089: Video Marketing for Local Business – Andy Sokol

Video Marketing

Andy Sokol

You hear marketing experts talk about video marketing again and again because it works. Yet for most local small business owners, it is a mystery. Today’s guest is a local business owner who has broken the code on video marketing and he is ready to share what he’s learned with you.

From Lemonade to Lawn Mowers, Andy Sokol has always had an Entrepreneurial Spirit.

For as long as he can remember, Andy has always wanted to be in business for himself.  So at the age of six, he began his entrepreneurial path with a lemonade stand.  Seven years later, he retrieved and sold golf balls from the local golf course, in his backyard and then followed that up with a lawn mowing service.

At the age of 19, Andy would find himself attending various training events to guide him along his path.  While discussing his success, Andy said he “knew the key to my future success would come from my desire to always be better than the competition, never be stagnant and to continuously learn from the best.”

After a successful – though unfulfilling career – as an insurance salesman, Andy embarked on his first business venture.  In 1995, he and his brother Jeremy started CopyScan with no more than a one-page ad and word-of-mouth endorsements.

Today, Andy owns two of South Florida’s largest independent Document Management businesses.

Andy has discovered that In order to have a successful business all these years, he’s had to market his companies differently than his competitors in order to stand out from the crowd.  One of his favorite methods of marketing is through the use of YouTube videos.

So how does a brick and mortar business monetize free YouTube videos?  That is the topic of this episode of ACT LOCAL Marketing.

Video Marketing for Local Business – Andy Sokol

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075: Local Business Marketing In The Trenches – Vicky Lyashenko

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Vicky Lyashenko

Local Business Marketing in the trenches is changing every day (and sometimes seems like every hour). Small business and local business marketing professionals like Vicky Lyashenko know what’s working and what’s passé which saves you time and money chasing the wrong white rabbit.

Vicky Lyashenko is a wife, mom, speaker, and trainer. She helps and empowers local business owners to implement social media, email marketing, and word of mouth marketing to stand out online and create a raving customer base. Vicky has built a successful consulting business – Small Business Gal, based on the principals she teaches. To learn more about Vicky and her work, visit: SmallBusinessGal.com

Local Business Marketing In The Trenches

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063: Barter to Increase Business with Kevin Brown – Hudson Barter Exchange

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Kevin Brown

There are two main ways to increase cash flow -by increasing sales or reducing costs. Barter does both! Bartering allows you to pay for what you need with what you have. When you power wash your building, hang new signs, paint your offices or buy office furniture/equipment with trade dollars, you can use your cash to cover other important costs. When you purchase something using trade dollars, it will be paid for with new sales – sales that would likely not have happened without a barter exchange.

Kevin Brown has been a media and marketing professional for 25 years.  After jobs running advertising sales forces for major media companies like ABC, CBS and Fox, Brown joined the ranks of the entrepreneurs over 5 years ago when he started Hudson Barter Exchange with his partner Karen Brown.   In 2013, HBX members traded over $3.5 Million in goods and services and the company continues to grow quickly.  To learn more about Hudson Barter Exchange, visit: www.hudsonbarterexchange.com

Bartering to Increase Business Episode 63 ACT LOCAL Marketing for Small Business

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053: Direct Marketing Miracles with Marty Marsh

Direct Marketing

Marty Marsh

Marty Marsh calls himself and the people he serves as their coach/mentor/consultant, soul proprietors. That’s spelled S-O-U-L.

Marty believes that having your own business is the best way to affect positive change in the world and his mission is to enroll 50,000-plus entrepreneurs to start businesses that will ultimately make a positive difference in the lives of the people that they serve, and thereby affect positive change, one client at a time.

He knows the joys and challenges of being self-employed and is a teacher at heart, offering a variety of ways for his clients to get the word out about who they are and what they do through stay-in-touch marketing. He loves working primarily with coaches and other holistic-type professionals to help them define success on their own terms, to create marketing strategies with them that allows them to serve as many clients as they can handle.

Direct Marketing Strategies

Today Kalynn and Marty will be discussing what Stay in Touch Marketing really is and specific tips on what business owners can and should do to get the best return on their marketing investment.  They will also be discussing the positives and negatives of email marketing, direct marketing, and other strategies for businesses in this over-communicated world where messaging can get lost.

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044: Local Reputation Management w/ Laurie Hurley

Local Reputation Management

Laurie Hurley

Laurie Hurley has been an entrepreneur since 1998. Consulting, mentoring and coaching social media marketing is her passion! Laurie teaches you how to balance and complement your online marketing efforts with your face to face networking for maximum exposure to your Target Market and potential customers.

Recently, Laurie partnered with a new startup called RateDiary, an online reputation company based in Simi Valley, CA. She is a firm believer that testimonials and managing your online reputation is a huge part of the social media universe, which can impact one’s business positively, if utilized correctly. To learn more about Laurie and her work, visit: www.RateDiary.com

Local Reputation Management

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034: Mobile Marketing for Local Businesses – Mobile Mary Barnett

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Mary Barnett

This mobile movement of marketing is not a fad anymore. It is the wave of the future and increasing bottom lines of businesses small and large alike. My guest this week shares with us how to accelerate a successful Mobile/Digital/Social strategy for you and your clients and gives us the inside scoop of making money with mobile.

Mobile Mary is an Expert in helping small business owners and entrepreneurs to grow their business and make more Money using fast, simple and easy to use, Mobile marketing techniques.

Mary Barnett is the owner of a woman-owned business called Another Brilliant Idea LLC (ABI). She has over 20 years of experience in Promotional Marketing Strategy and has produced award-winning events, B2B and B2C Promotions that utilize Digital & Mobile Campaigns with proven results.

Mobile Marketing for Local Businesses

In 2008, ABI branded Brilliant Mobile, a Mobile Platform that bridges the gap between Traditional and Digital Marketing. One of her happy clients is Kawasaki Motors U.S.A, as they helped drive 93,000 new customers to their 1500 dealerships nationwide in the summer of 2009, all with a game on the mobile phone. That campaign won a prestigious Mobile Marketing award for Innovation. She now works with the United States Marines, AMPM franchises, wholesale and retail stores, restaurants and appointment based businesses to be more efficient in their communication with their loyal fans!

Nicknamed “Mobile Mary”, she passionately speaks to audiences who are looking to use Mobile technology to drive more business to their store, restaurant, and event or raise money for their charity. She offers an integrated online platform that helps her clients with Mobile Text, Email, Voice Broadcast, IM and Social Publishing; Brilliant Mobile also offers Mobile Websites, Mobile Apps and QR Code Solutions that drive results to her clients’ bottom line!

Don’t miss this mobile marketing manic episode of ACT LOCAL Marketing for Small Business.

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