FREE ARTICLES, TOOLS & SUPPORT

I firmly believe that givers gain.

BUSINESS TOOLS:

Marketing Scorecard—Designed to let you quickly identify what's working and what's not with your current marketing efforts. I fill this out with every new client.

ARTICLES:

Top 10 Marketing Rules

Why Market Yourself?

Is Your Communications Agency Worth the Money?

Why In-house Design Teams Should Work but Don't

Is Blogging a Corporate Strategy?

20 Reasons NOT to Blog by Steven Streight

Creativity or a Slow Death?

What are You the Best at?

Conversational Marketing by Ogilvy & Technorati

BLOGS:

Fast Company Magazine Expert Blog
I write about all things marketing, service, design, and business

Client Magnet Blog
My personal business blog, ranked in the Top 150 Global Marketing Blogs by AdAge Magazine

TOOLS I USE & RECOMMEND:

Aweber 
eNewsletters, Autoresponders & Email Templates
99.34% email delivered.  Zero Risk
http://www.aweber.com/?287061

Google Analytics
Learn where your website visitors come from and how they interact with your site.
Track AdWords campaigns.
http://www.google.com/analytics/index.html

Wordpress
Free state of the art blogging software.
Download & install on your server—http://wordpress.org/
Hosted, no tech skills needed—http://wordpress.com/

Mozy
Web-based automatic data backup, Massive storage, Super Secure
As low as $4.95 per month. No stress over DVD's or external drives.
https://mozy.com/?ref=UFS6BC