Marketing podcast with Tom Wilson (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download - subscribe now via iTunes With each new advancement in connectivity and mobility outsourcing the hard stuff just gets easier and easier for the small business. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast I turn once again to Tom Wilson, Executive Director of AT&Ts Small Business Group, to talk about small business IT stuff We covered two new offerings in this episode Remote backup of data. For a low monthly fee you can have key data backed up nightly, encrypted and secure using something called AT&T Remote Vault. Tech Support for Small Business - Through an offering called TechSupport360 small business owners pay a per seat monthly fee to get access to all kinds of tech support. The basics, such as configuring software, removing spyware and tuning up a computer can be handled by giving the tech access to your machine, but the part I absolutely love about this offering is the ability to get help with PowerPoint or Word files or adding a new email signature to an Outlook account. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast is brought to you by Onward SmallBiz. Resources for the small business owner.

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This content from: Duct Tape Marketing USA Today’s Ask an Expert Steve Strauss on Duct Tape Markting Marketing podcast with Steve Strauss (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download - subscribe now via iTunes) Small business owners have lots of questions, particularly it seems, as business gets harder to come by during lean times. So, [...]

Marketing podcast with Emanuel Rosen (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download - subscribe now via iTunes Buzz is all around us and as hot a marketing topic as there is going, but for this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast I caught up with Emanuel Rosen author of the national bestseller The Anatomy of Buzz (Doubleday, 2000) and The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited (Doubleday, 2009). Rosen's first book was a favorite of mine before it was cool to acknowledge the power of word of mouth buzz and most everything that's been written since can cite him as an influence. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by iLinc - Web and Video Conferencing that's easy to use, affordable and powerful enough to make your online meetings really come alive.

Marketing podcast with Joel Comm (Click to listen, right click and Save As to download) - subscribe now via iTunes For this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast I visited with Internet entrepreneur and author of the book twitter power, Joel Comm. Joel?s adventures on the Internet, including creating the totally useless, entertaining and crude, but top selling iPhone application iFart, are a testament to the wide open opportunities the Internet has spawned. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by iLinc - Web and Video Conferencing that's easy to use, affordable and powerful enough to make your online meetings really come alive.

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