<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415932</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:11:29.504-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Creating Small Business Marketing Online Plans</title><subtitle type='html'>Is your small business a professional service or retail sales? Online and Offline marketing begins with a "successful" Action Plan. There is no need to "re-invent the wheel" it's easier just to use what really works.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Richard Cannon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06509210488941340177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/image-files/rc-2005-2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415932.post-3625350398532947051</id><published>2007-04-17T12:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-17T13:12:05.617-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An Amazing 5 Months in Online Marketing</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The basics of online marketing do not change a lot, however the effects of your marketing actions can change in the blink of an eye. That's a little to explain why I have made no post in 5 months, this post will explain more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Our affiliation with SBI and Robert Middleton is molding into a wonderful thing for professionals wanting to increase their business and work less. In fact, we will be doubled certifed to assist any professional service business 100's of ways.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Eric Albertson, a CannonFire team member, is currently "in-training" to become Middleton certified. He joins a chosen few (12 I believe) to become one of the 1st Robert Middleton coaches in history, as Robert has never offered this program before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What Does That Mean?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Top notch assistance with creating more business for you whether you're corporate business or an independent owner. Offline, online or at the office, Team CannonFire offers over 50 years of combined marketing skills for helping businesses succeed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, What's So Amazing?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;It all started from our online marketing efforts, a service business, just like the people we serve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;It proves you can't take advantage of "online" opportunities unless you get your business "upfront" online.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;It proves our site ranking results are impressive and people do take notice of success.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;We think it's solid proof we can help your business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;So bear with me please, it won't be another 5 months until my next post. We are poised and ready with solid "forward" direction. Come back for the latest news, because as we kick this thing off the information you'll get without spending any money is worth a fortune!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22415932-3625350398532947051?l=cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com' title='An Amazing 5 Months in Online Marketing'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/3625350398532947051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/3625350398532947051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/2007/04/amazing-5-months-in-online-marketing.html' title='An Amazing 5 Months in Online Marketing'/><author><name>Richard Cannon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06509210488941340177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/image-files/rc-2005-2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415932.post-5257075159678251101</id><published>2006-11-19T13:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T14:41:15.693-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Step 2 - Planning Small Business Marketing Online</title><content type='html'>If you have completed &lt;a href="http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/2006/10/small-business-marketing-online-plans.html" target="_blank"&gt;Step 1&lt;/a&gt;, you have organized the offline aspects of your business. You have the &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/websitetoolkit" target="_blank"&gt;web site toolkit in hand&lt;/a&gt; to guide your thinking during web site construction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's what comes next&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone using a search engine uses keywords to find what they want. What you want to know is which keywords they use to find a business like yours. When you know those words, you begin to know your market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Along with keywords, you also find out how often these words are used and how much competition you face. Look at this process as a market study to find out what web site content is needed to reach your target market, ahead of your competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing to know is this "research" process is the same regardless of what you are selling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wordtracker created a story around Virginia Veg, a fictional vegetable processing company that wants to sell vegetarian dog food online, and asked experts to tell how they would use Wordtracker to offer advice to Susan Webster, the CEO of the fictional company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The challenges that Susan must face are the challenges that business owners and consultants must face every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is more than a practical manual&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a unique insight into the thinking that allows marketing experts to get top results. There is &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/support-files/wordtracker-guide.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;no charge, just download here and read it&lt;/a&gt; completely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This story teaches the basic fundamentals of how people really use the web. This information can "make or break" your online business. Without knowing keywords and how to use them, you will miss your target market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our service business has two sides. We create marketing plans and web sites from scratch and we fix failed ones. Repair is beyond any doubt the "bigger" side of our business. The vast majority of the time, failure was the direct result of not understanding the basic fundamentals of how people use the web.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you fail to plan your online presence based on these &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/ctpm" target="_blank"&gt;basic fundamentals&lt;/a&gt;, your site is doomed from day 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if your web site has failed already, &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/ctpm" target="_blank"&gt;here's what fixes broken web sites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have much more to discuss, but &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/support-files/wordtracker-guide.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;please download the story&lt;/a&gt; and save yourself major headaches. Next, we'll discuss vital resources for planning you must know about.