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.

Watch Miriam Buhr discuss the latest trend that is paving the road for mobile payment.

Currently you are able to pay using your mobile phone just for virtual goods online.

However Zong is giving Visa and Paypal a run for their money when it comes to their current settings of merchant’s accounts.

With about 30 million happy customers setting up Zong accounts, it’s no wonder that Facebook is getting in on the action early in the game.

Shelly Allen discusses important findings of a scientific study that pinpoints the age of users taking advantage of social networking.

Find out the range and the advantages of knowing how to use the results of this study.

There are many ways that you can increase your “Google” value for your blogs and videos.

One way is to use the SEO (search engine optimization) strategies called backlink building and social bookmarking.

Wes Hazlett found a free resource that helps with this type of marketing
strategy. Watch as Wes demonstrates how to access and use it to help you in your business.

The fun part about it is that it will allow you to post 10 links a day to content that you manage.

In this video, Shelly Allen shares news about the fact that Verizon Communications is stopping white page distribution in some states. How can this bit of news influence business owners’ marketing practices in the future? Join Shelly as discusses possible trends and marketing avenues.

It doesn’t matter if your a Real Estate Agent, Hair Salon Owner, Bumper Repair Shop, General Contractor, Chiropractor, Dentist, etc.

The two suggestions Shelly Allen shares in this video will not only help your small business have a nice, tight web presence…

But they will make your small business look more professional!

And more than likely…

They will set your small business apart from your competition!

Kristen Darkenwald shares why Twitter should be an important aspect of your overall social media marketing strategy.

A recent announcement highlighted a major statistic about this social media platform’s Registered Users when compared with once social media giant MySpace.

Listen to what Kristen has to say about Twitter and this major statistic. Twitter considered the new kid on the social media block is now not just a fad, but a powerful social networking site which could prove to be costly if left out of your social media marketing.

There are many ways to attract customers using social networking sites. In this video Shelly Allen discusses an article that she found in mashable.com about the use and benefits of using a mobile phone app as a vendor and small business owner especially when there’s a high probability that lots of customers are likely using different mobile phone apps…

For more information, you can check out http://foursquare.com/businesses/ and see if it can be a benefit to your business.

The Trend in Small Business is all about Social Media Marketing. You see it everywhere from TV to restaurants to the Mall.

Pepsi was one of the first to dump a huge portion of their Super Bowl advertising budget and put it into marketing on FaceBook and Twitter.

On a recent trip to Barnes and Noble Wes Hazlitt found a whole section devoted to this subject.

For more information about and resources from Wes, be sure to visit his website.

In this video Miriam Buhr addresses how creating local network business groups can offer many benefits to the small business owner.

The idea to blend online and offline marketing methods makes great business sense because it offers small business owners the ability to increase their exposure at the local level using powerful social media tools and platforms which have served well the online business owners.

By creating a local group that caters to a specific group with a specific need, the likelihood is that whoever creates such a network is bound to see some gains.

Be sure to watch end of video to see the results experienced by the Boston Networking Club which is found in the LinkedIN platform.