Tenacious Frog http://tenaciousfrog.com means [small] business Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:36:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Migration in progress http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/11/17/hello-world-3/ http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/11/17/hello-world-3/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:02:03 +0000 test http://tenaciousfrog.taiyojohnson.com/?p=1 Hello.

I am doing a migration to a wordpress multisite setup. this will allow for me to to edit all my sites in one place and upgrade backup easy.

I have to put things back the way they were on the old site, so until it is done somethings will be out of place…

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Enthusiasm is a powerful thing. One of my favorite business books is “How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling” by Frank Bettger.

The whole first chapter is dedicated to ENTHUSIASM.

Today I am posting a Gcast (GoogleCast) recording of my reading of the poem “Victory” from that first chapter. Enjoy!

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here is the link
http://teachingsells.com/get-the-goods/#item-07

So now you to can learn why teaching sells.

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http://www.melissadata.com/enews/marketingadvisor/articles/0909/1.htm

]]> http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/06/15/bill-mays-selling-magic/feed/ 0 my smb – my small biz store http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/06/15/my-smb-my-small-biz-store/ http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/06/15/my-smb-my-small-biz-store/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:13:46 +0000 tdomf_b7add http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=215 this is a website to copy

http://www.mysmbstore.com/marketplace/storefront/index.espx

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very interesting

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They also have a section on traffic
adminder.com/traffic

]]> http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/06/15/adminder/feed/ 0 Service Areas, Google Places and the Monopolisation of Small Business Advertising http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/04/21/service-areas-google-places-and-the-monopolisation-of-small-business-advertising/ http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/04/21/service-areas-google-places-and-the-monopolisation-of-small-business-advertising/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:35:10 +0000 taiyo johnson http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=608 Last time the frog broke news on the new “post to your place page” feature in the Google LBC. It was nice to have it picked up by Blumenthal and read his enlightening thoughts on understanding “post to your place page” feature’s importance.

service-area-google-lbc

Today I noticed another new feature, “Service Areas” (something every small service business has dreamed of since the launch of maps). I thought maybe I was first again to find it but alas I was beaten to the punch, as it should be.

Mike has a great post on this rebranding of the Google Local Business Center.

All of these developments lead us to the question (or inevitability?) of Google’s monopolisation of small business advertising. With the large percentage of people searching online before making local purchases, Google is a powerful force in local business visibility.

One could speculate about the future and all of the implications. That could spawn endless blog posts and there is no time for that. But basically the thought is that if Google can get its act together, and stop losing entire towns, they will be increasingly involved in the lives of small businesses and increasingly important for them.

Which in a sense is sad, because there is so much great marketing that can happen outside of (and beyond) the Google box if one is just willing enough to be creative.

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A source of info from Goog about their adwords program.
Thought I’d throw it on here until I have time to make a better page about Adwords and optimising Adwords campaigns.

]]> http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/02/24/google-adwords-optimisation-center/feed/ 0 See what your visitors see – AttentionWizard’s HeatMaps http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/02/19/see-what-your-visitors-see-attentionwizards-heatmaps/ http://tenaciousfrog.com/2010/02/19/see-what-your-visitors-see-attentionwizards-heatmaps/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:15:31 +0000 taiyo johnson http://tenaciousfrog.com/?p=567 I found an interesting service today and thought I would mention it in a quick rant.

For anyone concerned with a user friendly interface (and who isn’t?) this tool is brilliant. And it even has a free service!

AttentionWizard

Heat maps show where users look most (/look first) on your webpages. This particular service uses an algorithm that simulates human attention with a high degree of accuracy.

Very useful in determining how your pages are viewed and optimising the for what really matters, HUMANS

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