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22415932-5257075159678251101?l=cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com' title='Step 2 - Planning Small Business Marketing Online'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/5257075159678251101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/5257075159678251101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/2006/11/step-2-planning-small-business.html' title='Step 2 - Planning Small Business Marketing Online'/><author><name>Richard Cannon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06509210488941340177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/image-files/rc-2005-2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415932.post-5420051578536780906</id><published>2006-10-31T15:15:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T18:28:39.120-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Business Marketing Online Plans - Step 1</title><content type='html'>Small business marketing online plans require focus. We focus on successful people that helped us become successful. &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/evoy" target="_blank"&gt;Ken Evoy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/middleton" target="_blank"&gt;Robert Middleton&lt;/a&gt; are seasoned successful marketing professionals. &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/albertson" target="_blank"&gt;Eric Albertson&lt;/a&gt;, now a vital team member, helped us increase our income ten times over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I personally own their products, use their services, and highly recommend you follow this proven trail and count on performance being the result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take action!&lt;/strong&gt; ...4 simple actions get &lt;em&gt;Major Results&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Want to be a better marketer and &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/infoguru" target="_blank"&gt;attract more clients&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Are you struggling to &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/actionplantoolkit" target="_blank"&gt;implement your marketing&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Confused about how to &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/websitetoolkit" target="_blank"&gt;make your site better&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do want to &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/myss" target="_blank"&gt;make your site sell&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You're not alone!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recommend all of our clients get the &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/wholeshebang" target="_blank"&gt;get the "Whole Shebang"&lt;/a&gt; to save $1000's; Yes, thousands of dollars. The reason you will is because doing anything over is very costly since you will pay for it at least twice. Much of our business is re-building failed web sites and marketing strategies. Take the hint and get it right the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Need services?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CannonFire Marketing can and will guide your every move. We can also do it all for you, but not without some basic understanding of marketing on your part. Without it, you will spend more than you have to. You will have many questions, and the answers take time. Time is money to both of us. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take the 4 Action Steps above to save time and money. Everything we'll tell you comes from those sources and our experience. Alan Lakein wrote, "Failing to plan is planning to fail", and I can't agree more. We have been there, done that, and we have the t-shirt that reminds me what must happen to succeed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What's Next?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From here, we'll talk about all the parts and pieces that make up good marketing strategies. Keywords, content writing, search engines, PPC advertising, newsletters and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to the &lt;a href="http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/email-marketing-through-client-newsletters.html" target="_blank"&gt;CannonFire Marketing Newsletter&lt;/a&gt; here..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22415932-5420051578536780906?l=cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com' title='Small Business Marketing Online Plans - Step 1'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/5420051578536780906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/5420051578536780906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/2006/10/small-business-marketing-online-plans.html' title='Small Business Marketing Online Plans - Step 1'/><author><name>Richard Cannon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06509210488941340177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/image-files/rc-2005-2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415932.post-116214945002746065</id><published>2006-10-29T13:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T13:05:50.724-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Best Marketing Tool for Small Business on the Internet</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;If you are looking for the best marketing tool for small business on the internet, it's right here on the page in front of you. You may have heard that keywords and content rule at search engines. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;It's true, &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769" target="_blank"&gt;even Google says so&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The most successful small business marketing online plans start with simple research anyone can do. The most affordable marketing strategies for small business start the same way. The ultimate goal is for you to &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Know&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; your target market.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;We do not sell gadgets, tricks, secrets or insider information. We sell services, and we &lt;em&gt;giveaway&lt;/em&gt; what we know right here in this blog. If you are highly motivated to succeed, you already have what you need to start.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of course you will need a website&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;If you have one, is it doing its job?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Do you know what "its" job is?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;That's one thing we will discuss often here. How to know if your website is working and how to fix it if it isn't. After all you can't fix anything you didn't know was broken, right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you "planning" a website for your business?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;You are definitely in the right place. Success starts with a good plan. We'll show you the best path to get there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Visit often, as a rather bold marketing person from Texas you'll get the truth from me, Richard Cannon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Glad you're here, good to meet you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22415932-116214945002746065?l=cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com' title='The Best Marketing Tool for Small Business on the Internet'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/116214945002746065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22415932/posts/default/116214945002746065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cannonfiremarketing.blogspot.com/2006/10/best-marketing-tool-for-small-business.html' title='The Best Marketing Tool for Small Business on the Internet'/><author><name>Richard Cannon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06509210488941340177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.cannonfiremarketing.com/image-files/rc-2005-2.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
