by Cathy Miller | Apr 26, 2012
I admit, I still don’t understand it – even after reading the selection criteria. This blog, Simply stated business, is #46 on CisionBlog’s Top 100 U.S. Social Media, Internet Marketing & SEO Blogs – 2012. Even if it’s Twisted Statistics –...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 25, 2012
Word geeks of the world – unite. There’s a toy for the those of us who love words Or those who do not share that view, but need wordsmithing help It’s found at VisualThesaurus.com. Created by Thinkmap, it’s an online thesaurus and dictionary...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 19, 2012
Marketers beware – there’s a lot of us – so pay attention to the baby boomers. A 2010 Pew report revealed Baby Boomers Rock Social Media. Boomers are rockin’ more than social media. Drumroll Please The 2012 Digital Differences report by...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 18, 2012
Is your business blog an enabler or a deterrent? There is an interesting discussion going on in a copywriter group at LinkedIn. Should your blog be a part of your business site – or– Should it be separate and send readers to your site? It’s not a new...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 16, 2012
Perhaps it’s semantics. The way we define customers differs for some. In the post, Your Best Bang for Your Marketing Collateral, one reader had a different view of the recommendation, Understand your customers. The reader reacted to the use of the word...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 11, 2012
So many choices – so little time – and maybe even less money. When it comes to choosing the right marketing collateral, how do you choose the best bang for your buck? Consider your objective Know your budget Understand your customers If you want more hits...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 9, 2012
Have you seen the History channel’s series, Ice Road Truckers? I didn’t know what it was until a client mentioned it. Ice Road Truckers is a TV series about the perils of big-rig truckers who haul loads across dangerous frozen lakes and rivers of...
by Cathy Miller | Apr 4, 2012
Maybe you have been writing a long time. Or perhaps writing is not your thing. Whatever the reason, it is easy for your business writing to get stale – or the dreaded B word – boring. It happens to the best of us. Here is a trick I use to jumpstart...
by Cathy Miller | Mar 29, 2012
There hasn’t been this much press since Y2K. Remember how the world was supposed to crash when we hit the year 2000? Now the looming date of doom is March 30, 2012 – the day Facebook forces its timeline on users. There are emails reminding business...
by Cathy Miller | Mar 28, 2012
The LinkedIn blog introduced a new beta program updating its People You May Know feature. Here is a quick video and my take on the beta program. Who Are These People? Have you looked at the beta program? Are your recommended connections more accurate and relevant?...
