<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/feed/</link> <description>My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 02:51:53 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-44641</guid><title><![CDATA[Gavin Mace replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-44641</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:40:24 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/gavin-mace/" title="Gavin Mace" rel="nofollow">Gavin Mace</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Scalability &#038; Procedures.<div></div><div>The biggest problem I find with marketing for small businesses is that they are never able to manage the growth that they will achieve from a correctly executed marketing plan.</div><div><div></div><div>A well [&#8230;]</div></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43730</guid><title><![CDATA[Denise Rubright replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43730</link> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:30:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deniserubright/" title="Denise Rubright" rel="nofollow">Denise Rubright</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Ann, there are many ways of finding new opportunities such as you are needing. Check to see who is obtaining new businesses licenses and/or permit in your area. Also, network with the local commercial leasing [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43597</guid><title><![CDATA[Preston Odenbrett replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43597</link> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:42:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/prestonodenbrett/" title="Preston Odenbrett" rel="nofollow">Preston Odenbrett</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow">@michaelpingree</a> - I think for me is to get the decision maker to make a decision. I do many meetings, many people are impressed what we offer to them, no one balks at the pricing. I ask for the order after they [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43590</guid><title><![CDATA[Shaun Kennedy replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43590</link> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:28:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/shaun-kennedy/" title="Shaun Kennedy" rel="nofollow">Shaun Kennedy</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Biggest challlenge is really knowing where to start. &#160;I figure for our our gourmet chocolate biz, facebook and pinterest. &#160;We've been around for 4 yrs but haven't done much marketing besides the face to face [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43466</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43466</link> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:57:48 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> consistency.... no matter how or what the marketing tactic is, it needs to be "out there" consistently... status updates on facebook, posts on blog, tweets on twitter... monthly coupons ...&#160;<div>Great question, [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43230</guid><title><![CDATA[Justin Meister replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43230</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:07:46 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jmeist/" title="Justin Meister" rel="nofollow">Justin Meister</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow">@michaelpingree</a> I hear ya on the LinkedIn, haven't been a big fan of groups either, &#160;I found myself wasting too much time with their poorly designed message board.&#160;I have no idea what you're selling but I really [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43217</guid><title><![CDATA[Scott Prock replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43217</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:18:12 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/scottprock/" title="Scott Prock" rel="nofollow">Scott Prock</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Getting to the decision maker is my toughest challenge. I know they're busy, and the last thing I want is to come off as an annoying sales call they don't want to be bothered with.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43138</guid><title><![CDATA[Audrey Nelepovitz replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43138</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:10:15 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/celloeuse/" title="Audrey Nelepovitz" rel="nofollow">Audrey Nelepovitz</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Actually getting people to come in. I represent a Catering company that is starting to sell product as carry-out meals and, in my small town, getting people to consistently come in is a battle and a half. They can [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43096</guid><title><![CDATA[Nicole Allen replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-43096</link> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:46:49 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nicole-allen/" title="Nicole Allen" rel="nofollow">Nicole Allen</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow">@michaelpingree</a>&#160; I find ROI and lead generation the hardest part for my clients. They are mostly Construction company's with little or no interaction from their email base. With the economy the way that it is, [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42773</guid><title><![CDATA[Michael Pingree replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42773</link> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:51:02 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/" title="Michael Pingree" rel="nofollow">Michael Pingree</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a> Measuring ROI can be very hard for a small business. Who really wants to track every minute we spend on marketing? What I do is track source and sales volume from source. It is certainly not [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42768</guid><title><![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42768</link> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:58:28 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/" title="Rich Brooks" rel="nofollow">Rich Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> My biggest challenge in marketing my small business is proving ROI.<div></div><div>I know that we get business from marketing, but sometimes it's hard to show direct results based on how many hours I put into blogging, writing, [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42765</guid><title><![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42765</link> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:55:48 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/" title="Rich Brooks" rel="nofollow">Rich Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/' rel="nofollow">@michaelpingree</a><div></div><div>I find that groups are most effective if they are local (assuming you serve a local market) or industry specific to an industry you're selling to AND made up of people from the industry and not [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42728</guid><title><![CDATA[Ann at  greenoak replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42728</link> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:26:04 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/annfurnivall/" title="Ann at  greenoak" rel="nofollow">Ann at  greenoak</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> &#160;MARKETING&#160; TO&#160; THE&#160; BUSINESSSES OUTSIDE OF MY&#160;&#160; REALM&#160; WHO&#160;&#160; WOULD&#160; BUY FROM US IF THEY FOUND US.....&#160;&#160;&#160; by outside i mean&#160;&#160; we are known in the antique and&#160; recycled&#160;&#160; worlds in our&#160; region....but&#160;&#160; the&#160;new&#160; [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42695</guid><title><![CDATA[Michael Pingree replied to the forum topic My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/#post-42695</link> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:38:04 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/michaelpingree/" title="Michael Pingree" rel="nofollow">Michael Pingree</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/my-biggest-challenge-in-marketing-my-small-business-is-_/" rel="nofollow">My Biggest Challenge in Marketing my Small Business is _________?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> LinkedIn Marketing<div></div><div>I have put so much time into it and read so many guides, but nothing seems to works. Groups drive me nuts as most are all promotion and no discussion.</div> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>