3 Ways to Get Tons of Users Fast via INC.com

Some great advice for getting your product in front of people!

Ask experienced founders and they’ll all tell you the same thing–building a phenomenal product is only half the battle. You can’t make it without having something great to offer customers, but you also can’t make it without customers. Marketing is just as important as your product or service.

3 Ways to Get Tons of Users Fast via INC.com

If Facebook Organic Reach Is Dead, What Does It Mean For Marketers? via Marketing Land

Facebook’s changes have definitely impacted the way social media works for advertisers and marketers. What does it mean for you?

Facebook will be making it harder for posts that push products or app installs, offer entry to promotions or sweepstakes or re-use the same content from advertisements to make it into the News Feed. Essentially, Facebook is saying: 1. If it feels like an ad don’t bother posting it in the social stream and 2. if you want to reach customers with a promotional message buy a ad.

That message from Facebook shouldn’t come as a surprise; the company has been signaling for years that its users prefer higher quality content and that it will always optimize for better user experiences.

If Facebook Organic Reach Is Dead, What Does It Mean For Marketers? via Marketing Land

What Every Leader Can Learn From Banksy via INC.com

I’m a huge fan of urban art and graffiti. Banksy is a hero of mine. While I don’t intend to deface any property – I still love his art. Check out this great article!

What Every Leader Can Learn From Banksy via INC.com

What You Need to Know About Grabbing Your Domain Name via INC.com

Whether you are ready to have a website or not – you definitely need to grab your domain name NOW. Here’s soem advice.

The desperation to find an available domain name has gotten so extreme that a grammar checking and proofreading company is calling itself Grammarly. At least they got the dot com. Loverly and Respondly used .ly to nab their sil.ly domain names. In case you missed the memo, .ly is the country-specific domain extension for Libya. Serious.ly. I’ve been to Libya and even I didn’t know that.

What You Need to Know About Grabbing Your Domain Name via INC.com

5 Tips for More Effective Brainstorming via Inc.com

I’m a big fan of bubble charts – but this article gives some good insight on the brainstorming process!

There are countless ways to brainstorm, but humans are creatures of habit. You probably haven’t broken out of your go-to methods since you were forced to in college. That’s OK, because it just means you have an abundance of options at your fingertips. Whether you’re an executive, in the creative field, headed back to school, or in the hospitality industry, creativity is key. Everyone can get stuck sometimes, but how you pull yourself out can make all the difference.

Do you even realize when you’re brainstorming? Think it’s a buzzword best reserved for kids who are strapping on those invisible thinking caps? It’s actually just a means of opening your creative floodgates so you–and your work–and your employees, will benefit.

5 Tips for More Effective Brainstorming via Inc.com

How to Get Media Coverage For Your Startup via Inc.com

Remember – PR and Publicity are advertising that you really don’t need to pay for – you just have to find a way to make your company “newsworthy”… this article has some great ideas!

Media coverage has now become more challenging to get, particularly for a new start-up. Within a world in which anybody may push and promote themselves on the Internet through traditional media and social media, journalists are reluctant to give coverage to just anyone.

How to Get Media Coverage For Your Startup via Inc.com

Forget SMART Goals — Try CLEAR Goals Instead via Inc. Magazine

I’m a big fan of SMART goals – but this makes a lot of sense to me too! Check it out!

Setting CLEAR goals can lead you to the real success that you and your team are aiming for.

Forget SMART Goals — Try CLEAR Goals Instead via Inc. Magazine

How Super Successful People Consistently Achieve More via Inc. Magazine

Want to improve? Look at the habits of those who are succeeding – and emulate them. Great Article at Inc. Mag.

The path to success isn’t always clearcut. Award-winning actress Zoe Saldana was a ballet dancer before becoming a movie star. The novelist James Patterson, whose books have sold 275 million copies, was an ad executive before he switched to writing. How did both achieve success so quickly–even after changing directions abruptly?

How Super Successful People Consistently Achieve More via Inc. Magazine

How Writing Well Can Give You a Leg Up in Business via Inc. Magazine

This is a great article about writing well… it’s really the lifeblood of your business!

While my skills with a paper and pen have gotten me into more than one door, it’s the life lessons I’ve gained from my writing education that have guided my success at the desk.

How Writing Well Can Give You a Leg Up in Business via Inc. Magazine