Marketing ideas for the shoestring bourgeoisie.

Social Media: Average Time Spent

Marketing Ideas 101 Social Media Stats 2012

Average minutes per visitor to social media sites.

Facebook (405)
Tumblr (89)
Pinterest (89)
Twitter (21)
LinkedIn (17)
MySpace (8)
Google+ (3)

Does not reflect mobile usage.
World-wide data as of January 2012.
Sources: comScore, The Wall Street Journal, Twitter.com.

How much time to you spend on these social media sites? Any ideas?

Quotable: Six Million Dollars Doesn’t Go As Far As It Used To

Marketing Ideas Blackboard Quotes Six Million Dollar Man

Accounting for inflation since 1974,
building the Six Million Dollar Man
would now cost $29,308,052.
This says nothing about the rising costs of
fuel, food and other necessities.

Take the success of your small business seriously.
The world needs you more than you know.
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Quotable: Abraham Lincoln on Internet Quotes

Marketing Ideas Quotes Lincoln

“The thing about quotes on the Internet is you cannot confirm their validity.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

Would changing your business name help your brand?

Changing your organization’s name to better suit your market can be powerful. So many business owners feel they have built equity into their brand name. While this is true to some extent, the extent of that equity is often over-valued. Changing the name to something that better reflects your mission in the world can yield long-term benefits to the brand you are defining.

Besides, changing the name of your organization is an event that must be publicized, giving you another reason to reach out to your clients, prospects and the marketplace!

Would crafting a new business name help your brand?

It’s Good to be Small Sometimes

Small business owners and start-ups actually have something of an advantage over larger corporations. When a start-up makes a marketing mistake on a shoestring budget, it’s easily corrected as long as it’s dealt with quickly. When a large corporation puts millions of dollars behind a mistake, the mess and long-term damage to their self-image is much more costly to clean up.