Author Archives: Michael Cage

Restaurants with Flash web sites and menus

In the, “what the $&%# was your web designer thinking” category … In the last two weeks I have had three clients visit for consulting. We met in my office and chose different restaurants to have a meal after our session. How did we choose? Yelp to see what was nearby, then a visit to [...] Continue reading

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11 Ways Local Retail Stores Profit from Blogging

Blogging. “Ugh. Isn’t that a lot of work? Why bother?” you ask … Here are 11 powerful reasons why. Reasons that, ultimately, add profits to your bottom line. 1. When local retailer’s blog it gives your shop personality. There’s a business principle that people like doing business with other people, not nameless, faceless corporations. Your [...] Continue reading

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3 Secrets for Easy Local Referrals in your Business – Audio Referral Marketing Training

“What other people say about you is more powerful and more believable than what you say about yourself.” This is the principle that makes word of mouth marketing so important for local businesses like yours. That, and the fact that word of mouth marketing costs next to nothing So if you’re like most local business [...] Continue reading

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Spotting Business Ideas by Getting Pissed Off

Plenty of ingredients go into a successful business. In the early stages, one of the most important is having the energy and the will and the desire to stick with something even when it appears to be not working. And even when the world is telling you it’s just no good. Having a great idea [...] Continue reading

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