Category Archives: Blog

Broadcasting Live From Highlight Midwest On October 23rd

Who: Highlight Midwest features the brightest minds from all over the Midwest – from Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City and more! We’ll be talking to many of these awesome people.

What: Live broadcast with the great minds of the Midwest to discuss what they are up to, what it means to the Midwest, and other sorts of awesomeness.

When: Friday, October 23rd – follow #mte or #hmdm hashtags on Twitter for updates

Where: We’ll be broadcasting from Des Moines Social Club on ManagingTheEdge.com/live

Want to go? Register Here

For more information on HMDM, check out http://highlightmidwest.org

Want to be on the show? We want to talk to you! Leave a comment or email Doug or Andy. If not – we’ll catch you walking by!

Zane Safrit on Managing The Edge Today

We’ll be talking to Zane Safritauthor, blogger, and podcaster and Mario Van Dijk – Director of the Fairfield Entrepreneur Association and the COO for Genetic ID.

Our topic for today’s show will be Word Of Mouth Marketing and the technology that drives it – and anything else Zane wants to talk about!

Please tune in today Friday, August 14 at 1:00PM CST at http://ManagingTheEdge.com/live

If you have any questions for Zane or Mario please let us know using #mte hashtag on Twitter or call us at 206-666-2779 and leave us a voicemail with your question. Or – just leave us a comment here and we’ll try to get to all of them on the air!

This show will be available on the website and in iTunes on the following Monday.

10 Things Episode This Week

For Episode 10 of this internet business podcast (subscribe) we did “Ten Things You Should Have Learned In Our First 10 Episodes” as a clever way to recap and highlight what we had talked about in our first episodes. This has – by far – been our most listened to show.

This week we embark on Episode 20 – and we’re doing it again.

This Friday, July 10 at 1:00PM we’ll be broadcasting live – “10 Things From Our Last Ten Episodes”. What will we be talking about?

If you have any questions you’d like answered please leave a comment below and we’ll answer them live on the show – with your name and URL. Or follow along on Twitter with #MTE hashtag and join our FriendFeed Group

Local Search Optimization

Earlier this week we put out the “Local Search Optimization” to help businesses realize and act on the potential of the local search market. We’ve gotten several questions since then as well as a few “Ah-Ha” moments…

The tips we discussed in this episode are absolutely essential for any business that are taking the web seriously as a lead and sales generator. Please – don’t leave these opportunities on the table.
We wanted to share a couple great resources with you – beyond the podcast – to help you take advantage of the fastest growing search market on the web…
Local Search Ranking Factors from David Mihm helps rank the most important details for you to focus on when optimizing for local search.
Google Local Search Optimization Glossary from Bill Slawski will answer any questions you have if you run into something that you are unsure about.
And Ian Lurie’s Local Search Optimization 101 should help you get started if you want to jump in right away
Visit http://managingtheedge.com/episodes/local-search-optimization to learn how and why you this is so important to your business!
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Two New MTE Episodes Today

We are dropping two episodes of Managing The Edge internet business podcast today!

Blogging Is Still Cool
In our 17th episode we discuss how blogging has become overlooked as an essential online business tool to become more findable and engaging on the web. We talk about the how and why of business blogging as well as the benefits and ROI.
Recorded 6/5/2009

iPhone For Business
In our 18th episode we talk about using the iPhone for business and productivity – beyond the games and fun. We talk about apps we use, syncing with Google, setting up your business email and much, much more!
Recorded 6/19/2009

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Thanks for listening!

Talking iPhone For Business Today

We are getting the studio set up as I type this to bring you another great live broadcast of Managing The Edge.

Just open http://ManagingTheEdge.com/live if you want to wait and you’ll hear us when we start!

Today we will be talking about the iPhone since everyone else is! Except we won’t be going over the new features – we’ll be talking about using it as an essential tool for running your business online.

It’s currently 12:00 CST and we are looking to have the studio setup and ready to broadcast in a little over an hour. If you follow Doug or myself on Twitter, we’ll let you know the exact time we go live!

While you are waiting, you may want to catch up on our past episodes or subscribe to the show in iTunes while writing a glowing review :-)

See you in an hour – live, on the edge.

Why Use Twitter For Business?

Yesterday TIME posted 10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business

  1. Hyper-Local Marketing
  2. Make Old-World Advertising Work
  3. Turning Wall Street On Its Head
  4. Making Blogs Count
  5. New Ways To Get Consumer Data
  6. Helping TV and Print Media Industries
  7. Expanding The Power Of Micropayments
  8. Changing Telecommunications
  9. New Ways For Government To Reach You
  10. Charity Begins Online

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