Business Visibility and Telling a Story

This post is short. It includes a business-related visibility story in video format. 

The video is short. 

The point: You don't need a long story to build your online visibility. 
You simply need to tell one... Or a few... Or many... 
In any case, start the process of telling your story. Otherwise, you remain invisible.

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This is what we can do for your business - Help you to get and use the best tools for:

1. Building and maintaining Internet Visibility for your business.
2. Channeling that visibility into Online Business revenues.
3. Measuring and Managing Results from being visible and online.

Are any of these familiar?

• Your website isn't bringing business to your door...
• Your e-marketing is expensive and cumbersome...
• You can't measure your results effectively...

Click this link to >>> Contact us now about solutions for those problems.

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Wacky Webcast Wednesday: Visibility in Action

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Business Visibility in Action 

This post is part of a theorem proof. You remember those -- from high school geometry? Every so often, you must test and prove a theory in business, as well. Welcome to my world.

Stay tuned... literally and figuratively. This video is just over a minute long, if you want to take a look.



Comments are welcome. You are invited to share your thoughts.
Remember, part of our focus is your business visibility. So, if you need help being more visible to your target market, click here and we can get started on solutions targeted just for you!

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Webcast Wednesday - The Visibility Equation: Social Media + Video

Are you really still wondering whether or not you need Social Media as a part of your Marketing Strategy?

Please allow me to respectfully submit the following theorem to you -- 
The time for wondering is over and the time to incorporate Social Media into your visibility toolkit is now. 

There are several variables in the Visibility Equation. Two factors that are givens, however, are: 

1. Social Media
2. Video

That is clearly illustrated in the informal treatise in the video below. Michael Stelzner walks, drives, and talks about why Social Media is here to stay.

"It's a lot like fax machines when they first came out... Every business is going to have to have a presence in Social Media."

Michael Stelzner Creator of Social Media Examiner

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Social Media Drive 2 from Michael A. Stelzner. 


Oh, yes... Michael is advertising a virtual Social Media summit which starts in May 2010. I'm sure it will be great! 
How would you like to get a jump start on your planning process, though? Just keep reading below... 

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Social Media for Business Webinar Series

Why don't you join us on a journey toward using Social Media to help you build your business? 
It comes in small, manageable, evenly spaced, virtual bites - i.e.: webinars. Click Here for details and to register, if you decide that this series is for you.



Comments are welcome. Tell us what you think.

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Manage Your Money Monday - Visibility on the Level Playing Field Called Internet

Last week, we looked at your need for a viable business model - the road map for the journey to managing your money well. This entry for Manage Your Money Mondays focuses on how a strong visibility arsenal can help both the top and bottom lines of your income statement. 

Promoting your business is a basic requirement for its survival. How you promote it spells the difference between surviving and growing faster than your competition. More and better visibility content and visibility venues can give your company an edge. 

You must have an edge. What's yours?

"Whether you call it a commercial, elevator pitch, or 60 second presentation ... it's a must. If you have a product or service to sell, you must let others know who you are and what you offer."

Victoria Trafton, owner of Referral Institute of Central Arizona

I have referred to the internet as the great "playing field leveler" in other posts and presentations. This is borne out almost daily with an seemingly endless stream of web-based tools that can give smaller businesses their competitive edge. They are ever more flexible, often customizable, and most importantly AFFORDABLE.  
The service used to deploy the video below is an ideal example of an edge builder.





Disclosure: I was so impressed with the capabilities of this service that my company is now an affiliate. What do you think? Could this be the edge you need? 


However you decide to invest your marketing dollars, just make sure you get the best available set of benefits. Find tools with features that you will use to generate revenues or minimize costs.



If this thinkVISIBILITY service may help you to build your business, click here to sign up for a free trial.
Comments are welcome. Tell us what you think.

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Visibility: Don't Run Your Business Without It!

What one thing does every business need to stay in business?
Put simply: The one big common factor is visibility!

"A business with no sign is a sign of no business."

A common tagline in the sign-making industry

This widely accepted concept for brick and mortar businesses applies equally well to all businesses. 


Why? The great playing field leveler The Internet has made it so. You may not have a storefront at the corner of Apple Lane and Orange Boulevard, but you still must have a visible presence. Otherwise, no one knows where to find you.

Furthermore, in today's Web environment, no one has a plausible excuse for lacking a Web presence.

With just a little bit of research, a savvy business owner can find free hosting, free design tools, free domain registration, free blog sites and certainly free social media communities.

The caveat is, however, that a zero cash outlay does not necessarily mean "cost free." Some of the hosting sites will display your website for free, but that comes with banner ads -- of their choice, not yours. Visitors could get so distracted by other companies' ads that your message is buried in the busyness.
Design tools are also limited. Your choices for page templates, layouts, and colors -- if there are any choices -- will be limited.

Still, there are many other choices that offer very serviceable options for carving out your corner of business visibility. 

One of the easiest ways to build visibility is Blogging.
Among the group of visibility tools that require creating content, blogging takes the least amount of technical knowledge. Dressing up your page with colors, bold characters, and graphics takes just a few mouse clicks. The real "work" is in the writing. In a blog post on the Mashable site, Mark Suster - a venture capitalist - published an article called HOW TO: Create a Successful Company Blog. He clearly details Why you must blog, What you should blog about, and some Right and Wrong ways to go about it. 

It's my fond hope that this blog is an example of a "right way" to go about it. Let me know what you think. 
In future entries, we'll take a look at some other visibility options, including a newly emerging concept called Vlogging - no that's not a typo.

If you would like to have higher visibility for your business, start by checking out one of the services we offer to our clients: A Webmercial. You can see an example -- and place an order --  in this post "How Visible Is Your Business?"

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Will your business grow this year?

It's time to grow your business.
The new year is here... and your business wants to know what you're going to do about that. 

Was one of your New Year's resolutions to spend more time and energy running your business, instead of letting it run you?

• Have you made any appointments with yourself yet, to actually set out some objectives and plan strategies for reaching them? 
• Are you already caught up in the old routines of last year and trying to catch your breath? 

Take a couple of minutes to watch this video thought-starter.

Then call to see what thinkVAULT can do for you and your business.

thinkVAULT New Year - Grow Your Business

What are you thinking NOW?

At a time when it seems logical to curtail spending, some business owners will recognize the window of opportunity to gain market share. Are you one of them?




It is a jungle out there.

To make a real impact in 2010, planning is required. 
thinkVAULT can help you with that.

I can help to clear away the distracting vines and underbrush for you -- even tame a few revenue-limiting tigers. Let me know when you're ready. 

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