100+ Ideas for Artists


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Do you want more customers? Do you need some new marketing ideas? If so, then this book is for you. Discover new and exciting ways to promote yourself, your art and your services. This book will present you with more than 100 ways to get yourself noticed with little to no money invested. Discover what the key ingredient to success really is.




301 Great Ideas for Using Technology from America's Most Innovative Small Companies


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Drawn from the pages of Inc. and Inc. Technology, the magazines for growing companies, and based on interviews with business owners, managers, and consultants, 301 Great Ideas for Using Technology is a unique collection of capsule cases for capitalizing on technology.







Marketing Your Consulting Services


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To keep your competitive edge in the marketplace, you must find practical and inexpensive ways to retain the clients you have, develop new clients, and increase your bottom line. Marketing Your Consulting Services is a complete how-to guide that will help you develop and implement a dynamic marketing plan that will make your consulting business more visible to clients and more competitive in the marketplace. Written by Elaine Biech—one of the foremost experts in the field of consulting—this practical and easy-to-use resource includes useful guidance, practical ideas, special consulting considerations, and creative tips. Marketing Your Consulting Services is filled with the information you need to help you: Develop a successful marketing plan Understand the marketing ins and outs of a small consulting firm Find new clients Get your clients to refer you to other clients Implement inexpensive and effective marketing tools Develop creative marketing ideas Retain the clients you have today Biech urges you to develop a "market all the time" attitude, and to help you get started, she recommends hundreds of ideas that can be easily implemented. In addition, the book's "Fast Fourteen To Do Today" are suggestions you can put immediately into practice to help jump-start your business. Written to be a hands-on resource, Marketing Your Consulting Services also includes Quick tips throughout each chapter for easy reference. Marketing Your Consulting Services offers you the practical tools and helpful suggestions necessary to market and sell your consulting services. It includes everything a consultant needs to know about marketing to be—and stay—successful.




Zen and the Art of Making a Living


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The most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide available--newly revised and updated With today's economic uncertainties, millions of Americans realize they must seize control over their own career paths. They want work that not only pays the bills but also allows them to pursue their real passions. In this revised edition, Laurence Boldt updates and revises his revolutionary guide to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century workplace. The first part of this book helps readers to identify the work that they really want to do, while the second provides practical, active steps to finding or creating that work. Zen and the Art of Making a Living goes beyond inspiration, providing a proven formula for bringing creativity, dignity, and meaning to every aspect of the work experience.




Getting Started in Private Practice


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All the tips and tools you need to build a successful mental health practice from the ground up Many mental health professionals currently working for group practices, hospitals, and private or government agencies have both the skills and the drive to become solo practitioners. But how and where do you begin? Getting Started in Private Practice is a reliable reference that offers the comprehensive information and armchair motivation you need to establish and build your own practice from the ground up. User-friendly and full of helpful tips, this handy book provides you with tools and techniques for starting and maintaining a thriving private practice, including information on: * Discovering your ideal practice * Creating a business plan * Financing your start-up * Setting fees * Setting up shop and measuring results * Minimizing risk * Managing managed care * Marketing your practice * Generating referrals * Utilizing additional print, Web, and organizational resources From major concerns such as ethics and liability to day-to-day matters like selecting stationery and business cards, Getting Started in Private Practice puts the best solutions at your fingertips. Whether you're a recent graduate or a seasoned pro, this invaluable resource will help you minimize the uncertainty of establishing a solo practice while maximizing the rewards.




301 Ways to Use Social Media To Boost Your Marketing


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Join the TubeMoguls, get Delicious, StumbleUpon customers--and 298 more great tips! MARKETING The time to start social media marketing was yesterday. Don't worry, though--this book will get you going today! 301 Ways to Use Social Media to Boost Your Marketing is packed with quick "snapshot" lessons for spreading your message and building customers—with little effort and virtually no cost. Designed to help you take action right away, each tip is presented in a stand-alone format to help you focus on what you need to do--and only what you need to do. 301 Ways to Use Social Media to Boost Your Marketing provides simple strategies for capitalizing on the top social media platforms like: • BLOGS • MICROMEDIA • SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES • BOOKMARKING SITES • MULTIMEDIA SITES • REVIEW AND OPINION SITES • WIKIS You'll own the crowds on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube--as well as on niche sites like Yelp, Ning, SmugMug, and Reddit. Potential customers are already having a conversation about your brand. Use 301 Ways to Use Social Media to Boost Your Marketing to grab them before your competitors can say "tweet"!




The Therapist's Advertising and Marketing Kit


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All the tools you need to advertise and market your practice The Therapist’s Advertising and Marketing Kit is an invaluable collection of ready-to-use marketing and advertising materials designed specifically for mental health professionals looking to manage and grow their practice. Designed to help everyone from the new to the more experienced practitioner, this unique, timesaving resource will help you successfully build your practice, showing you how to develop an effective marketing plan and presenting guidelines for creating numerous kinds of powerful marketing and advertising materials, including: Yellow page, newspaper, and magazine ads Flyers and brochures Postcards and card packs Press releases and public service announcements Stationery and business cards Radio and TV ad scripts Web pages A unique benefit of this book is the enclosed CD-ROM, which includes a portfolio of actual samples of all the contents––including the Web sites––formatted in Microsoft® Word. This makes the process even easier for busy practitioners––you can choose the ones you like best, customize them to your needs, and put them to work immediately for your practice. Now it’s easier than ever to design a marketing effort that maximizes your practice’s visibility, thanks to The Therapist’s Advertising and Marketing Kit––a resource no psychologist, social worker, therapist, counselor, or any other mental health professional can afford to be without.







10 Commandments of Small-Business Success


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Author Marguerite Kirk knows what it takes for a business to succeed. She has spent her professional life watching thousands of businesses fail.