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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

Success

At minimum, there’s the business of purchasing, signing, addressing and mailing our greetings before the holidays arrive. Opting out of traditional cards isn’t shirking a tradition; it’s reclaiming time.” People forget that we actually have agency to decide what our traditions are,” Kuehnle says.

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What Is a Credit Freeze, and Should I Do It?

Success

Freezing your credit is free, easy to do and won’t damage your credit score. Just keep in mind that a few entities will still be able to access your report , including your current lenders, potential employers or landlords, child support agencies, government entities and other organizations. What is a credit freeze?

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This Old Marketing Farewell Episode: Sometimes the End Is a Beginning

Small Business Labs

Then, I’m going to say, “I don’t know what took them so long.” Mergers and acquisitions of these type, they don’t just happen overnight. Disney is going to make a purchase, and it will do so before the end of the year. Download this week’s PNR: This Old Marketing podcast. PNR: The Q&A.

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Measuring the Impact of Social Media

Customers Rock!

Finding ROI in your social media initiatives doesn’t have to be imaginary. However, the fact that social media is a web-based activity gives companies (especially those in the Business to Consumer space) the opportunity to measure actual product purchases coming from social media. Sanuk is another example.

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Five Different Ways to Market Your Service-Oriented Online Business

Andrea Kalli

For entrepreneurs operating an online service business — a web design agency, consultancy firm, or support business — the process can be even more difficult. Most businesses are relatively open to assistance when they are not pushed to purchase, and an intelligent phone marketing campaign can bring in valuable new clients.

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Antisocial Media: The Opposite of Social Media

Small Business CEO

But, how much is enough and what are the true consequences of doing “just enough?&# And, what if “just enough&# isn’t? You know — the one where an agency PR professional sits down to talk with their client about the next 90 days and beyond. What is the purchasing cycle? It is a check box.

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Take Assumptions Out of Customer Listening

Service Untitled

Then, he asked the housekeeping staff assigned to the concierge level what they were hearing from the guests on the floor–what was the most requested item that they didn’t have. Guess what he authorized for purchase under that line item? New Jersey Transit, America’s third-largest public transit agency has introduced.