zing Archives - Business Marketing Consulting Services | Louisville, KY | SMB Consulting, Inc. http://smbconsultinginc.com/tag/zing/ Better Marketing | Better Results Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:35:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/smbconsultinginc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-SMB_cyan.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 zing Archives - Business Marketing Consulting Services | Louisville, KY | SMB Consulting, Inc. http://smbconsultinginc.com/tag/zing/ 32 32 230892403 Obamas Propaganda Machine? https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/12/11/obamas-propaganda-machine/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/12/11/obamas-propaganda-machine/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:35:50 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/real-estate/obamas-propaganda-machine/ President elect Obama has been heralded before on HouseBlogger for his net savvy ability to get the grassroots to come out and vote. Now, politics is always a polarizing issue so please put away any bias you may have and please come with me as we appreciate his marketing ability. Because thats really what matters […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/12/11/obamas-propaganda-machine/feed/ 1 581 Blogging Questions & Answers 27 https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/29/blogging-questions-answers-27/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/29/blogging-questions-answers-27/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:24:26 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/social-media/blogging-questions-answers-27/ Happy Thanksgiving for you guys that celebrate it (I know it was yesterday…). Another set of questions and answers is live. If you want to ask a question you just need to leave a comment below with it. 1. James asks: I run a podcast via a blog. I just started moving into video and […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/29/blogging-questions-answers-27/feed/ 0 580 Infographics Can Help You Spread Ideas and Attract Attention https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/29/infographics-can-help-you-spread-ideas-and-attract-attention/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/29/infographics-can-help-you-spread-ideas-and-attract-attention/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:24:21 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/social-media/infographics-can-help-you-spread-ideas-and-attract-attention/ An image is an act of communication. Images play an important role in the presentation of ideas. Worth more than a thousand words, they encapsulate meaning by both simplifying and embodying conceptual theories.They make information more appealing, more persuasive. In the realm of art or activism, images reflect the underlying current of collective feeling by vocalizing […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/29/infographics-can-help-you-spread-ideas-and-attract-attention/feed/ 0 577 Personal Branding is its own reward https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/02/personal-branding-is-its-own-reward/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/02/personal-branding-is-its-own-reward/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:15:40 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/social-media/personal-branding-is-its-own-reward/ Each year, Dan Schawbel’s organization recognizes some of the standout brands with Personal Brand Awards. Last year, Rohit Bhargava won the gold award, and this year Jeremiah Owyang was presented the 2008 gold award. An esteemed panel of judges made the selection and people were graded based on a few factors, such as value proposition, […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/11/02/personal-branding-is-its-own-reward/feed/ 0 534 BlogRush: RIP https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/blogrush-rip/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/blogrush-rip/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:29:55 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/social-media/blogrush-rip/ Here is an email that I (and a lot of other people) received from BlogRush John Reese: After careful consideration, we have decided to shutdown the BlogRush service.  If you have the widget code on your blog you will need to remove it. When BlogRush launched in late-2007 it spread like wildfire all over the […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/blogrush-rip/feed/ 0 525 Tip’d: A Social Media Site on the Rise https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/tip%e2%80%99d-a-social-media-site-on-the-rise/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/tip%e2%80%99d-a-social-media-site-on-the-rise/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:19:24 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/social-media/tip%e2%80%99d-a-social-media-site-on-the-rise/ With so many open source variations of social media sites, there are new ones launched every day.  Most cater to a very small niche and rarely make it to 100 registered users. Tip’d is the exception.  After its official launch last week, it has already made some amazing strides as of October 20, 2008: 750+ […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/tip%e2%80%99d-a-social-media-site-on-the-rise/feed/ 0 510 Fear of Losing: Using Competitive Instincts to Your Advantage https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/fear-of-losing-using-competitive-instincts-to-your-advantage/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/fear-of-losing-using-competitive-instincts-to-your-advantage/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:19:18 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/social-media/fear-of-losing-using-competitive-instincts-to-your-advantage/ The Winner’s Curse is a term used to describe auctions whereby the winner will overpay because he/she overestimates the item’s actual market value. This tendency to overbid is due to factors like incomplete information or other market participants. Recent research show that people also overbid because of the fear of losing in a social competition.  A team of NYU neuroscientists and […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/fear-of-losing-using-competitive-instincts-to-your-advantage/feed/ 0 508 7 Tips for Coping with Email Overload https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/7-tips-for-coping-with-email-overload/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/7-tips-for-coping-with-email-overload/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:57:37 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/real-estate/7-tips-for-coping-with-email-overload/ This is the feature article in this week’s RealtyBiz Agent Success Newsletter. I’m now back from Spain and have spent the last week trying to catch up on email, contacts, client relationships, and everything else that I put on hold for my vacation. Getting away was great – and I made sure not to do […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/7-tips-for-coping-with-email-overload/feed/ 0 489 Introduction to Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/introduction-to-pay-per-click-ppc-advertising/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/introduction-to-pay-per-click-ppc-advertising/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:57:36 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/real-estate/introduction-to-pay-per-click-ppc-advertising/ This is the feature article in this week’s RealtyBiz Agent Success Newsletter. Online advertising is becoming more popular among small businesses that want their site to display on the first page of search results for specific keywords. Pay-per-click advertising is a great way for businesses to do just that. PPC advertising allows websites to list […]

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]]> https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/introduction-to-pay-per-click-ppc-advertising/feed/ 0 488 Be More Productive with the 80/20 Rule https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/be-more-productive-with-the-8020-rule/ https://smbconsultinginc.com/2008/10/31/be-more-productive-with-the-8020-rule/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:57:34 +0000 http://smbconsultinginc.com/blog/real-estate/be-more-productive-with-the-8020-rule/ This is the feature article in this week’s RealtyBiz Agent Success Newsletter. I’m headed to the Priorat region of Spain for a week on Friday. Of course, I still have a million things on my to-do list and a million more on would-like-to-do list. As I added yet another thing to the to-do list, I […]

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