This year’s BrandZ ranking of the top 100 valuable global brands sees Apple maintain its reign at number one and the value of the top brands grow by 7 per cent to $2.6 trillion (RT @green_goddess: Millward Brown annual BrandZ ranking retains IBM as...
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You've seen videos of people doing ridiculous things on the Internet. But you probably haven't seen too many videos of small businesses sharing their good work. Web video is more or less the domain of the ridiculous — whether that means something cute or something painful. Even top ads and commercials have a touch of the absurd (Old Spice, Dos Equis, I'm looking at you). So how does a small business compete with disturbingly low attention spans and a whole Internet of viral videos? Read on for five ways that small businesses can take advantage of web video without blowing their budgets and let us know your own success stories in the comments below.... Via Jeff Domansky
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Here's a few good ideas on how to use video in your business 
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May 19, 4:41 PM
Very practical tips to help you get web video working for your small business. 
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May 20, 12:55 AM
All good ideas.
A dance studio could ask students to make a "Vine" (a brief "Twideo") video after an evening of using some cool moves (learned at the studio) on the dance floor on Saturday night. Put a 'plug' in for the studio. That would be great advertising for the studio. Delete the scoop?
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(This is the third post in a series: How To Change an Organization and Create a New Culture) "If you are wedded to today's trends, you'll be widowed by the weekend." --E. Stanley Jones The w... (Did you catch this?
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Changing an organization's culture is right up there with the most challenging work that an organization's leadership can take on. Here are some good insights from an enlightened pastor. Delete the scoop?
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RT @gregbardwell: 13 Reasons Why Your Content Marketing Might Fail http://t.co/aVbl6rlAz9
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Great insights for anyone trying to market through content creation. Delete the scoop?
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At the 1961 Masters Tournament, Arnold Palmer held a one stroke lead over Gary Player as he walked off the 18th tee.
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According to a Twitter and Compete study B2B brands are generating more leads and increasing their online business opportunities through Tweets.
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A Quick read on the value of twitter to B2B Marketing Delete the scoop?
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A new study from Manta shows half of U.S. small business owners plan to invest more time in social media efforts, despite the fact that 60% haven’t seen any benefits from social networking.
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Learn how nonprofits can use content to demonstrate and communicate constituent impact. Via The Fish Firm
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A brief description of easy to implement ideas that can reduce business utility costs by 10% - 20% and more. For more information, visit www.utilitybillanaly...
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A 5 minute video on things every business, nonprofit, and municipality should know about reducing their utility expenses and getting a refund for past unnoticed overcharges. Delete the scoop?
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With 9 out of 10 B2B marketers adding content tactics to their marketing mix (according to a MarketingProfs/CMI 2013 study), it's hard to deny the impact of all the attention. Like any other business marketing topic trending in ... Delete the scoop?
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This video shows how many organizations can get utility refunds and savings with just a few minutes of their time. Visit www.utilitybillanalysis.com to learn...
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Several weeks ago, our good friend Lee Odden declared quantity over quality as one of the most dangerous content marketing myths. Low-quality conte (Quality Vs. Delete the scoop?
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LinkedIn marketing continues to pick up steam, as more and more businesses, particularly B2B businesses, realize the importance and value of creating a comprehensive strategy for one of the world's largest social networks.
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The innovate-or-die rationale isn't working out for most companies, a new study says (Investing in innovative new products helps long-term success.
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I'm not so sure about this conclusion but we do not need another type of fast food sandwich. How about some more meaningful attempts at innovation that solves problems? Delete the scoop?
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Jill is an African American woman with ten years of experience in public accounting. She is certified and versatile in the areas of practice in which she might contribute now and in the future. She...
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These issues seem never to have a permanent solution. This topic is as relevant today as it was in the '80's. Delete the scoop?
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RT @lauraramos: B2B CMOs must move marketing from selling to an audience to building relationships/trust across a community. http://t.co/z6407zqD1z
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When it comes to content curation, few sites do it better than Pinterest.
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Pinterest useful for B2B Marketing? Some examples to think about Delete the scoop?
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The new manufacturing. It is already here. One of the reasons that US jobs creation has fallen short even though the manufacturing sector is in a strong recovery. People with new skills are needed! Delete the scoop?
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Does your B2B Advertising Agency know what's up with Inbound Marketing? Or, are they bluffing? We know; we used to do strictly traditional, too. (RT @tuxmiller: 5 Things Your #B2B Advertising Agency Should Know About Inbound Marketing.
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Online Communities for B2B Lead Generation: A Guide for B2B Marketers Business 2 Community With an increasing amount of time being spent online in communities and the subsequesnt uptake of community building activities in the B2B world, now is the...
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In high school, I asked for the opportunity to run our school’s concession stand.
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How do you find inspiration? For many, the simplest ideas articulated in the form of a short quote can help you to think a little clearer, to move a little faster, to work a little harder, to drive toward a loftier goal.
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Social media news and new developments making social media marketing easier.
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The new year means a clean slate for your organization’s fundraising strategy. Here are 5 resolutions you should consider keeping in 2013. Via The Fish Firm
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In addition to this great article, my nonprofit clients have gotten funds in a unique way: http://youtu.be/zQOmAbwDL_0 
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To celebrate World Water Day (Alternative water oecd193 life-member of the science and technology improving the quality / knowledge services), climate change, global environmental services restored knowledge. 
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February 12, 2:36 AM
Change the world through the use of renewable energies such as normal household waste, wind and water. Stop destroying the forest, retrieve products basements. http://goo.gl/1k5Qk
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I've started my non-profit and I'm open for funding! Any and all suggestions are open and welcome.
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Look over this list and pick out a few to follow - watch what they do and how they do it. How can you apply some of their principles to your own business?