Future Trends: The Impact of IoT on Small Business

Future Trends: The Impact of IoT on Small Business

by Guest Contributor: Cameron Johnson The Internet of Things (IoT) is finally here, and with it has come major changes to the way people do business—from the way they market products to the way they make repeat sales. The old way of marketing relied on customers to be...
Success and Struggle: The Real SMB Story

Success and Struggle: The Real SMB Story

Newsflash: You are a mentor. You aren’t just a small business owner, you’re a mentor. People admire your courage, your drive, your passion and freedom. As a mentor and leader there’s something important you want to share in your storytelling. When your customers ask...
Social Storytelling for Business – Better Than A Cool Logo

Social Storytelling for Business – Better Than A Cool Logo

Sometimes storytelling for business can be a little rough. Do you struggle to write content that will engage and convert? Are there days, weeks, months, even, when writing feels as torturous as getting a cavity filled? Or maybe you’d rather get that cavity filled than...
The Social Sales Funnel

The Social Sales Funnel

Guest Post by Nick Rojas, a business consultant and journalist from Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter @NickARojas. It’s well understood by now that the entire process of sales has been completely revolutionized by social media. Before, access to consumers was limited...
Marketing is Emotion. Emotional Stories.

Marketing is Emotion. Emotional Stories.

This TD Waterhouse commercial is a powerful example of storytelling as marketing. It picks you up and carries you along. Give it a watch, you might get that teary thing going in your eye. Doesn’t this make a bigger and better impact than some advertisement about...