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content marketing, social media, organic search engine optimization

Local Small Businesses – Get Your Yelp ON

If you own a local small business, Yelp can be your friend or your worst enemy… depending on your reviews.  I use my yelp app on my mobile phone everywhere I go as did 66 million other folks in the 4th quarter of 2011.   If someone is heading to your neck of the woods, chances [...]

Skagit Marketing & La Conner Chamber of Commerce Facebook Up

Facebook Power Hour Workshop Wrap-Up

Thank you to everyone who attended the Facebook 101 (beginning) Power Hour.  We have already had many requests for more, more and more!  As long as the La Conner Chamber of Commerce keeps sponsoring the workshops, we will keep talking and teaching the power of Facebook and Social Media for small businesses and non-profits. You [...]

New Media Marketing Workshop Series

Recently, we held a New Media Marketing workshop in La Conner in order to help our local businesses find ways to capture more business by taking advantage of today’s social media solutions. Thank you to everyone who attended our hour-long workshop! For those who were there, and for those of you who missed our first one, read on for some great tips to get you thinking.

Increase Sales with Social Media Marketing: A Workshop

If you’re not paying attention to social media marketing and how it is changing the face of retail business, you’re missing out on a whole lot of potential revenue

Want More Sales? Engage on Facebook!

Today I was talking to a client about the struggles of trying to run a busy retail business, and yet still stay connected to the customers who keep her business afloat, but don’t come in every day (or week, or even month).

SXSW – A Creative Convergence

I landed in Texas today.  Austin that is.  Guitars and baggage at the airport.  Sun shining and tex mex restaurants line the drive.  I find the Austin Convention Center (SXSW headquarters) no problem, score a parking spot and pick up my $1,025 badge to wear for the week (hoping nobody steals it right off my neck).  [...]

Bitchin’ Boudoir Noir – I Love Marketing

One of my favorite clients, artist and friend, Suzanne Fogarty, pays Skagit Marketing (me) on a monthly retainer (which sometimes consists of wine and food) for assisting with marketing strategy, content marketing, social media, and organic search engine optimization (natural search result on search engine result pages).  Most recently we have been focusing on  branding and promotion [...]

State of the Chamber

Last week I gave my State of the Chamber speech.  I have been on the executive team for 4 years, and this year I’m having a blast as President.  As the economy was sucking wind last year I called a round table for the local business community.  My theme for the round table was “Tough Times Spur [...]

Love Makes the Marketing World Go Around

“Show me the love” has been a common  phrase in the marketing world before Social Media was a beating heart.  Fast forward to 2010 and Social Media has become the BFF.  With Social Media you can easily develop a sincere interest in hundreds of people and accelerate the love.  Take Dale Carnegie’s quote, for example: [...]

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