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.

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.

In this video Kristen Darkenwald shares with you how a mortgage broker used this offline marketing technique and tailored it by adding the New York Football Team Schedule to his local business card.

However, the problem with this strategy is that after the football season is over so will be the need for the magnetic card.

Join Kristen as she discusses a much more cost effective and permanent way for local businesses to use this marketing strategy.

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.

As marketers using Social Media sites in particular, building a following of prospects is very crucial to marketing success.

Creating a “natural” tribe, versus a fabricated one, is possible. How?

Join Kristen Darkenwald as she shares a simple and effective strategy to build an audience on social media.

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.

Join Shelly Allen as she shares whyvideo marketing has been on the rise over the past few years and is making way on more and more online business owners’ web sites and blogs. Implementing video into your marketing plan can be a terrific way to propel your home or small business quickly.