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What a Business Makes

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - Jul 13, 2008

I’ve owned my business now for over twenty years, I love it, wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve worked very hard to make my business what it is, but I’ve finally come to the conclusion that, after years of hard work …

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The Best City for Entrepreneurs

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - Jun 30, 2008

I am doing an interview today with a journalist writing a story about entrepreneurial cities. You’ve probably seen these kinds of articles before, but to me this is such a tough question. What’s the best place to be …

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Free Guides from SCORE

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - May 27, 2008

SCORE, “Counselors to America’s Small Business,” is a offering two free workbooks to the first 1,000 people to sign up. The two workbooks are comprehensive guides to starting and structuring a business, and are great …

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Great New Tool for Start-ups

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - May 21, 2008

Starting a new business is exciting, scary, exhilarating, confusing, and freeing. But, mostly it’s a lot of work. There’s a bunch of steps you need to do in order to get started right. You can do some research and …

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Who don’t you want as a customer?

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - Mar 26, 2008

I often write about defining a narrow target market and communicating only with what I call your ideal customer. The idea behind this is that, if taken to heart, you will find that you are able to attract the perfect …

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NYC doing small business right

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 15, 2007

It’s amazing what having an entrepreneurial mayor can do for the focus on small business in a city. I’m speaking at the Small Business Summit today in New York City. The Summit is a gathering of Federal, State and …

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Thinking of starting a small business?

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - Nov 11, 2007

I started my own business 22 years ago. (Hey, I’m not as young as I look!) At the time it felt more like insubordination than anything else. Today, it’s a full out revolution. Have you joined? Why not? I created this …

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Thinking of starting a business?

Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing - Oct 16, 2007

I hear from lots of folks kind of, sort of, maybe wishing, they could start their own business. To them I say, Just Start! There has never been a better time to start a business, period. In fact, the folks at Intuit …

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