Great Brain Starters for Marketing Ideas

I’ve had a bit of a run of what I call "empty-head."  This is where your brain feels a little hungry for something fun to think or muse about.

When that happens I take a journey through my blog feeds and stumble around for things that I think are somewhat useful and "brain-starters" on a slow day.

Here they are.

1. 193 Creative Marketing Ideas: Every business owner, sales and/or marketing professional should have a file of stuff like this.  Read it over from time to time.  Ask yourself "In what ways can I use this strategy to build profit and revenue?"  I also like to read stuff like this and think about ways to use my unique position (selling proposition) to put a creative twist on a simple strategy.  This is a keeper.
2. Scribd (Publish Yourself Online): So, while discovering and reading through "193 creative marketing strategies" I notice that it’s on this cool tool called "Scribd"  You upload documents, share them with groups, download, ertc.  It’s a great viral marketing tool.
3. Work by Result by Adversity University: I absolutely LOVE Stephen Hopson and this blog.  Today’s story on work by result will get you thinking how you can put your focus on your desired, true-quality result.  He says it all with a joke which will make you think.
4. Wendy Piersall’s New Sparkplugging: I got to know about Wendy Piersall through Anita Campbell at SmallBizTrends first, and then via Twitter. If you’re a mom, or parent even, you will find lots of good tidbits in Sparkplugging.  First, I absolutely LOVE the logo.  I love the site and how it very intelligently and professionally combines business with the fun and challenge of working from home.  Check it out and see what you think. 
5. Diversification as a strategy by AnyWired.  As you’ve probabvly guessed, I really enjoy any blog or information that gives me a useful list and allows me the creativity to think about how to apply what they’ve written to any current challenge.  One of my pet topics is what they’re calling "Diversification."  The concept is to look at your business as a table or a chair – and then build "legs" that serve as conduits for revenue.  The more "legs" you have, the more stable the business.  But – don’t forget.  Too many legs just don’t work.  So, overall great Ideas on building revenue.  See what you get from it.

An so, there you have my morning musings on cool stuff I’ve found.  I’m off right now, but I’ll be thinking about these through the day.

Let me know if you’ve got some cool stuff that you’ve found.

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