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Improving JuniorBiz.com: JJ Entry #15

One day, about a week ago, I spent the majority of my waking hours on Blogussion.com. That’s right, the majority of the time I was awake that day I was reading articles on a website.

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Entrepreneurship is Like a Fat Man on a 3-Legged Stool

by Nick Tart

Entrepreneurship is unique in that it encompasses and concentrates all areas of business into one entity, a stool in this case. Additionally, a business grows much like a person.

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Show What You Truly Feel With Video

by Jared OToole

What happens every time a company makes a mistake or gets called out on something? We see a press release or statement sent out that addresses the matter and tries to put it to rest.

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Guest Posts + Digg Shouts = 77% More Traffic: JJ Entry #14

by Nick Tart

In the first week of the Summer 2009 JuniorBiz Project Charter traffic to my site increased 77% from 168 to 298 visitors. At this rate I will have over 280,000 weekly visitors by the end of the 13-week project charter.

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‘Marketing’ Has More P’s Than ‘Hippopotamus’

by Nick Tart

Contrary to popular belief, marketing is not synonymous with advertising. In fact, advertising and promotion only constitutes 25% of the marketing mix. So what makes up the other 75% of marketing?

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Setting Objectives and Goals for Your Business: JJ Entry #13

by Nick Tart

Within the “Project Charter: Summer 2009” I established 6 objectives and 20 goals for my business. Setting objectives and goals is important for any business (especially new ones) and I’ll begin by describing exactly…

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A Logo Design Agency is One Option

by Ben Johnson

Have you noticed a huge variation in cost of logo designing these days? Who do you think would go for a design agency who charges thousands of dollars for a single logo design?

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Twitter: To Auto-DM or Not To Auto-DM? JJ Entry #12

by Nick Tart

Following up on my Twitter Experiment with Direct Messages… It was a success, but at what cost? I’ll go into more detail under Objective 3 in this post. Additionally, this is the final JJ Entry from the JuniorBiz Project Charter.

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Experiment with Twitter Direct Messages: JJ Entry #11

by Nick Tart

On Sunday April 19th, 2009, I started an experiment with the Twitter direct message feature to try and get more traffic and feedback on JuniorBiz.com. I also completed numerous other tasks in the JuniorBiz Project Charter this week, but the majority of this post will focus on the implementation and results of my Twitter experiment.

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