There are three categories you might fall under when it comes to social media: 1) You could be using social media to grow your business or personal brand. 2) You could be looked at as the office guru when it comes to social media not because you know a lot about it, but because you’re young or 3) You could be clueless. Regardless of which category you fall under, you’ll most likely have…
*This is the first post in series about ‘Entrepreneur lessons and mistakes’. Aside from being a person who has committed atrocious stupid mistakes in life, I also made numerous missteps in the past 6 months I’ve been out of college trying to successfully launch 2 start-ups at the same time. So far the only thing I have to show is plenty of gray hair at 21 which is…
This week’s inspiration brought to you by: Jared O’Toole, co-founder https://www.under30ceo.com . Inspiring people to go out and live the dream. Contact Jared: Email – Jared(at)Under30ceo.com Twitter – @JaredOToole Blog – Mindfrenzy.com Under30CEO. I hope it turns into a global brand that helps millions of people realize all that life has to offer. I’ve thought about ferrari’s. But I think the first step is the Audi R8. I’ve…
Building your brand means growing consumers dedicated to the success of your company; people who have a vested interest in your products and services. These are your evangelists, your biggest fans, your mavens. If you want people to shout from the rooftops about your company you’ll have to start forming community. Look at Harley riders, Mac geeks and the Red Sox–people are absolutely obsessed. They have meetups, wait…
Building a brand is all about getting the word out. It doesn’t matter if you have the most fabulous product or service if nobody knows about it. If you want more people to hear about your company you need to start telling you story as often as possible. Make your story compelling enough and people might just tell their friends. Start with a Problem Great companies solve a…
Steven Spielberg: Dreamworks Spielberg got his start charging admission to his homemade movies as a child. His first war movie Escape to Nowhere was award winning at age 12. After doing Jaws, ET, and Jurrasic Park, Spielberg co-founded Dreamworks which went on to do 10 movies over $100 million at the box offices. Forbes puts Spielberg’s net worth at over $3.1 billion. Hugh Heffner: Playboy The playboy…
Checking Since the beginning of time, we’ve gotten free checking as students: Chase, Bank of America, Wachovia, Capital One all offer it to us. If we are no longer eligible as a full time student we have two options: A. Lie and tell them we are or B. Get direct deposit. Most banks will extend free checking for as long as we do this. Gen Y hates fees…
We all want to live richly. I’d like to discuss that goal for a moment: Living richly means a life full of riches: Friends, love and health, a life with the freedom to express yourself. But having riches also implies having the means to care for your friends and family, and to do those things you want to do. That’s the game we play. The sad truth is…
10 Things to Improve Your Small Business Marketing Results
by / ⠀Finding Customers• Startup Advice / July 23, 20091. Marketing is as much an art as it is a science. Plan, test, execute, and measure, but never be surprised by uncertainty and change. In our eagerness to measure and declare return on investment for all marketing spends, we often forget that humans are unpredictable. As such, we can’t always predict a market reaction or group think. Testing helps minimize the chances of this but historically it…
10. Jacksonville A surprise finalist on the Under30CEO Cities for Young Business People, Jacksonville with no state income tax catapulted itself into the top 10. A relatively cheap cost of living compared to others on the list, your money goes far in Jacksonville. This isn’t the Florida that you grandparents live in–average age of JAX is 35. Warm weather, beaches, what’s not to like? 9. Phoenix You may…