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Art of Getting Paid
Making Invoicing Faster: Automate It Using Quickbook's Recurring Invoice Tool
Blogging
A 5-Point Plan for Promoting and Amplifying Your Blog Posts (Part 2)
A 5-Point Plan for Promoting and Amplifying Your Blog Posts (Part 1)
How Do you Embed an Animated GIF into A Blog Post
What are some do's and don'ts that should be followed when making a video post?
How Nitika Chopra Builds an Engaged Team of Contributors for Her Online Magazine "Your Bella Life"
Business Strategy
How Can I Start a Wikipedia Page for My Brand?
How Can I Work Productively While Out of the Country or City I Normally Work In?
How should I go about finding funding for my business?
How Can I Improve My Communication Skills?
When starting my business, what should I outsource?
What is a Resume & Why Does an Entrepreneur Need One?
The Today Show: You Landed Jill's Steals and Deals - Will Your Website Crash? How to Keep it Alive
How Important is LinkedIn for my Business?
How should I price my products / services?
Reasons for Disability Insurance for Entrepreneurs: Protecting Your Income
Facebook
How Do I Link My Instagram Account To My Facebook Page or A Page That I Manage?
How Do I Add Reviews To My Facebook Business Page?
Is Facebook's Call to Action Button Working and Worth It?
Introducing Facebook's Call to Action Button
Ideas for Marketing on Facebook During Holidays
The Time Commitment of Social Networking
How to Update Your Facebook Page via Mobile
How to Send an Update to Facebook Page Fans (You can't)
In a Nutshell: Facebook Business Page Overview and Best Practices
Facebook Faux Pas: Using Your Personal Profile for Commercial Gain
Are people more likely to "Like" a pretty, branded Facebook page over a plain one?
How to Update a Facebook Business Page with your Mobile Phone
How can you see the real URL in a bit.ly link?
Holistic Business
How Can I Prevent Biz Anxiety & Stress from Distracting Me or Getting Me Off Track?
Instagram
"I CAN'T STOP TOGGLING!" Easily Switching Accounts in Instagram Without Logging In or Out
MAJOR! How Hootsuite's Instagram Scheduling Feature Will Change Your Business & Your Life
How Can I Make Big Spaces & Line Breaks in Instagram
How to Build an Instagram Marketing Campaign
How Can I Repost Photos & Videos on Instagram?
Instagram Rules for Hosting a Loop Giveaway
How to Host a Loop Giveaway on Instagram (Part 2)
How to Host a Loop Giveaway on Instagram (Part 1)
Tag, You’re it! When and How to Leverage Tags and Follow Tagging Etiquette in Instagram
How to Take a Picture of a Picture or Text on Your Phone for Instagram (aka a Screenshot)
What is a Latergram on Instagram and How can my Business Use it Strategically?
What is a Regram on Instagram and How Your Business can Use It Strategically
Legal
"Fair Use" of Images, Music, Art and Intellectual Property on Your Website or Blog
Why Should a Small Biz Register Trademarks?
Is my trademark "incontestable"?
5 Common Mistakes Made by Business Owners Filing Trademark Applications
What are some copyright problems businesses have?
someecards.com are Favorites for eCards, But Permission Denied for Publishing on Websites
Copyright and Unauthorized Use of Images on Websites and Facebook - Avoid the Getty Letter
The Benefit to Hiring a Lawyer to File a Trademark Application
I registered my trademark, but another, larger company is using a substantially similar mark. How can I stop them?
I have a great idea for a product and I want to trademark the name but the product is still in the development stage. What can I do to protect the concept?
What is the best way to protect my business name from being copied? How do I avoid paying through the nose to do so?
Newsletter Marketing
Why Are Alt Attributes Important In Newsletter And Email Marketing?
How Do You Make Emoticons (Emojis) in Subject Lines and Is it a Good Idea?
The Teaser Field: The Most Overlooked, Underused, Important Area of a Newsletter for Open Rates
It's Personal - 7 Reasons Why People Unsubscribe From Your Newsletter
Unsubscribe! The Worst Marketing Move for Your Newsletter
Packaging
Small Business Packaging Strategies That Work: Volume One
Packaging Trends: Green, Kraft, Gradients, and Personality
Periscope
5 Highlights Alexa Carlin Learned From Periscope Summit 2015
Should I Include My Name In My Business Periscope And Twitter Accounts?
