From 0-1000 New Members a Day: Inside Brian Roland’s Unique Business

September 9, 2011 No comments yet

Welcome to episode #5 of the Fluxe Digital Marketing Podcast! What’s the next logical step in your career after a sales job at Sprint? If you ask Brian Roland, your going to get answer you probably won’t hear anywhere else. Brian started Abenity which is a company that helps organizations create discount programs for their [...]

How To Position Yourself For New Opportunities with Ryan Crist

September 2, 2011 No comments yet

When I call Ryan on the phone and ask him what he’s up to, he’s not one of those people that say something like, “Oh nothing much, ya know same ole thing…” Ryan ALWAYS has something new going on and he’s one of those people you have a tough time believing is human because they [...]

Embracing Disruptive Technology With Rob Harvey

July 29, 2011 1 comment

Welcome to episode #3 of the Fluxe Digital Marketing Podcast! Remember when you first started out in business? How much you learned that year? You probably look back and wonder how you did it. It’s extremely difficult to keep a beginner’s mind as you go throughout your career or business. And that’s what this weeks [...]

Search Engine Personalization With Kacy Maxwell

July 21, 2011 1 comment

Welcome to Episode #2 of the Fluxe Digital Marketing Podcast. Have you ever compared search results on Google with a friend? If not, you may be surprised to know you’ll get completely different results.  Giants like Amazon, Google, Facebook and Netflix all have search algorithims that are designed to produce what they think is the [...]

7 Chrome Extensions That Will Make Your Browsing More Productive

July 20, 2011 5 comments

There’s no comparison. Google’s Chrome browser is by far my first choice out of any browser out right now. I was a fan of Firefox for a long time but when it started getting laggy, I was forced to make the switch during the early days of Chrome. When it launched there were only a [...]

Why Bad Reviews Are Good For Business

July 19, 2011 1 comment

“Negative reviews increase conversion rates for all kinds of businesses, because people see them and know that they’re shopping in a truthful environment.”  -Brett Hurt, CEO Baazarvoice in Zero Moment of Truth Stop for a second and think about that. When consumers pour over reviews of your product, what are they really looking for? And [...]

What You Need To Know About Social Media Law with Stephen Zralek

July 9, 2011 No comments yet

Welcome to my first podcast! I’ve been wanting to get this going for quite some time now and after talking to Stephen Zralek, who you’ll meet on the podcast, I knew I couldn’t wait any longer. The information Stephen shares is critical for any business using or considering using social media. I couldn’t think of [...]

Amplicate Brand Opinion Tool: Video Review

June 30, 2011 1 comment

  What I love about Amplicate Amplicate is a great tool to quickly evaluate what online users think about a popular brand, celebrity or topic. Easy to read charts and graphs Coverage of a wide variety of broad and niche topics Everything Else… The site is based around strong opinions for topics, therefore it only [...]

3 Reasons Groupon is a Bad Deal For Your Local Business

June 27, 2011 11 comments

If I told you for every dollar you spend on customer acquisition, you could make $.40 (or LESS!) with me, how much would you spend? Hopefully NOTHING. But for small businesses using Groupon, it’s not as far-fetched as you may think.   In the excitement of making coupons cool again, Groupon and other group deal [...]

A Lesson In Keeping Business In Perspective

May 25, 2011 No comments yet

A few weeks ago I got a BIG reality check. A friend of mine, Kenny Silva, invited me to a tour Latino Tour of Latino Nashville businesses hosted by Conexión Américas. I was hesitant at first to go because it was a little outside of my comfort zone but I’m glad I did. Conexión Américas [...]