Posts Tagged ‘Revenue Models’

Hootsuite Certified Professionals Directory Fails at Customer Policy

Most of you know that I use (and support) Hootsuite as a social media management platform.  I mention Hootsuite here all the time and have even written entire posts about the browser-based application.  It’s a tool that just works really well. Today, I received the system-generated email you see in the screenshot.  When I saw [...]

Read This Post

5 Ideas Marketing Agencies Can Use to Generate Revenue by Helping Clients Blog

We all know why companies (and the humans inside those companies) should be blogging.  There is significant qualitative and quantitative information out there making a case for the benefits of having active and well-produced blog. But there’s a two-sided conundrum when it comes to getting a business to really embrace a blog as a business [...]

Read This Post

Social Media ROI with Christopher S. Penn, Co-Founder of PodCamp

Most people know Christopher S. Penn as one of the founders of the popular unconference, PodCamp.  He and Chris Brogan started a revolution by designing a conference where everyone was a could be a rock star. I had the chance to hear Christopher present his Social Media ROI 101 deck at the Inbound Marketing Summit.  [...]

Read This Post

Social Media ROI: Bloomtastic.com & LinkedIn

For the last five years, Heather and Jayson Waits have owned and operated Bloomtastic Florist in Columbus Ohio.  The couple sells their products at a retail location through special event services like weddings and funerals, and via their eCommerce site.  Jayson is also an avid network marketer who Blogs at his Go MLM Biz Blog.  [...]

Read This Post

Chasing Change – Entreprenuers and The New Web

Right now, I have about 30 subscribers and I’m grateful for every one of you. In the grand scheme of things, Chasing Change is not a widely read blog just yet – and that’s OK. Truth be told, it’s taken me some time to figure out what my niche really is. So here’s my niche. [...]

Read This Post

Nailing the Revenue Model: Jott.com

Last week featured a web start up that failed in figuring out how to make money by offering there service. That’s both sad and common. So to be positive this week, lets look at a company that seems to have nailed the money part of the start up game. Months ago I wrote about Jott, [...]

Read This Post

Some Start-up's Die

It’s a shame that it had to end this way, but all start-ups are not created equal. Wil Schroter, in his book, discusses the concept of building backwards and looking at how your business and technology will generate profit in the very early planning stages. I agree with that 100 percent – it costs money [...]

Read This Post

Niche Networks Encourage Long Tail User Engagment

First – a sincere apology to all my readers for the silence in the past month. Some changes in my personal life and really fortunate times for my company have kept me pretty busy and away from delivering new content to ChasingChange. I’ll be working to keep updates as regular as possible. Thanks for your [...]

Read This Post

A Short Follow Up on SlideRocket

Recently I posted an article on a new presentation software that I’ve fallen in love with. I’d like to send a cheers to my friend and entrepreneur, JP Adams, for turning me on to this great FastCompany interview with Mitch Grasso, Founder and CEO of SlideRocket. This flash application is one of the coolest web [...]

Read This Post

The New Generation of Presentations: SlideRocket

Presenting to potential clients is a huge part of my daily activities. The days of delivering the same agency design ed static presentation to everyone are long gone. Each situation, each client and each opportunity requires elements of customization – especially when you are selling ideas and services. So what are some of the challenges [...]

Read This Post