In this blog post: a “dirty” secret about how to make more sales and profits in your small business, just by making a few tweaks to what you’re probably already doing. By the time you finish this quick, low-calorie blog post (take ya three minutes, yo)… …you’ll know I’m right. A few tweaks will make […]
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Shoestring Marketing Strategy for Non-Profits
Hello Steppers! Today I’m writing about using a Shoestring marketing strategy… for non-profits. Shoestring101 is known for helping folks start a business, or revitalize an existing one with new sales… but spending NO or LOW dough to get the results. But lean entrepreneurship isn’t just for business. These ideas aren’t just useful to make a […]
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Six For Saturday; How I’m Staying Current with Digital Marketing
Good Morning Steppers! It’s 0558 on October 31st and I’m starting a new tradition: Six for Saturday. Here’s where I tell you the W’s… What, When, Who, Where, Why, and hoW I am staying current with the state of Digital Marketing for small businesses. But first… since it’s Hallowe’en after all… let me urge you […]
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Get Found on Google Locally: Front Page, Zero Ad Spend!
In today’s post, I’m going to give you nine clear steps to get your local business on the front page of Google multiple times when potential customers in your local area search for the products or services you offer. Can you imagine having an endless stream of new leads, customers and business… but without having […]
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My New Direction for Shoestring101
Greetings, Steppers! So today I have a tiny announcement: I’m changing Shoestring101’s overall look, feel, and message. Heh… okay, maybe that’s a BIG announcement. 😉 Thing is, for about a year now my message, medium and mission hasn’t really felt exactly right. It’s because of going back and forth between too many types of marketing […]
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Find Periscope Followers to Consume Your Marketing
If there’s one saying I’m known for it’s this: Making money is a simple as having access to a thing of value, and a way to communicate with others that value that thing. -Kurt Frankenberg, Shoestring101 Periscope is my newest way to communicate. And though it’s not making money for me yet personally (shoot, […]
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Use Facebook Groups to Get Piles of New Customers For Your Local Business
If you’re looking for unique ways to use Facebook to generate new business, today you hit the right blog. I haven’t posted in SS101 for about four and a half months (and I’m SOOO SOoorryy!) but I think this post will be worth the wait. Actually, the subject of the post is why I’ve been […]
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5 Steps to YOUR Killer USP (Unique Selling Proposition)
In today’s post we look at the all-important USP: Unique Selling Proposition. Also, how you can develop your USP to reach out telepathically into the minds of your customers and just like in the movie Inception… and give ’em an idea that they think is theirs. BTW, the idea you’re planting in your target’s minds is that they call […]
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Top Five Posts on SS101 to Start or Grow Your Business
Hello, Steppers! Today’s post is all about… ME! Haha just kidding. It’s about you and wherever you are in your entrepreneurial journey. I’ve gathered together some of the most helpful material for entrereneurs, yet produced by yers truly. Not everything I write is pure gold. But every once in a while I get something write (er, RIGHT) […]
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Results of my Most Recent 30 Day, Thousand Dollar Challenge
If you were following Shoestring101 in January, you know that I did another 30 Day, Thousand Dollar Challenge. In case you’re tuning in late to this channel, I’ve been able to start a number of small businesses with no capital. Or less capital than you might take from the first hour of a garage sale (hence […]
