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Howard Larson The Week Ahead November 9-13, 2009

Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Weekly initial jobless claims, Friday: Trade Balance Larson Notes: As expected everything was good except employment. Did you really think we would not hit unemployment over 10%. But the good news was there. Interest rates remain low. With inventory levels low production levels were raised. And productivity are higher, Government extended the home buyers tax rebate, but the heath care squeaked though the house even with a large group of… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on November 9, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Diane Gottsman Business Dining Etiquette - How to Avoid Dining Blunders That Even the Most Successful Executives Make

There is nothing more uncomfortable than sitting across the table from someone you are trying to impress and not knowing what fork to use. Or, as a guest, wondering what part of the menu you should order from or when to make a toast. Or, what to do if you found yourself with a huge piece of gristle in your mouth? Years ago, as a novice fundraiser I sat between two VIP's from separate corporations. One was drinking my water and the other was eating from my bread plate. I had many options – none… Continue

Added by Diane Gottsman on November 8, 2009 at 9:44am — No Comments

Howard Larson Social Media For Lead Generation?

What should you be doing when using the various Social Media Networking sites to generate business leads? Social Media Networking is about reaching people who know little or nothing about you and engage them on a person level with a friendly warm approach. And example would be if you sold running shoes. You could set up a facebook group or a Twitter feed showing your interest and knowledge in the area of specialty shoes. Of course only people how are looking to talk specialty running shoes wou… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on November 6, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

David Gruttadaurio 7 Print Newsletter Design Tips to Get Your Client Newsletter Opened & Read Every Time

You spend a considerable amount of time and money producing your monthly client print newsletter. Having it tossed in the trash along with the 'B' pile (junk) mail is the last thing you want. Yet this happens every day to small business owners just like you. In fact, it's probably happening to you right now. Why? Because most monthly client print newsletters are not put together in a way that screams out "READ ME!" Having Great Content is Just the Beginning Ignoring your newsletter's… Continue

Added by David Gruttadaurio on November 6, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

Howard Larson CRM Does Not Mean Customer Satisfaction

So you finally did it. You went out and made the investment in some fancy CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software, Excelent Now what. You really think that is the key to giving you higher Customer Satisfaction ratings? Ha! Although companies continue to spend a fair amount of money on all sorts of CRM solutions their customer satisfaction ratings have seen little if any improvement. With traditional CRM technology the focus is on consolidation customer data not managing customer reques… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on November 5, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Howard Larson Can-Spam Compliance is not Guaranteed Delivery

Just because you are a good soldier and comply with the Can-Spam act and guidelines does not mean you are getting through to your targeted addresses. Can you really be surprised to learn that this is not a guarantee that IPS’s can, will or must deliver your emails> ISP’ filters weed out both compliant and non-compliant email messages based on their criteria not yours. When a user hits the “spam” button (even if only to but the content in their bulk mail file) the ISP records this as a black… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on November 4, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Howard Larson Industrial Production Shows Big Gains

Better-than-expected gain suggests that economic growth in the third quarter could be stronger than anticipated Industrial production rose 0.7 percent in September after an upwardly revised gain of 1.2 percent in August, according to The Federal Reserve. For the third quarter as a whole, output advanced at an annual rate of 5.2 percent, the first quarterly gain since the first quarter of 2008 and the largest gain since the first quarter of 2005. Production in manufacturing increased 0.9 percen… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on November 3, 2009 at 9:48am — No Comments

Howard Larson The Week Ahead November 2-6, 2009

Monday: September Construction Spending, Pending Home Sales, Tuesday: Factory Orders, Auto & Truck Sales Wednesday: Federal Reserve Meeting Thursday: Weekly initial jobless claims, 3rd Quarter Productivity Friday: Consumer Credit, Wholesale Inventories Larson Notes: The government stimulus in cars grew the economy lst month together with home sales by 3.5%. That is mainly due to cash for clunkers and the $8000 home… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on November 2, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Serena Carcasole Make Your Blog Stand Apart From the Crowd

Does your blog need a makeover? Perhaps you are burned out on great ideas or maybe your blog is missing that dynamic factor that makes readers want to tune in? If you’ve ever wondered what you can do to make your blog more interesting and fun to write, I have a few ideas. There are a few ways to captive your audience and also make the writing more enjoyable for yourself. Keep a List of Topics on Hand When you sit down to write your blog, have a list of topics on hand and ask yourself “why shou… Continue

Added by Serena Carcasole on October 31, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Serena Carcasole How to Get Higher Rankings in Search Engines

It seems like a mystery why certain websites have higher rankings in Google than others, but there are a few things that can increase your traffic. First, if you aren’t already doing so, start a blog and update it weekly. The search engines like fresh content and blogging will increase your ranking. Make it a priority to blog 3-5 times per week and aim for 300 words per post. Also, make sure you interact with other bloggers, including commenting on their posts, linking to other blogs, and guest… Continue

Added by Serena Carcasole on October 31, 2009 at 11:01am — No Comments

Howard Larson Direct Marketing and the Retail Market Place

What is the current state of direct marketing these days? Pretty good thank you. When you consider that 3 out of 4 consumers (76%) read the direct mail they receive. Women 35-49 and the heaviest readers at 86% with men above 50 the poorest at 65%. Direct Marketing Readership in Men Age 2003 2008 18-34 65% 67% 35-49 64% 77% +50 68% 65% Readership in direct mail among women of all ages has increased. As with men the largest increase is among woman in the 35-49. Direct Marketing Readership in Wo… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on October 30, 2009 at 9:20am — 2 Comments

howard lee Are you Still Wondering how to build a profitable mobile network?

