Archive for 'Internet Marketing Advice'
Imagine Having Over 100 Experts on Your R&D Team
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by willrak.
That’s what being in the SearchMarketMe Agency Owner Network is like. Just today I got an email from one of our newest Agency Owners who was looking for an online service for seamless and automated billing and invoicing to her clients. Before I could even respond (and I respond quickly!), she sent me another one [...]
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(Another) Agency Owner Success Story: Dean Hawker
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by sbkarren.
We always like to announce the new Agency Owners as they come into the program, but it’s also nice to check back in with existing Agency Owners to see how they’re doing. Dean Hawker partnered with us in April of 2011 to open his internet marketing agency, Encompass Online Sales & Marketing. He joined me [...]
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3 Key Predictions for Internet Marketing in 2012
Posted on 21. Dec, 2011 by willrak.
Now is the time of the year to reflect on the past and plan for the future. What better way to do that than to assess how the internet marketing industry has changed and where it’s going. This is a crucial practice for agencies, both in planning new business offerings and in ensuring the success [...]
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Unscripted, Unrehearsed and Uncensored: Your Conversations with Our Agency Owners
Posted on 17. Nov, 2011 by sbkarren.
These days, consumer reviews can make you or break you. Everyone seems to have an opinion, and a place to share it (Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Angie’s List, etc.). For SearchMarketMe, this type of transparency is a good thing. We want you to talk to the people in our program. As part of the investigation process, we have you speak to no [...]
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Internet Marketing Franchises: Buy a Job or Build a Business?
Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by sbkarren.
I’ve been asked several times over the last week what the key differentiator is between SearchMarketMe and the companies that sell internet marketing franchises. My answer: “They sell you a job. We help you build a business.” The companies that sell internet marketing franchises are essentially selling sales jobs. You become a “franchisee,” but in [...]
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SMM National Conference: The People You Need, To Succeed
Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by sbkarren.
People! This is the number one answer to “What makes a difficult job bearable?” “What makes an impossible sale possible?” and “What makes all the difference in the world?” It’s people. You’d think after three previous SearchMarketMe Agency Owner conferences, I would have already understood this about our network of internet marketing Agency Owners, but [...]
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Things Just Got Personal! (Personal TechDemos have replaced Large-group Webinars)
Posted on 20. Sep, 2011 by sbkarren.
If you’ve ever been on a pre-recorded webinar that pretended to be real, you know what we’re talking about. If you’ve ever been on a phone call with someone who was obviously working from a script, and only cared about getting you to the “next step” in the process, you know what we’re talking about. If you [...]
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