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In this issue, meet Sharon R. Pinder, CEO of The Pinder Group and Creator of the Top 100 MBE Awards. Learn what the state of Maryland and Liberia have in common, and hear why "On The Backs of Blacks" benefits all Minorities.
Also, visit two of our own MinorityBuzz.com featured members; get the Buzz on this month's must attend events; also, find out how to grow your business through bartering with other businesses and the etiquette of businesss cards when dealing with international prospects or clients.
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 Meet this Month's Featured Leader, Ms. Sharon R. Pinder, CEO, The Pinder Group, LLC. Creator of The Top 100 MBE Awards.
Click Here to View Our Video Interview with Ms. Pinder
In our interview, Ms. Pinder speaks about how Liberia began with freed Blacks from Maryland. She also speaks about her Daughter, whom survived the civil war in Liberia, her book "On The Backs of Black," The Top 100 MBE Awards and her former role as Special Secretary. To learn more about The Pinder Group, LLC, or to find out about how you can participate in The Top 100 MBE Awards, please visit their website. To obtain a copy of this interview in DVD format, please call us toll-free at 1-877-433-3810. Quantities are limited. Click here to Sponsor our Featured Leaders Segment |
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Five Questions to Answer When Creating Your First Website
07/17/2008 - By Tom Now of Website Marketing NOW - StartupNation.com
"Wow, what a great website!"
This is what you want your prospective customers to think when they visit your website. So, where do you start when you've decided to create your first site?
A great first step is to read through StartupNation's 11 Steps to a Successful Website. This will give you the nuts and bolts for development of a site that helps you build business.
And to take your website to a new level, thrill your site visitors and beat the competition, there's more that you can do. Specifically, you should ask yourself the five additional high-level marketing questions listed below.
Five Questions to Ask Yourself
1. How are you going to measure success?
2. How will your website help your prospective customers achieve their objectives?
3. What are the competition's strengths and weaknesses?
4. What is your differentiation?
5. How can you make site visitors feel, "Wow, I've got to work with that firm!"?
How are you going to measure success?
First, determine the type of website you will create (lead-generation, sales, educational, etc.). Next, identify your measures of success. One year from now, what does the website need to produce in order for you to consider the site successful? When defining your success metrics, be specific. You might be trying to make sales on your website, but exactly how much revenue and at what average revenue per order do you need in order to hit your profit goals? It is this laser-like focus that will enable you to gauge success on a monthly basis, empowering you to know when changes need to be made to your website.
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Business Best Practices 06/20/2008 by Amy Cho - BusinessweekUse creative approaches to expand business
Small businesses may struggle to grow in today's economy, but they can take creative measures to ensure they don't stay stagnant. Such measures include contacting former customers, expanding referral networks, seeking out strategic alliances, considering a merger with another firm, implementing cooperative advertising, expanding product lines and conducting an overall re-evaluation of the business. Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) (7/7)
Businesses can appeal to coupon-clippers
Businesses may want to consider using coupons as a way to appeal to customers and increase sales. Businesses can take a number of approaches when creating coupons for today's consumer. Consider making a "gas-saver" coupon for free shipping, or flattering the customer by making a "savvy shopper" coupon. Los Angeles Times (7/7) |
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