QuarterFive Media, LLC http://quarterfive.com Hello Fellow Humans and Search Robots Fri, 18 May 2012 23:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 [5/14-18] This Week in Small Business News http://blog.swipelyworks.com/small-business-news/514-18-this-week-in-small-business-news http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/514-18-this-week-in-small-business-news/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 23:12:15 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/514-18-this-week-in-small-business-news/ TweetThis week in small business news, local businesses prove that fair trade is profitable, 100 inner city businesses make millions, some tips for being Google-friendly all the time, a look at the state of retail sales this season, and some … Continue reading →

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/514-18-this-week-in-small-business-news/feed/ 0 5 Quick Tips for Collecting More Emails at the Counter http://blog.swipelyworks.com/small-business-email-marketing/local-email-marketing http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-quick-tips-for-collecting-more-emails-at-the-counter/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:34:13 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-quick-tips-for-collecting-more-emails-at-the-counter/ TweetThe rise of today’s e-tailers is not without a great email marketing strategy. Customers see new products and sales in their inbox every morning and are enticed to keep visiting the website. This is not unlike local email marketing at … Continue reading →

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-quick-tips-for-collecting-more-emails-at-the-counter/feed/ 0 Are Your Editors Likable? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mequodadaily/~3/-73ONpafrSI/ http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/are-your-editors-likable/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:01 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/are-your-editors-likable/ As editors of a marketing blog, it’d be easy for us at Mequoda to shout numbers and research quotes all day long. Thankfully, we “do all our own stunts” as they say, so every bit of marketing advice we give out comes with a story of how we discovered it (or at least who told us about it). Personally, I get pretty pumped about my research and I hope most of my posts reflect that. After all, when you spend days, weeks and months coming up with the strategy—why would I short-change on the story? Shouldn’t I be excited to

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/are-your-editors-likable/feed/ 0 [5/7-11] This Week in Small Business News http://blog.swipelyworks.com/small-business-news/57-11-this-week-in-small-business-news http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/57-11-this-week-in-small-business-news/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:11:00 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/57-11-this-week-in-small-business-news/ TweetThis week in small business news, mobile marketing is getting more press, a Brazilian retailer gets creative with Facebook, small business growth is at an all-time low, and debit card fees just got a little more bearable. 1. Small Businesses That Use Mobile … Continue reading →

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/57-11-this-week-in-small-business-news/feed/ 0 3 Ways Omni-Channel Retailing Can Bring in Bigger Spenders http://blog.swipelyworks.com/direct-marketing-promotion/omni-channel-retailing http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/3-ways-omni-channel-retailing-can-bring-in-bigger-spenders-2/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:00 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/3-ways-omni-channel-retailing-can-bring-in-bigger-spenders-2/ TweetImagine that out of five customers that just entered your store, one of them is likely to spend 18%-36% more than the other four. How do you know which of these customers holds the golden wallet? And why are we … Continue reading →

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/3-ways-omni-channel-retailing-can-bring-in-bigger-spenders-2/feed/ 0 3 Ways Omni-Channel Retailing Can Bring in Bigger Spenders http://blog.swipelyworks.com/direct-marketing-promotion/omni-channel-retailing http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/3-ways-omni-channel-retailing-can-bring-in-bigger-spenders/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:00 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/3-ways-omni-channel-retailing-can-bring-in-bigger-spenders/ TweetImagine that out of five customers that just entered your store, one of them is likely to spend 18%-36% more than the other four. How do you know which of these customers holds the golden wallet? And why are we … Continue reading →

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/3-ways-omni-channel-retailing-can-bring-in-bigger-spenders/feed/ 0 5 Ways to Amplify the Reach of Your Editors http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mequodadaily/~3/Tyv86ljY0Wk/ http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-ways-to-amplify-the-reach-of-your-editors/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:14:33 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-ways-to-amplify-the-reach-of-your-editors/ Editors speak for the brands they work for, which means they have a much better pre-existing relationship with customers than anyone else at your company. They speak directly to readers through witty blog posts, metaphoric photos, and real-time replies to comments on your blog.

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-ways-to-amplify-the-reach-of-your-editors/feed/ 0 [4/30-5/4] This Week in Small Business News http://blog.swipelyworks.com/small-business-news/430-54-this-week-in-small-business-news http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/430-54-this-week-in-small-business-news/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 12:08:32 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/430-54-this-week-in-small-business-news/ Tweet This week in small business news, more restaurants are taking the spotlight through crowd-funding and redefining the workplace with music, better wages and open-door policies for creative input and feedback from employees. 1. How Introverts Can Become Better Innovators Harvard … Continue reading →

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]]> http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/430-54-this-week-in-small-business-news/feed/ 0 5 Quick Tips: Getting More Reviews From Your Customers http://blog.swipelyworks.com/customer-loyalty-marketing/getting-more-reviews-from-customers http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-quick-tips-getting-more-reviews-from-your-customers/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 09:43:11 +0000 admin http://quarterfive.com/buzzfarmers/5-quick-tips-getting-more-reviews-from-your-customers/ TweetWeb usability expert Jared M. Spool says that only one in 1,300 Amazon customers actually come back to the website to leave a review. As a local business, do you know what your feedback ratio is? If you’re hoping to increase those … Continue reading →

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