Small Business Marketing: Branding Yourself Part 1 of 5

by Marketing Twins-Randy | Sep 2, 2008 | Duct Tape Marketing, Marketing Coaching, Marketing Tool, z1429, zBranding

This is the first of a 5-part series on BRANDING. We have just launched a branding project for a new client. The Marketing Twins at 1429 Creative recently conducted a marketing coaching clinic for another group who had only done branding, but needed something more. So...

Small Business Marketing : Differentiate Yourself!

by Marketing Twins-Randy | Aug 26, 2008 | Differentiation, Duct Tape Marketing, SEO, z1429

John Jantsch recently wrote another great blog post on the power of being DIFFERENT! Check out what he means by the “Sameness Test”! Back a few months ago, we wrote a similar blog post on MarketingTwins.com – check it out here! And whaddaya know, but...

SEO – Do You Want To Get TOP SEARCH RESULTS?

by Marketing Twins-Randy | Aug 19, 2008 | Duct Tape Marketing, Marketing Coaching, SEO, Workshop/Seminar, z1429

If you own a small business today, wouldn’t you like to get your website ranked in the TOP SEARCH RESULTS? I hope your answer is “YES!” Savvy online shoppers and prospects have little use for listings that show up on page 2, 3 or page 5 of their...

Small Business Marketing : How do we measure up to our competition?

by Marketing Twins-Randy | Aug 10, 2008 | Duct Tape Marketing, Workshop/Seminar, z1429

I was at a local restaurant recently. As in many retail establishments, they offered a comment card for me to give my opinion. They questions were pretty typical (“how was our service?” , “how was the quality of our food” , “was our...

Viral Marketing – Viral Videos

by Marketing Twins-Randy | Aug 6, 2008 | Duct Tape Marketing, Marketing Tool, Web - Blog, z1429

Today’s a special celebration!   John Jantsch does a nice job on his blog explaining viral videos (I even made a comment in which I offer some of my own opinion as to the elements that make great viral marketing stuff . . .feel free to add to it over at...

Melissa Lawson – Marketing Assessment – Stephen Covey – Twitter for Business

by Marketing Twins-Randy | Aug 5, 2008 | Duct Tape Marketing, Inspiration, Marketing Coaching, Marketing Tool, z1429

If you missed it, local North Texas hero Melissa Lawson won NBC’s “Nashville Star” last night – she’s 32-year old mother of 5 boys and lives in Arlington. Congratulations on a great success story! And it’s always the full story that...