I recently appeared on CNN’s Houston-based radio station to talk about little-known marketing secrets.  Host of HNN’s (Houston Networking News) Business, Networking and You, R.D. Yoder asked me several questions regarding both marketing and networking.  Are you taking full advantage of marketing opportunities? Oftentimes, business owners have misconceptions about what it really means to market a [...]

Twitter is one of those things that people either totally get or totally do not get.  To understand how best to use Twitter, it is necessary to understand what twitter is.  Twitter is a micro-blogging platform.  In other words, it is an opportunity to blog in 140 characters or less at a time. Why is this [...]

Simple question: How can people find your business? Are you in the Yellow Pages?  Do you have a website?  Do you take out ad space in magazines or leave flyers in local businesses? Many small businesses are so consumed with the business of “staying afloat” that they neglect the thing that will help them do so- marketing.  [...]