By Rachel The fun ride continues. The next puzzle is I’ve encountered is figuring out what needs to be done to collect the newly-required sales tax on online purchases. For me, this required two steps. First, I had to complete paperwork needed to collect the tax by applying for a sales tax license. My accountant […]

Last week, I found out that the son of my first clients, Donna and Albert at Mitrani at Home, passed away in Geneva. Their son, Reuben Eli Mitrani, suffered a brain aneurysm while traveling abroad. He was only 20 years old. This news was both shocking and saddening, and I send my deepest condolences to […]

By Rachel Although I wasn’t in charge of marketing my first product, I definitely understand the value of having a strong affiliate system in place.  In fact, the affiliates drove the majority of sales for that first product. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, an affiliate is a person or company […]

By Rachel Last week, my parents left for Honolulu for a trip they won courtesy of Wheel of Fortune’s Watchers Club. While they were away, one of their cats – Slate – went missing. He was gone for three days. My brother Matt was upset, as it was his responsibility to take care of the […]

by Rachel Last week, I held a webinar called, “Social Media ROI for Small Business” as a way to help build my list and begin generating interest in my product. I participated in several co-hosted webinars when promoting Social Media Manager Profits (SMMP), but Michele took the lead on marketing so I was unaware of […]

Every other month, we interview one of our management clients to ask them about their experience in social media. This month, we caught up with Batbayar Damdin of Tian Shi Acupuncture in Harrisburg. Be sure to check out their blog, Facebook fan page, Twitter handle, and YouTube channel. There are many business owners who have […]

By Rachel Contrary to popular belief, I do not spend my day entire playing on Facebook. In fact, I only log onto Facebook to reply to audience engagement for clients or to check in on a few brand pages.  Most of my time is actually spent on developing content as we’re responsible for the majority […]

By Joel Don  Moore’s law is a truly great thing.  It makes your Wi-Fi connection super-speedy, enables smartphones to work as fast as desktop PCs and delivers TVs that are larger, yet thinner, lighter and jam-packed with all kinds of cool features.  If you apply the law to social media marketing, it’s not necessarily so […]

By Rachel A primary element to online marketing success is list building. It’s not the only element, but it’s a fundamental component. After all, the more people you have on your list, the greater your potential for leveraging that list to generate engagement and even revenue. List building is not something I’ve worked on much […]