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5-Part Plan for Social Media Marketing

by The Obvious Expert on October 5, 2009

A blog post or two each month won’t improve your business nor will a Facebook page that you update sporadically. Let’s face it, you really can’t ‘dabble’ in social media marketing and expect to see meaningful results.

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Social Media Saturation in 67 Days

by The Obvious Expert on September 3, 2009

The 67 Days of Smile Ambassadors, Stacey and Kyle will be blogging, tweeting on Twitter, uploading videos to YouTube, adding photos to Flickr, and sharing on Facebook.

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Social Media Helped Him Land 50 New Jobs

by The Obvious Expert on August 19, 2009

Daniel Seddiqui is living one of the most interesting career experiences anyone has ever had, and last week, The Obvious Expert had the pleasure to interview him about the 50 new jobs social media has helped him land.

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Easy Way to Get Cash into Your Business or Consulting Practice

July 24, 2009

But an often overlooked option is to get money from your clients and customers in advance of work, service, or goods you will be providing to them. Instead of going to a lender to borrow money against the income you anticipate in the future, why not skip that step and try to get your hands on that future income now?

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Social Media Marketing Validation Has Long Blonde Hair and Swings a Golf Club

July 16, 2009

Twitter from LPGA Legend Morgan Pressel drives home the power of social media marketing. Ralph Lauren must be saying “thank you, thank you, thank you!”

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The 5 Types of People Who Will Buy What You Sell

July 2, 2009

But no matter what type of business you are in or what goods or services you offer, all of the people with whom you interact are really a consumer on some stage of his or her developmental journey that hopefully leads to a long, happy relationship with you.Your job is to be the Sherpa, with the task of leading, herding, cajoling, inspiring, and enticing them to continue along the path.

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Would Your Marketing Be More Effective if You Took Your Clothes Off To Do It?

July 2, 2009

Air New Zealand has created an air safety instruction video that can only be called “riveting”. Watch how magnetically you will be drawn to scrutinizing this air safety video, all because the flight crew featured in the film is wearing only shoes and a remarkable layer of body paint.

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When Your Business Means More than Money

June 30, 2009

It is hard not to focus on the bottom line. If you are a sole practitioner, a consultant, a coach, small business person, or entrepreneur, it can be really stressful when the only boss who can give you a raise is you, and as your own chief financial officer, you have to tell yourself, “No, the business just can’t afford it.”

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Can You Get Your Brand into the Dictionary

June 29, 2009

The reason blogs and websites directed toward business people, consultants, entrepreneurs, and coaches, are using the phrase obvious expert as part of their vernacular is because it is one of, if not the, best descriptor ever conceived for conveying what it takes to be the top of the mind, go-to, specialist in your field.

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Why You Should Link to Guy Kawasaki Blog, Just as Soon as You Link to The Obvious Expert Blog

June 28, 2009

If you write a blog, you should never be afraid to talk about other blogs. It’s not a competition; it’s a community.

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