsmallbusinessworld.com Straight Up Marketing Advice for Home And Small Businesses Tue, 31 May 2011 18:58:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How To Get Your Small Business Found By More People? http://www.homeandsmallbusinessworld.com/2011/05/how-to-get-your-small-business-found-by-more-people/ http://www.homeandsmallbusinessworld.com/2011/05/how-to-get-your-small-business-found-by-more-people/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 17:17:16 +0000 themill9 http://www.homeandsmallbusinessworld.com/?p=1143

Looking for a place to list your small business or home based business?

In this video, Miriam Buhr shares a business directory that is designed to help you be found by people who are looking for your services or product.

Trova Business Directory can list your business at various membership levels from free member to an elite paid member. Your business can be found at a local and national level and as a business owner you can engage in networking, mastermind sessions and as part of this online advertising tool.

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Do you know the needs of your customers? Can you relate to their personal and business struggles and challenges?

Knowing the answers to these questions can help your business thrive but having a fuzzy idea how to answer them can cost you…

In this video Cheryl Jordan addresses a few customer attributes that can help you focus on the needs and concerns of the people in your market place.

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Listen to a Private Mastermind Call with Miriam Buhr and Jacqui Gates where they discuss what is the process of becoming iconic and how that can mean boost of sales for your small or home business.

Stay tuned for some juicy calls in the works with the team of The Home And Small Business Network.

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Join Cathie Heath as she shares an important lesson in branding yourself from an 8 year old who understands the value of customer service and how it can make you stand out from the crowd.

There’s a reason we go to the same businesses time after time…the service we receive from them adds value to our purchases.

Remembering to add value can result in repeat customers, solid long-term relationships and branding yourself as a person folks want to do business with

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Shelly Allen shares a very powerful marketing strategy for small businesses to stay on the competitive track in this article published in the May 2011 edition of The Costco Connection publication.

Click on the image of the article below for a larger view or to read it in a larger online magazine format and grab more great tips head over to The Costco Connection HERE.

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Are you looking to increase traffic to your blog? In this video, Lidia Abadia, reveals a tip that can help your customers find you faster when they do web searches.

Recently the Google search engine changed its algorithm or formula for web searches and now with this simple strategy you may be able to rank higher in Google and gain extra traffic.

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Are you using your time wisely so that you continually create content?

Watch Cheryl Jordan reveal a few of her video marketing strategies.

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The Home and Small Business Network is now adding a monthly book club to its community.

The first official book choice of the Home and Small Business Network Book Club, is

The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck.

Visit our community for all the details.

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Proper lighting is essential for making videos, but lights can be harsh and glaring.

Cathie Heath shares a simple solution for diffusing the light without having to invest in special lighting equipment…tailor made for home and small business owners on a budget.

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In this video Miriam Buhr shares a resource used by bloggers to research websites, news sites, for content ideas to spark or generate blog posts, forum discussions, and article topics.

Check out this free topic generator resource at Topix.

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