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Now Is The Time To Innovate
Jim Kukral | November 14th, 2008 - 06:00 AM
(12) found this useful. Do you? 
There are tough times ahead for us entrepreneurs and small business owners. The economy has hit many of us hard, and we’re going to have to work to get out of this hole. That’s all the bad news.
The good news is . . . we can do it, if we do it now!
Now is the time to innovate and create and produce a real plan of attack to succeed. Now is the time to sit down and be creative about how to push your business forward without a marketing budget. Now is the time to think creatively about how you can get your company noticed, or get more sales, or more leads, with a new type of marketing campaign or idea.
The point is, now is the time to do this. Your competitors will probably cut jobs, and cut marketing and cut something else. Now is the time for you to eat their lunch by making aggressive steps forward while they cut, cut, cut!
Do it now.
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Jim Kukral, The Business Web Coach, is an award-winning blogger, speaker and successful web coach. For over 12-years, Jim has been helping both small businesses and Fortune 500 clients find success online.
Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends | November 14th, 2008 at 7:24 am
OK, Jim, I think we got the message. We need to act right NOW!
Loved your little post-it note prop. I’ll have to remember that the next time I do a video.
– Anita
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Amanda | November 14th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Wait….did you say do it later or was it now? I can’t seem to remember
This definitely is an opportune time to address marketing needs and ways to boost sales. Now if we only had a video of tips to do just that on a trim budget.
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Jim Kukral TheBizWebCoach.com | November 14th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Wait, did I get my message across enough about Now???
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Joel Libava | November 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Hi Jim, You mean that it is tough out there for us small business owners?
Oh…NOW it is!
Good to see ya on this site. About time.
Joel Libava
The Franchise King Blog
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Chris | November 14th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Love the video, Jim, and I have to agree with Anita here - the post it note prop is a nice touch!
But I have to ask . . . the rubber chickens in the background? Perhaps a furry friends toys
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Kelley | November 26th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Perfectly put, yet this begs the question, “How?”. How does an organization slash budgets for sales, marketing, training, etc, and still drive business? Web conferencing and online meetings are one of the best ways to cut travel expenses, improve productivity and collaboration, and reach more prospects and clients with less money and in less time. It’s one of the quickest, easiest and most sensible transitions for organizations to make today.
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