Michael Shapiro
Big client meeting coming, do you… cross your fingers? Knock on wood? Rub your lucky rabbit’s foot? You may or may not be surprised by the number of superstitions you’ll find in the average small business. In honor of Friday the 13th — possibly the most popular superstition, in America anyway — we’d like to offer a list […]
It’s the middle of the summer. Half the country is getting hit with a heat wave, and the summer season is in full swing… so, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about the Holidays! Yes, those holidays – the ones at the end of the year. The time to start business-holiday planning is now! […]
It’s never easy taking over a small business… especially in a crowded industry where you’re smaller than most of your competition… and you’re younger than most (if not all) of your competitors — but that’s exactly what Jason Kaye, owner of Drycrete Waterproofing, did. He’s risen to the top where most people would have ended up dead in the […]
We understand that Cinco de Mayo is not a celebration of Mexican Independence. It’s not even really a holiday in Mexico. Luckily for us, here in America – where we like any reason to celebrate – it is a holiday! So, to celebrate the American version of Cinco de Mayo – with its icy-cool drinks […]
Quick – picture your customer. Male? Female? Young? Old? Well… maybe not as old as you think. You might have to knock a few years off that image – if not now, very soon… like later this year. According to our friends at the good old Pew Research Center, U.S. population projections say that very […]
Ahhhh, the annual rites of Spring… April showers, daffodils, hay fever, and of course, Spring Cleaning. Today let’s not worry about cleaning your home or your office — let’s talk about cleaning your business… online. Specifically, your online business information. According to Google, over 50% of all mobile searchers are looking for your address or directions […]
Digital marketing today is more than just a website. If you want your website to generate leads, you’ve got to drive traffic to it. Search marketing, social, display ads – you need all these things and more funneling prospects to your website. That’s how effective digital marketing works today… just the way it did for […]
To help you make up for the time lost while you and your employees fill out your brackets, we’d like to suggest five basketball-style digital marketing moves you should be making to drive past your competition online. 5 moves to help you score new leads Post-up – The easiest move in our digital marketing basketball […]
It’s March! In like a lion, out like a lay-up. It’s time for that great Spring sporting spectacular, when basketball brackets take over our nation’s psyche.. and cost businesses across the country hours of work as employees focus on their picks (instead of their productivity). In an effort to turn the Final Four into a fiscal […]
A lot of small business owners believe that if you have a website, you’re doing all you have to do to get found online. Add some search ads, maybe some social media, and you’re covering all your bases. Actually, there are a lot more bases to cover if you want your business to get found… […]