What Is This? "So and So Wants You To Watch This Broadcast!" Sharing A Periscope Broadcast or Replay
How To Create, Sign Up For & Start a Periscope Account - The Nuts and Bolts of Broadcasting Live
Photography
Studio Design App: For Modern Designs and Editing on Photos or Remix Someone Else's
Where Are These Sexy Office Scenes and Photos Coming From?
How to Make a DIY Light Box for Better Product Photography
Sexy Images Using Filters in iPhone
How Can I Take Great Headshots and Videos at Home?
Pinterest
PicMonkey Makes it Easy to Create Pin Worthy Images in Minutes
Pinterest's Elusive Sweet Spot for RePins: The Alt Attribute Field That Auto-Fills Descriptions For Getting RePinned
Is it Okay to Change the Link on a Pin at Pinterest if the Website of Which it Originated is Spammy?
How Small Businesses are Using Pinterest: 5 Strategic Approaches
Public Relations
What If My Media Contact Works At Several Publications Or TV Programs?
How To Find Media Contacts and Build A List To Promote Your Business
Is "Pay to Play" Press Really Worth It?
Will Pay-to-Play Publicity Make Pure Press Even More Valuable? Tin Shingle Co-Founder Katie Weighs In
I Got Into PeopleStyleWatch, How Can I Leverage This Opportunity? (a strategy that an be applied to many other fashion magazines!)
What Should I Include When Sending Samples to the Media?
Better Sample Management of Your Press Samples Can Add Value, So Let’s Get Organized
How to Build a Relationship from Your Deskside Appointment or Meeting
How Can I Build Buzz While on Spring Break or Any Other Vacation
The "Trend Story": How to Pair Up with a Similar Business to "Co-Pitch" for More Press
My Product was Featured at the Oscars, Now What Do I Do?
I used to work fairly regulalry with a member of the press now they don't reply to my emails. What happened & what should I do?
How Do I Track Down a Magazine's Editorial Calendar?
How Can I Use Social Media to Get Press?
What Should a Press Kit Look Like?
How Can My Lifestyle Brand Handle the "Under $25, Under $50" etc. Requests We Get When We Don't Rely on Lower Priced Overseas Production?
I just began my own DIY PR campaign. How soon after I begin pitching the press can I expect to see results?
How can I get FREE publicity?
How Can I Be Sure I'm Getting the Most from my PR Agency?
What do Publicists know that those doing DIY PR should know as well? 8 Q & A's with a PR Pro
How do I write a great letter to the editor of a newspaper or magazine?
How do I Reach Out to the Media?
Samples: To Send or Not to Send?
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles translate into more places to pitch!
How do you know if you are ready to have your product featured on a national television program?
Online Press Clippings: Best Bets
How to Create An Effective Media Kit
Why video is important for your campaign, by Salt & Pepper Media
How Do I Send Out A Great Press Release?
How Do I Manage My Pitches and Track Media Outreach?
Small Biz Pitching "Do's" That You Need to Know to Succeed
How do I use an editorial calendar?
Do Blogs and Websites Send Samples Back?
What Should I Look for When I'm Hiring a PR Firm?
How Do I Pitch the Media Using Editorial Calendars?
How do I Land (& Handle) a Deskside Appointment?
How to Pitch Mom & Baby Products to the Parenting Press: Guest Expert Magnolia PR Tells All
Public Relations - Celebrity
Once I Have My Product Ready When Can I Start Contacting Celebrities/Bloggers to Send Them Pieces of My Line?
Should I Gift Celebrities Who Aren't A List (More Like C or D List)
The Top 10 Don'ts of How to Get Your Product on Celebrities
The Top 10 Do's of How to Get Your Product on Celebrities
Public Relations - How To Pitch These TV Programs
Frequently Asked Questions About Getting Featured on Good Morning America
How Can I Pitch the Today Show?
How Do I Pitch My Brand To A Morning Show?
