June 21, 2011

5 Smart Small Business Email Marketing Strategies

Email campaigns allow you to reach your customers by delivering your content directly to their inbox--an incredibly powerful tool for communicating with and engaging your customer base.

To be successful, you need to knock their socks off. And that requires the following 5 strategies: 

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June 14, 2011

3 Ridiculously Affordable Phone Solutions for Small Business

You could use your home phone. But then you might get calls at all hours of the night. You could use your cell phone. But then you’re always at the mercy of your fleeting battery life and signal strength.

Although both are cost effective, I’m fairly certain neither can come remotely close to the functionality and professionalism of the phone systems being used by some of your larger competitors.

And that’s a big problem. Your phone is one of the biggest doorways into your business.

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June 10, 2011

Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship Offers Powerful Programs for Pittsburgh’s Women in Business

By the time most people were starting to roll out of bed at 7:30 am this morning, more than 70 women had already converged on the campus of Chatham University to attend the Women Business Leaders Breakfast Series hosted by the University’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship.

The event was highlighted by an inspired presentation on health and wellness by Dr. Vonda Wright, orthopaedic surgeon and author of Guide to Thrive: Four Steps to Body, Brains, and Bliss and Fitness After 40: How to Stay Strong at Any Age.

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