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• Thinking Outside the Funding Box
  The three basic ways to fund an entrepreneurial venture are 1) your own savings, 2) finding investors and 3) borrowing the money. When first starting, entrepreneurs usually look for investors...
  
• IRS Mileage Deduction Growing Along with Gas Prices
  While it may not have any impact on your growing out-of-pocket expenses for gas, the IRS has a bit of good news: as of July 1, the allowable mileage rate...
  
• James D. Brausch, Glyphius and Shilling
  How NOT to do social media marketing Ever heard of James D. Brausch? He's not a household name, but if you've been around the internet marketing scene at all, you...
  
• Starbucks Offers Free Wi-Fi... Sort Of
  Starbucks seems to be many home-based entrepreneurs' favorite "home away from home", as well as a popular place for meeting clients. They're ubiquitous, familiar, and a venti latte is slightly...
  
• Selling at C-Level
  Just because you're a small business doesn't mean you can't do business with big business. In fact, there are some advantages to having the Fortune 500 as your target prospects....
  
• Escape 9 to 5 - Free Teleseminar Series Starts June 5
  I love free teleseminars and webinars. I've been on both ends, and they're a win-win (usually). The attendees get free educational content that's far more in-depth than an article or...
  
• How Much Money Are Professional Bloggers Really Making?
  More and more people are trying to earn money blogging these days. That's certainly understandable -- it's a lot of fun, very flexible and inexpensive to get started. Back in...
  
• The Single Most Important Thing in Any Business
  Friday was a tough day for me. A friend of mine - an entrepreneur - hit rock bottom, and did so very publicly. After three years of trying to build...
  
• Reader Mail - How Safe Is Open Innovation?
  In response to my latest blog post, a reader asks: What are the risks do you think of submitting your idea and having it stolen or copied? Since you...
  
• Ideablob Awards $10,000 Monthly for Great Business Ideas
  I've written before about the growing open innovation trend being pioneered by sites like Fellowforce and Spigit. Ideablob is another site supporting the open development of business ideas. And they're...
  

Aggressive Small Business Marketing & Advertising

Big thoughts, ideas and how-tos for aggressive, fast-growth businesses and the entrepreneurs who fuel them.

• What I hate about the 4-hour work week ?
  
• Is ?find a need and fill it? bad marketing advice?
  
• The first Aggressive Marketing & Entrepreneurship podcast
  
• The differentiation trade-off and marketing to values
  
• Still cold calling for lead generation?
  
• Experiences and story, the foundation of luxury marketing offers
  
• 5 critical questions for effective small business advertising
  
• Speaking on teleseminars at Glazer-Kennedy Info-Summit on Friday
  
• Alexander Ovechkin, exceptional experiences and marketing your business
  
• PayPerPost and the ?corruption? of the blogosphere
  

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