How to Pitch Your Business, Brand or Story to Good Morning America Producers
How Do You Get on the Today Show 4th Hour With Kathie Lee & Hoda?
Public Relations - How To Pitch These Websites
How To Pitch People's Style Watch Deals Section
How To Pitch Yahoo! Health
How Can I Get My Products Into People StyleWatch?
Press Alternatives to Daily Candy: Who You Should Pitch Now That Daily Candy is Closed
How do I get my product into Star Magazine's Hot Sheet?
How do I get into Lucky Magazine's Deal of the Day?
How to Pitch and Get on Daily Candy, and Prepare for the Placement
Public Relations - Pitching Holidays
Valentine's Day Pitch Ideas for Expert or Service Businesses
How to Pitch Products to Magazines and TV for Valentine's Day
Think Valentine's Day
How to Pitch Valentine's Day
How to Pitch the Press for Valentine's Day
Public Relations - Pitching The Media
How to Pitch the Press Without Getting This Answer: "Buy Some Advertising"
Press Release Vs. Pitch, Which Do I Send?
If the editor I'm emailing isn't writing me back, can I start pitching another editor at the same magazine?
Can I pitch more than one editor at the same magazine (at the same time)?
What are the Basic Components I Need to Create a Good Pitch Email?
How to Pitch SI Swimsuit Edition: Your Quick Guide to Crafting the Perfect Pitch in Swimsuit, Jewelry & Accessories"
Pitching Dont's - Don't Make These Mistakes When Pitching the Press
People keep ignoring my pitches, how can I make them more powerful?
How do I know when my pitch is a bad pitch?
How do you pitch bloggers & online press, and maintain a longterm relationship with them?
Secrets for Success
Quick Drawing, Gunsligning Business Owners and Marketers are Using These Website Platforms and Apps
SEO
Will Mobile-Friendly Website Design Requirements Ever Include Tablets Like iPads?
What Google's Mobile-Friendly Update Means for Your Website, and Changes You'll Need to Make Now
My Website Is Gone! Dead! ICANN Suspended and Took Down the Domain! What Do I Do?
Super Duper Important Website Edit You Can Make Now for More Sales
How Copywriting Can Increase Your SEO by 400% for One Keyword Term
Leveraging SEO and Social Spread After Your Brand is Featured on the Oscars!
Getting Your Face Into Google: The Why and How of Authorship
How to Build a Stunning Website Without Code
How Other Websites Can Help Your SEO
Understanding SEOwhoooo? Basic SEO in Plain English
Why Is The Image Filename Important For SEO And Alt Attributes?
SEO and Opening an Amazon Store with Katie Danziger, Founder Nomie Baby
Social Media
Social Media Image Size Guide for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest
How to Create Totally Different Quote Images for Instagram and Facebook From One Photo Taken In Your Own Front Yard
Cover Art Photo Dimensions For Social Media Platforms
What Apps Make Working with Photos on Social Media Easier?
Are You an Egghead? The Social Faux Pas of No Profile Picture
The Art of Getting Paid
How to Set Up Payment Plans & Subscription Orders Using PayPal
Tradeshows
10 Musts for Trade Show Success: Pro & Veteran Jennifer Fortney Breaks it Down
How Do I Prepare for a Trade Show to Ensure Success?
Twitter
How Can I Use Twitter Analytics to Tweet More Powerfully
Twitter: Is Anyone Listening? Or Is Everyone Talking To Anyone Who Will Listen?
What Is A Quote Tweet, And When Do I Want To Use It Instead Of A Retweet?
WordSwag Makes Twitter Image Alignment Easy With Twitter Preview Area!
Should My Blog Have Its Own Twitter Handle?
Creating Your Brand Story in Twitter - Best Practices as of May 2014
Twitter Emails Your Bio to People! Is Your Bio Any Good?
How to Create an Automated DM (Direct Message) in Twitter - Auto Style
What is the Hashtag # on Twitter? Aka a "pound sign"
Website Design
Shopify is the New It Girl for Website Traffic Bursts and Not Crashing
Backup All Press Logos, Videos, Links and Tweets Before They Vanish
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