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Duct Tape Marketing recognizes Lean Six Sigma Marketing Coach with Certification
John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing and founder of the Duct Tape Marketing organization developed this initiative and established levels of Duct Tape Marketing Coaching accreditation in an effort to place heavy emphasis on the success factors of the Duct Tape Marketing system and reward those who establish pre-defined levels of success using the Duct Tape Marketing approach, tools and point of view.
Lean Six Sigma and Duct Tape Marketing, an effective combination
Dager, a Duct Tape Marketing Coach and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is well versed in these disciplines. Both large and small companies are trying to find solutions to be more cost effective, more efficient, and more innovating. One such solution is using a combination of Lean Six Sigma Marketing and Duct Tape Marketing.

The Essence of Duct Tape Marketing
Duct tape (the tape) is simple, effective, and affordable—it’s not always the prettiest solution, but it does always work. The central theme of Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide by John Jantsch is that effective small business marketing is a system—not an event—composed of simple, effective, and affordable techniques.

Just like a small business should
John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing has a great post about Espresso Dating, the new partnership between Starbucks and Yahoo! Personals.

On the Subject of Marketing Integrity
I’m delighted to share with you news of the impending publication of my good friend John Jantsch’s superb book, Duct Tape Marketing, for which I have contributed the foreword.
GOT MARKETING?
Why is Marketing your Small Business so Hard?
Blurb Books a Great Tool for Telling Your Story
I ran into a service called Blurb at the SXSW Interactive Conference this March and think they have a tool that has some great small business marketing applications. The service lets you take written words and images and turn them into very professional looking hard bound books in small quantities.
Two Questions That Matter Most
When you consider writing marketing copy, throw out all your notions about features and benefits, riveting, detailed descriptions and techno jargon and focus on answering the only two questions that really matter - and do it before you pass go.
Could you work without a staff?
The Internet has made working, collaborating and sharing down right simple. With it many businesses are living the dream of running multi-million dollar business without any permanent staff. This magic is done increasingly at the hands of a growing world of workers known as virtual assistants. A virtual assistant is someone who is set-up to complete tasks remotely for a fee
Gift certificates for referral
Sending gift certificates, good towards the purchase of your products and, yes, services too, can be a great way to stimulate additional purchases.

The definition of branding
One of my readers pointed out that they really appreciated the definition of marketing that I use throughout Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing is getting someone who has a need to know, like and trust you. Most small business folks, exposed only to more academic definitions, really seem to appreciate the truthfulness of that characterization. This same reader (Eddy) also asked then for my definition of branding (as it might relate to marketing)

Books as naked conversations
Perhaps you’ve already heard about Amazon’s new ereader device called the Kindle Given the amount of press, both good and bad, it has received, including about 3,000 words in Newsweek, I suspect maybe you’ve heard something about it.

What’s In a Name These Days?
The name of a business is an essential marketing decision and certainly should be considered in that vein.

5 Tips For Getting More from Facebook
In continuing with my series of quick social media tips (check out 5 tips for LinkedIn) I’m covering some tips for business use of Facebook here. I’ve actually written about some of these tips in great detail before, but this can act as a quick primer for folks who like their info snack sized like this.
10 Tips to Gain Credibility Online
Below, are some key points that may give you a fresh perspective on how to enhance your credibility online.
7 Ideas Owners Must Consider When Succession Planning
Recently we’ve been reading reports and statistics on succession planning. Did you know that according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses more than 40% of business owners plan to leave their businesses in the next 5 years. Are you one of them? Then read this article and start ensuring your success.
Are You A Marketing Control Freak?
Which activities do you find you focus on the most?
5 Business Reasons to Be on Google+
Google+ might be the newest entry in the social media ring, but it's definitely in the "heavyweight" division. It has created a platform that quite frankly melds the worlds of Facebook, Twitter, and Skype.
Upping Your PR
If you are exceptional at what you do, have a ton of experience or are sitting on a leading edge breakthrough it's time to start adding some PR to the mix.
10 Effective Ways To Use 1 Piece of Content
Take one piece of content you have already created (this can be stats in your industry, a newsletter article, blog post, case study, etc.) and ACTION each step below as you read them.
Are You Stuck in the Mediocrity Trap?
We find ourselves stuck in the mediocrity trap, frustrated that our businesses aren't making the money we feel they should be for the efforts we are putting in. So how can you shift from blasé to brilliant?

