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The Future of Business & Marketing is NOW!

Posted Dec 16 2011 by Allen Crawley in Differentiation, News, Social Media with 0 Comments

This is the future of marketing. Be the first there and you will carve out a nice piece of the pie. We’re talking about 1-on-1 marketing, contextual selling and the Thank You Economy. This is a phenomenal speech given by Gary Vaynerchuk at the Inc 500|5000 Seminar 2011. It is just over 1 hour long …

New Technology Changes How Small Businesses Market

Posted Dec 14 2011 by Allen Crawley in Advertising, Marketing, Marketing Online, News, Social Media with 0 Comments

All small businesses face the same 5 problems when marketing their products or services online. Getting visitors to your website. Creating valuable content. Growing an audience via social media. Capturing new new leads. Converting leads into sales. There is a new technology available that solves all 5 of these challenges and it will quickly become …

Should You Have a Facebook Fan Page or a Website?

Posted Jun 16 2011 by Allen Crawley in Marketing Online, Social Media, Websites with 0 Comments

I’ve been asked this question many times. With the rise and success of Facebook Fan Pages many small business owners, entrepreneurs and other professionals want to know whether they should have a FB Fan Page or an actual website. My question is, why pick one over the other? Guy Kawasaki did a great job summarizing …

Linkedin – The Most Important Social Network for Your Business? You bet!

Posted Jun 10 2011 by Allen Crawley in Marketing, Marketing Online, News, Social Media with 1 Comment

I just read an interesting post over at MarketingCharts.com regarding the top 5 social networks. It looks like according to a recent study, Linkedin is the most important Social Network for your business. I love Linkedin and I believe it is the undisputed champion of social networks for getting business. Linkedin is not a place …

The Internet is Just a Fad

Posted Oct 5 2010 by Allen Crawley in Marketing Online, News, Social Media, Websites with 0 Comments

Do you believe there are some folks that still believe this? Wake up people! Check out this video I just came across: Let me know how you are taking advantage of what the internet has to offer for your business.

Quick Tip: Amazing Promo Videos for Businesses

Posted Aug 31 2010 by Allen Crawley in Advertising, Differentiation, Marketing, Marketing Online, News, Quick Tips, Social Media, Websites with 2 Comments

I just released a new video service for business owners. It’s all about high quality, attention grabbing videos that you can use to promote your company’s products, services and more. Here’s one of the videos: You can view the new site and the other videos at: http://videos.allencrawley.com I am offering 60% off the regular price …

Ignoring Social Media Brings Death to Local Businesses

Posted May 8 2009 by Allen Crawley in Articles, Marketing, Social Media with 1 Comment

[pro-player]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng[/pro-player] Social media is not just an internet trend. Social media is now a vital tool to the survival and growth of your business. It will change your business. Period. To ignore social media/networking is to sentence your business to death. Strong words I know but it’s the only way I know to help local …