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.

In this video, Shelly Allen, talks about an article she read by Rhonda Abrams called Hire Learning.

The article mentions a few tips you should consider when hiring your first employee.

Go learn more about Rhonda Abrams who specializes in entrepreneurship and small business.

And for a limited time you can get a free copy of her new book, Hire Your First Employee.

Join Shelly Allen, in this video, as she demonstrates just how simple it is to set up a free business listing over at Yelp.com

“Yelp allows consumers to share the experiences they’ve had with local businesses and lets business owners share information about their business with their customers.

Simply put, it’s word of mouth– amplified.” – Yelp.com

So if you are a small business owner and would like to take advantage of your FREE business page, visit: http://www.yelp.com/business

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.

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!

In her research, Shelly Allen, ran across some pretty STAGGERING You Tube statistics.

Definitely something to not only keep an eye on…

But become a part of!

If YOU are a home or small business owner…

And YOU are not using You Tube / video marketing as part of your marketing ARSENAL…

YOU should really consider it because it can potentially grab YOU some MAJOR, MAJOR exposure for your home or small business!

Check out what this free social media tool that Shelly Allen found is likely to do for your social media marketing!

Visit http://www.NameCHK.com

To find out if and where your desired username is available before you set up your social media accounts!

Join Shelly Allen as she discusses the importance of keeping consistency across all social media sites. She also shares how small business owners can increase their web presence by incorporating this one marketing tip into their social media marketing plan.

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.