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Leawood
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I'm focused on helping small business owners and independent professionals that want to grow, but struggle to attract more clients consistently! http://www.MarketingActionClub.com

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Writing is critical to effectively marketing a small business. Everything in marketing starts with writing... Or, at least it should. There's really no way around it. You write your marketing materials, You write your brochure, You write your ad...
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Well here we are right in the middle of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009. The goal of the week is to connect young people around the globe with entreprenuers to encourage them to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. I hope to...
November 18
Living the dream... just living the dream!
November 18
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Is marketing supposed to lead directly to new clients? That may be a bit of a trick question. Of course you want your marketing to eventually result in new clients for your business. But, that is not the primary goal for marketing. Great marketi...
November 16
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What's your approach when it comes to networking? What is it that your hoping to get accomplished when you attend your various networking events? That's the question I posed to a handful of people who attended the KC Online Community live network...
November 13
Kevin Dervin added a blog post
How's your marketing inertia? Marketing Inertia works kind of like the Law of Inertia in physics. Technically it's Newton's First Law of Motion, but it's commonly referred to as the law of inertia. Newton's first law basically states... "A body ...
November 11
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What is the right mix of marketing tools for your small business? It's common for small business owners to question what marketing tactics they should use. What marketing tools are going to give you the best bang for your buck? Small business ow...
November 9

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The Importance of Writing in Small Business Marketing

Writing is critical to effectively marketing a small business.

Everything in marketing starts with writing... Or, at least it should. There's really no way around it.

  • You write your marketing materials,

  • You write your brochure,

  • You write your ads,

  • You write your web site copy,

  • You write articles, special reports, tip sheets, talks and present

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Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:47am —

Kevin Dervin

What Entrepreneurs Need To Succeed...

Well here we are right in the middle of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009. The goal of the week is to connect young people around the globe with entreprenuers to encourage them to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.

I hope to see several people at the SHBC Expo 2009. It is part of the Kauffman Foundation's Global Entrepreneurshp Week.

There's absolutely no doubt that entrepreContinue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:16am —

Kevin Dervin

Your Marketing Worked... Now What?

Is marketing supposed to lead directly to new clients? That may be a bit of a trick question.

Of course you want your marketing to eventually result in new clients for your business. But, that is not the primary goal for marketing.

Great marketing should lead to a steady supply of high-quality leads. Sales conversion then is the process of converting those high-quality leads into new clients.

Having a sales conversion systemContinue

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 10:19am —

Kevin Dervin

What's Your Approach To Networking?

What's your approach when it comes to networking? What is it that your hoping to get accomplished when you attend your various networking events?

That's the question I posed to a handful of people who attended the KC Online Community live networking event last night.

Take a look at some of the great advice these individuals had to share. And please, gives us some of your thoughts and input by addi… Continue

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:21pm —

Kevin Dervin

Marketing Inertia

How's your marketing inertia?

Marketing Inertia works kind of like the Law of Inertia in physics. Technically it's Newton's First Law of Motion, but it's commonly referred to as the law of inertia.

Newton's first law basically states...

"A body at rest tends to stay at rest and a body in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an external force."

Continue

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 9:57am — 2 Comments

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At 9:03pm on November 18, 2009, Christina Brown said…
What exactly is that? Does he just have a network for several of those contacts? Thank you so much for your direction. I will give him a call.
At 7:39pm on November 9, 2009, Cindy Green said…
Thanks for the greeting!
At 6:11pm on July 3, 2009, Lorna Taylor said…
Thanks for the welcome, Kevin! I appreciate it.
At 2:48pm on July 3, 2009, Kevin Angelakos said…
Thanks for the Birthday wish. I am kind of Fond of the Name. Hope your long weekend is a great one also.
At 4:58pm on June 30, 2009, Diana Chaloux said…
Thanks Kevin!

I enjoyed reading your blog posts. I'm always looking for new ideas and tips when it comes to marketing so thanks and I'm happy to have you as a new friend on here :-)

Diana
At 12:33pm on April 27, 2009, Lynne Guist said…
What a great idea, let me know when you get that link, or group started! We need more positivity going on!
At 9:54am on March 24, 2009, Baby Rooms By Nana said…
Glad to connect with someone else!! Anyone out there who needs a baby gift or know someone expecting...please point them to my web site www.babyroomsbynana.com. Thanks for the invite!
At 1:11pm on March 23, 2009, Jim - medXcentral said…
Thanks for the birthday wish. Glad to connect.
At 4:23pm on January 20, 2009, Barbara Zeigler said…
Hi Kevin,

Haven't seen you for a long time. Good to see you here. I just joined this group and am glad to see someone I know...

Barbara Zeigler
Business Consultant & Executive Coach
Business SOLUTIONS Resource, Inc. | 8527 Bluejacket Street Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ph 913.381.6800 | http://www.BusinessSolutionsKC.com
 
 

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