Sifting Through the Marketing Chaos
I was having lunch with a peer the other day and we were talking about how incredibly different today's marketing tactics are from even 5 years ago. Quite frankly all these new shiny objects seem to be overwhelming small businesses instead of helping them grow their client base.
Thinking Outside The Box
Do you ever find yourself lacking creativity in your marketing?

Where to focus in 2012
The common tone going into 2012 is cautious optimism.

Other duct tape marketing Related Articles

Just like a small business should
John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing has a great post about Espresso Dating, the new partnership between Starbucks and Yahoo! Personals.

On the Subject of Marketing Integrity
I’m delighted to share with you news of the impending publication of my good friend John Jantsch’s superb book, Duct Tape Marketing, for which I have contributed the foreword.
The Essence of Duct Tape Marketing
Duct tape (the tape) is simple, effective, and affordable—it’s not always the prettiest solution, but it does always work. The central theme of Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide by John Jantsch is that effective small business marketing is a system—not an event—composed of simple, effective, and affordable techniques.

The definition of branding
One of my readers pointed out that they really appreciated the definition of marketing that I use throughout Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing is getting someone who has a need to know, like and trust you. Most small business folks, exposed only to more academic definitions, really seem to appreciate the truthfulness of that characterization. This same reader (Eddy) also asked then for my definition of branding (as it might relate to marketing)

Life’s Problem Solvers: Duct Tape and WD40
“All of life’s problems can be solved with two things—duct tape and WD40. If it moves and it shouldn’t, you need duct tape. And if it doesn’t move and it should, you need WD40.”—Unknown
Lean Six Sigma and Duct Tape Marketing, an effective combination
Dager, a Duct Tape Marketing Coach and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is well versed in these disciplines. Both large and small companies are trying to find solutions to be more cost effective, more efficient, and more innovating. One such solution is using a combination of Lean Six Sigma Marketing and Duct Tape Marketing.

The Sky Isn’t Falling
Some of you may be taking the attitude that now is the time to hunker down, cut costs and go into a cautious no risk taking mode while putting duct tape on your wallets and purses. Although I believe caution is prudent and contingency planning may be essential I’d like to stress that you shouldn’t make blind assumptions and react too quickly without doing a complete analysis of your independent customer base and markets.
7 Print Newsletter Design Tips to Get Your Client Newsletter Opened & Read Every Time
Ignoring your company newsletter packaging or formatting is like giving your clients a lovely gift... and then wrapping it with duct tape and plain brown paper. These seven newsletter design rules make sure your customer print newsletter doesn't get trashed.

Improve your Marketing Cycle, Increase your Revenue
The very best thing about organizing and "systemizing" your marketing is that you now have more tools at your disposal to understand and facilitate but not manipulate your customer's efforts. I use the Duct Tape Marketing Hourglass as an example, but there are other similar methods and maybe a system of your own that would work as well. One of the tools, I found quite useful after working with the hourglass is the use of Cycle time. A Value Stream Map is quite useful in visualizing and providing calculations for cycle time.
Duct Tape Marketing recognizes Lean Six Sigma Marketing Coach with Certification
John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing and founder of the Duct Tape Marketing organization developed this initiative and established levels of Duct Tape Marketing Coaching accreditation in an effort to place heavy emphasis on the success factors of the Duct Tape Marketing system and reward those who establish pre-defined levels of success using the Duct Tape Marketing approach, tools and point of view.
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