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How I Grew Site Traffic by 60% in Three Months: A Peek into the Small Biz Branding Contest
As many of you noticed, we recently wrapped up the First Annual Tastiest Small Biz Brand Award campaign. The event/marketing efforts lasted nearly three months and worked to accomplish (or surpass!) several goals. These were: Help establish Word Chef authority in the...
Brand Turnaround: An Interview with Karen Post, the Branding Diva
Karen Post, aka the Branding Diva, has a great new book called “Brand Turnaround: How Brands Gone Bad Returned to Glory...and the 7 Game Changers that Made the Difference." I spoke with her earlier this week on the Word Cafe podcast. Here are the highlights. You can...
The True Meaning of Your Unique Value Proposition (and How to Explain it Like a Pro)
It's Word Carnival time again! In this month's episode we learn all about the dreaded Unique Value Proposition (or USP), why it's so deceptively hard to figure out, and how you can nail it without having an emotional breakdown. Jargon is for jerks. Ninnies. Lazy...
Style, Grace and Guest Posting Etiquette
This was kind of a major week for me, as a blogger. I had not one, but two guest posts go live on a couple of big-deal sites: One on Remarkablogger: 17 Ways to Turn Your Blog Readers into Loyal Fans One on Problogger: Make Your Blog the Event of the Year (and have...
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Everything I’m Afraid Might Happen If I Ask a New Contact to Get Coffee [The Small Biz Owner’s Edition]
You and I have some seriously MAD storytelling skills. We might not always tell the best marketing stories, but we sure do tell ourselves some pretty amazing things on a regular basis. Unfortunately, those stories get in our way and keep us from creating the kinds of...
We’re All Guinea Pigs Now: Life and Business as Continual Experiments
A guest post by Zeus Yiamouyiannis. What if, underneath it all, your carefully planned and wished-for life was nothing more than an adventurous experiment? Would that free you or strike terror into your heart? What if you were both the guinea pig and the dude in the...
Bake a Bigger Pie (and Share it with the World)
Tell a More Engaging Brand Story: Use a Villain!
One of the things I have my clients do over the course of our time together is create a persona (or three) for their customers' Big Challenge/Desire. (It's part of the Biz Story Outline.) We ask the question: Who, or What stands in the way of your client...
From Struggling “Jill-of-all-Trades” to Master of One: A Case Study
This week, we take a close look at a Digital Dining Room member and learn what’s possible when you focus like a laser on “one thing.” Meet Colleen Conger of Think.Web.Go. In June 2012, she was a struggling freelance graphic designer who’d never even heard of a thing...
Small Biz Finance Forum: Interview with Nicole Fende
Nicole Fende, aka The Numbers Whisperer, interviews Tea about cooking up a killer brand. Check out the podcast on her BlogTalkRadio show: The Small Biz Finance...
Wide vs. Deep: How to Choose the Right Path for Building Your Business
Just for a moment, close your eyes and picture the dining room in your home. What kind of table do you have? What wood is it made from? How many chairs will fit around it (comfortably)? Visualize that table set for a dinner party. Choose the Placemats. Dishes....
The Golden Triangle of Coffee Joints: A Marketing Parable
How to Inspire People with Your Blog (Especially When You Feel Uninspired)
It's been too long since you published a blog post, am I right? I've noticed your silence online. (Are you still there?) I've looked for your latest article, but haven't seen one for weeks. I've heard you talk about the struggle to say something "worthwhile." And that...
Heartfelt Letters: One Woman’s Entrepreneurial Story
Prior to launching Story Bistro, I reached out to Word Chef readers and asked them to share their stories of entrepreneurial highs and lows as a way to both teach and inspire. If you've got an interesting story, please get in touch. I'll be sharing more of these...
Writing Prompt: Your Soap Box
What do you stand for? Questions to get you started: What's bugging you about how your competitors operate? What do you see happening that needs to stop? What positive changes need to be made in your industry or line of business that everyone else seems to overlook or...
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