SBBM #24: 10 Marketing Nuggets to Help Grow your Business (Part #1)

Every now and then we like to surprise and delight you (actually we aim to do that all the time!), our treasured listener, with some little marketing nuggets laser-focused on building your business. So, with notebook and pen in hand (or iPad if you've succumbed to the Apple maketing machine as we have), sit down, strap in and get ready to action one or two of them...beacuse, as always, the magic's in the action.

Formspring - Here's how we use it.
Schedule tweets - We like Hootsuite.
Book in to a course - We like our 2-Day Intensive that's coming up this August, 2010.
Be active in forums.
Ask for referrals - We use this. Ask when Tim's next free Referral Marketing webinar is here.
.... Although we said 10 - we've split this show in two, so tune in next week for Part 2.

In other news...Luke's got a second baby already...and has lovingly called it iPad. Tim's been booked to speak at this year's Flying Solo Live.

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10 Marketing Nuggets to Help Grow your Business Part 1 (PDF Transcription)

 
Episode Transcription

SBBM #24 – 10 Marketing Nuggets to Help Grow Your Business (Part #1)

Ms Evancich:  This is the Small Business Big Marketing show with Tim Reid and Luke Moulton.  This show is lovingly put together for small business owners by small business owners to get practical ideas about attracting more customers more often.  So, if you're serious about building your business strap in for the ride.  Now, here's your hosts, Tim and Luke.

Tim:  Lukey, Lukey, Lukey.  How are you, Dad?

Luke:  Very well, Timbo.  Yourself?

Tim:  Very good, thank you.  Good morning, listeners.  This is the morning for us.  Good morning and welcome back to Small Business Big Marketing.

Luke:  Dot com.

Tim:  Dot com.  The show where we hope to inspire by within five years, Luke, every small business owner in the world.

Luke:  Five years, Timbo?

Tim:  Well, I mean, I said in the world ...

Luke:  What were you doing five years ...

Tim:  ... I didn't say ...

Luke:  What were you doing five years ago?

Tim:  Yeah, good question.  Establishing a business.

Luke:  Yes.

Tim:  Establishing a business.  My business is about six years old.

Luke:  Yeah, I was trying to think.

Tim:  Yeah.

Luke:  I remember when you walked ... walked through the doors when I was working at (0:59) I had my own web development business and you said, "Lukey, build me a website."

Tim:  Did I?  Goodness me, that was a long time ago.

Luke:  And I don't want to pay anything for it.

Tim:  It feels ... yeah, yeah.  Yeah, that'd be right.  Yeah.  Yeah.  No, look, I ... it's been a long ride really.

Luke:  Yeah, yep.

Tim:  Can't believe it's six years.

Luke:  Yeah.

Tim:  But anyway I didn't come here to reflect on my ...

Luke:  No.

Tim:  ... business building acumen.

Luke:  Timbo ...

Tim:  How are you, mate?

Luke:  I'm ...

Tim:  How's Isabella?

Luke:  She is doing beautifully.  She is ... she's sleeping quite well.  All these ... all the horror stories that every bloke has delighted ...

Tim:  Not true.

Luke:  ... in sharing with me, so far, touch wood ...

Tim:  All lies.

Luke:  ... she's been pretty good.  In saying that, my wife has been fantastic.

Tim:  Lovely.

Luke:  Given that I drove about, well I spend a couple of hours in the car a day.

Tim:  You do.

Luke:  So she ... I think she wants to make sure I get home okay.

Tim:  Now, Lukey, you told me a very very interesting story.  So your wife rings you yesterday and says what?

Luke:  Well I ... I was on my way home and I had rang ... rang my wife Kim and said, "Anything you want me to pick up?

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