Archive for the ‘Continuing Education’ Category

SEO WEBINAR – Learn How to Be the Answer to the Question

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

I've been presenting an SEO webinar at the Super Zoo trade show in Las Vegas for the last five years and one of the things I'm fond of saying is that to succeed with SEO you have to "be the answer to the question." No, grasshopper, I'm not speaking philosophically, what ...

How to Create a Facebook Check-in Deal

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Facebook Deals gives businesses the opportunity to reward customers when they check in on Facebook, and this helps generate awareness, encourage in-store traffic and build customer loyalty. Facebook Deals connects businesses with people and helps them become an even larger part of their customers’ conversations. And right now, deals are ...

Using QR Codes For Your Retail Business

Monday, June 6th, 2011

QR Codes (short for Quick Response Codes) are one of the latest ways, I think, to breathe new life into more traditional advertising methods. QR codes are kind of like bar codes in that they contain all kinds of data that can be communicated via a QR scanner.  You most likely ...

Samson Media Pres Gene Sower to Teach Adult Ed Blog Class

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

To blog or not to blog, is that the question? No, the question really is, to blog or not to blog, can you afford not to? WordPress blogs are a growing segment of the web publishing mix and almost any type of business or professional or solo-preneur can benefit greatly from knowing ...

Are You An Accidental Entrepreneur?

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

I was surprised to learn from a 2010 Kaufman Foundation study that the number of new businesses started by entrepreneurs each year has remained constant since the 1940s, fluctuating no more than 7% in especially volatile periods but averaging 3 - 6% from then up to now.  I would have thought ...