Templates

Free Business Templates for Your SMB From Google

By Lisa Barone - Apr 18, 2012 - 8 Comments

You know what’s really nice? When you need something and you instantly know where you can go to get it. You don’t have to buy it or make it yourself or reinvent the wheel – you can simply solve your problem by taking advantage of the work that someone else already put in. As a small business … Read More

Getting Your Growth Rates Straight: Annual Growth And CAGR

By Tim Berry - Apr 7, 2011 - 4 Comments

One small thing that might make the business world just a tiny bit better is all of us agreeing how we measure growth. I hesitate to wade into this subject because so many people have so many definitions. And you’d think it was obvious, but then suddenly I find myself in meetings, or on the … Read More

Free Landing Page Templates

By Anita Campbell - Nov 12, 2008 - 15 Comments

Continuing with my week-long program of daily giveaways to celebrate my birthday, today we have for you free landing page templates. These are two templates that were created by Invesp Consulting. Khalid Saleh, the CEO of Invesp, was a guest on my radio podcast show back in July of this year, … Read More

Best Sites to Find Business and Marketing Templates

By Ivana Taylor - Sep 10, 2008 - 23 Comments

If you're a small business owner without a killer marketing kit -- shame on you! Vow, this very moment, that you will carve out an hour to explore the sites we are going to go over today and get professional looking documents, forms and marketing materials -- without busting your budget to … Read More

A One Page Marketing Plan Anyone Can Use

By Ivana Taylor - Jun 18, 2008 - 106 Comments

Planning sucks. None of us like to do it and if you've had any corporate experience in the process, it's no wonder. But planning is an absolute necessity if you want to be successful. So how do we reconcile our need to succeed with our propensity for procrastination? Simple: Re-frame how … Read More

Prioritize Your Online Marketing with This One-Page Chart

By Anita Campbell - Apr 2, 2008 - 14 Comments

The online marketing landscape has become so complex that cutting through the “noise” is now one of the biggest problems small businesses face. Sorting out WHERE and HOW to spend our limited time and resources is increasingly the challenge. So Many New Choices Part of the problem is that we … Read More

Free E-Book Templates

By Anita Campbell - Mar 2, 2008 - 18 Comments

Creating an ebook (a PDF) is a project you are likely to do for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you want to create a downloadable "tips" document to give to clients or prospects. Or perhaps you want to create a shorter-than-print book as a free gift for signing up to your newsletter. You may even … Read More

A Sample Survey: 7 Questions To Ask Customers

By Anita Campbell - Jun 13, 2007 - 1 Comment

Many business owners and managers know Constant Contact for its easy-to-use email marketing software and service. A lot of the newsletters and updates that I receive from other small businesses go out through Constant Contact. (We use Constant Contact for our weekly radio show newsletter, … Read More