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I wrote and published it  previously on The Personal Branding Blog. The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.  Brian Tracy I have always believed for me, that I am in constant change and evolution, [...] Read Full Story

Deborah Shane’s Metropolis is a weekly business radio show launched in 2009, on the popular BlogTalkRadio Network. We feature authors, entertainers, experts, entrepreneurs, journalists and businesspeople who share their passion, insights and process about the current world of work, careers, new media, motivation and marketing. Our show has over 35kpageviews, 34k total downloads, and has [...] Read Full Story

The content world has officially arrived via books, websites, blogs, video, webinars, podcasts, workshops and conferences. People are stepping up and seeking guidance, education and any resources to improve their skills, impact and effectiveness. It’s required, not negotiable. This is a very positive trend given the past few years! People are more committed to getting [...] Read Full Story

  Deborah Shane’s Metropolis is a weekly business radio show launched in 2009, on the popular BlogTalkRadio Network. We feature authors, entertainers, experts, entrepreneurs, journalists and businesspeople who share their passion, insights and process about the current world of work, careers, new media, motivation and marketing. Our show has over 35kpageviews, 34k total downloads, and [...] Read Full Story

This article was published previously by Anita Campbell, the Founder of SmallBusinessTrends.com. She is host of the weekly Small Business Trends Radio Show and owner of BizSugar, a social media site for small businesses. We’ve all been to those websites of dubious origin. You know the ones.  They look cheesy … fly by night. They’re the online equivalent [...] Read Full Story

This was previously posted on SmallBizTrends.com by Pierre DeBois. He blogs about marketing, finance, social media, and analytics at his blog Zimana. Deborah Shane, author and branding strategist, once coined the phrase “raise your business metabolism.”  It refers to increasing the pulse of how a business responds to its environment. Given the increased spending expected [...] Read Full Story

This article was originally posted by me on Smallbiztrends.com. Emarketer reports that “Interactive marketing is becoming a larger part of the marketing mix, and Forrester estimates that by 2016, online advertising spend will be equivalent to television spend today. Marketers will spend $77 billion on interactive marketing by 2016″. According to StrongMail’s annual marketing trends survey, conducted by Zoomerang, [...] Read Full Story

Are you really cut out to be an entrepreneur? Is this what you really want to do, or is this a desperation tactic? Entrepreneurship as a solution to employment is fast becoming a decision many are taking the risk and making! There are so many great resources to evaluate if in fact you are the [...] Read Full Story

I hosted a small business panel on January 11 to open the year on my radio show, with three amazing, smart, leading small business voices. We dished on small business for 2012! Anita Campbell is  the author of Visual Marketing, the CEO and blog editor for her top small business website and blog Smallbiztrends.com. Rieva [...] Read Full Story

This is a reprint of the six part series that I wrote exclusively for Blogher.com on Brand Power. Are You Building It! When you put yourself in the stream of positivity and possibility, it naturally picks you up and points you in the direction you are supposed to be going in! We have journeyed together [...] Read Full Story