Hi Business Professionals, Are you confused about how mobility can make your company profitable? If you presently have major concerns about how mobility can help your business become profitable or have tried to add mobility to your company only to have it fall short of what you need then you own it to your business to take this mobility questionnaire to see how to how to plan your mobile network. I am asking questions about mobility because for many businesses mobility has become a problem be… Continue

Added by howard lee on October 28, 2009 at 7:29pm — No Comments

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Peek: Remember When Mobility was Simple?


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Remember when mobility was simple you had a mobile device that did one thing every well like paging and email and that was all you needed. Now mobile devices with phones, cameras, MP3 players, web browsing, and more has made them more complicated then your computer and yo

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Added by howard lee on October 28, 2009 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Howard Larson Is Snail Mail More Effective Than E Mail?

E-Mail is the new junk mail. I use it. To a moderate degree but not like I use to. I’m pushing more and more of my marketing back to one-on-one emailing and targeted direct mail projects. So what has happened? E-mail is so fast, so cheap, so everywhere. Every inbox is filled with spam and everyone has signed or found themselves on who knows how many lists. We are all so overwhelmed by it all and routinely just switch once e-newsletters that were once important to the junk file. So why not do w… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on October 27, 2009 at 1:13pm — 2 Comments

Eric Gruber 10 Article Templates to Overcome Writer's Block Fast So You Can Write Your Articles in 30 Minutes

I am a natural born writer, so writing has always come easy to me. But, when I had to start writing articles everyday for my blog, for my newsletter and for article submission – I quickly ran out of article topics. Then one day as I was reviewing all of my articles, I realized that there was a structure and a formula behind each article I wrote. By recognizing these formulas I'm able to write an unlimited amount of articles – and write them in record time. If you want to overcome writer's bloc… Continue

Added by Eric Gruber on October 27, 2009 at 8:57am — No Comments

Eric Gruber Article Marketers - Stop Insulting Your Targeted Audience When You Write & Submit Articles Online

When you write articles, if you don't keep your audience in mind then you are insulting them. Let me show you an example (unrelated to article marketing) of what happens if you don't keep your targeted audience in mind. Recently my girlfriend, Kristina Jaramillo, attended one of the worst bridal showers ever. I've never heard of a bridal shower where more than 75% of the guests left insulted, have you? Here's one of the reasons for the total disaster... The bridesmaids thought it would be fun… Continue

Added by Eric Gruber on October 27, 2009 at 8:55am — No Comments

Howard Larson The Week Ahead October 26-30, 2009

Monday: Tuesday: Durable Goods Orders (B), Case-Shiller Home Price Index, Consumer Confidence (B) Wednesday: Durable Goods Orders (B), New Home Sales (C+), Crude Inventories Thursday: Weekly initial jobless claims (C+), Gross Domestic Product (B) Friday: Personal Income and Consumption (C+), Chicago Regional Manufacturing Surveys (B) *Rating Scale by Importance (A-F) Larson note: Last week we saw Home sales go up but new housing st… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on October 26, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Howard Larson 5 Practices for Digital Marketing

How can you start to unleash the power of your web site? There is no magic formula for successfully moving from an email blasting program as your communication and online marketing tool to one that features real-time interactions between your the marketer and your prospect customer. There is however some common elements that separates a successful to mediocre to poor program. Here are 5 of the best practices I have come across. 1. Leveraging interactions to collect customer informatio… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on October 23, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

Howard Larson Unleashing Web Site Marketing

How can you start to unleash the power of your web site? Now, as if you did not need to before, you really need to be creative with every dollar you spend and with every minute you spend on your marketing. So here are 3 simple things you need to be doing. 1st. make it easy to help your customers find exactly what they want on the first click, if possible! This often means directing them to a landing page rather than your front or home page but it is worth the effort. 2nd.… Continue

Added by Howard Larson on October 20, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments

howard lee Peek: Remember When Mobility was Simple

Peek: Remember When Mobility was Simple?


Take a look at Peek

Remember when mobility was simple you had a mobile device that did one thing every well like paging and email and that was all you needed. Now mobile devices with phones, cameras, MP3 players, web browsing, and more has made them more complicated then your computer and you still can't get a call through.

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Added by howard lee on October 19, 2009 at 6:01pm — No Comments

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