Your next publicity opportunity

How to Get Your Next Publicity Opportunity

The media can be an incredibly useful resource for your business — providing opportunities to gain exposure, get in front of your target audience, drive traffic to your website, and connect with potential customers. Yet taking advantage of publicity opportunities often seems more easily said than done when you’re first starting a business. True, getting...

Captivating Social Posts

What Makes Social Media Posts Captivating? 5 Key Things.

According to research, over 3.6 billion people use social media worldwide, a number projected to increase to almost 4.41 billion in 2025. With such a massive presence of people on social media channels, businesses can’t afford to miss the huge opportunity of reaching wider audiences through social media marketing. It doesn’t matter whether you...

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5 Unexplored Benefits of Proactive Podcast Marketing

The leading French novelist, Milan Kundera, said, Business has only two functions- marketing and innovation. For any organization, marketing falls in the spectrum of primary business activities. It is an undeniable fact that while sales drive revenue, marketing gravitates people towards a brand and inspires purchasing decisions. Having said that, marketing is the most powerful catalyst to...

Sara Bendrick

Without Scalable Systems Sara Bendrick’s Landscaping Business Was In Trouble

Sara Bendrick is a designer, licensed contractor & T.V. Host for the DIY Network.  She has a bachelors in landscape architecture from Cal Poly SLO and when not filming ‘I Hate my Yard’ or her new series “Lawn & Order’  she runs a Landscape design/build company, ‘Sarita Landscape Design’. Her landscaping business was doing 'ok'....

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Three Ways to Build More Authentic Connections with Customers

 In today’s digital shopping landscape, clear and easy communication with your customers has never been more important. With so many more people shopping online, making a lasting impression to create repeat customers is vital. In fact, according to a recent Meta study, 75% of adults across the globe said that they want to be able...

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Five Graphic Design Elements Small Businesses Can’t Ignore

It happened to me many times that I tried to know more about a company after looking at its eye-catchy logo or creatively-designed website. My friend, clever designs wield power that can attract your audience like anything. Be it your website, logo, or brochures, your audience notices you. And if you want to leave...

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Top Three Tips for SMB Retail Success

There is no denying that it has been a tough stretch for smaller retailers. Many were impacted directly by consumers turning to national brands during the height of the global pandemic. Now, there is evidence that SMB retailers are disproportionately affected by delays and shortages due to the much-publicized supply chain issues. Supply chain...

Maggie Owens - Presley Paige - Pandemic Survival

Launched At the Pandemic’s Start. Maggie Owens Business Thrives Today.

Launching your own business at any time is a challenge. Doing so during the pandemic can prove to be an enormous feat. While some businesses have been doing exceptionally well due to these times, (think cleaning services, Amazon, and grocery stores), others, (think restaurants and party stores) have had a steep hill to climb...

Billy Price, Billy Price Footwear

Marketing to a Wider Audience. Billy Price – from Disability to Business

How can you turn adversity into a business that transforms lives? Our guest Billy Price, founder of Billy Price Footwear joins Ramon Ray, founder of SmartHustle.com, to share how his paralysis from the chest down birthed a revolutionary shoe company. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Market to A Wider Audience...