What’s Cooking in The World of DIY Marketing? Leave YOUR Tips!

This is a great time in the year to start looking into what new opportunities you can bring into your business.  In order to help you in this respect, I’d like to share some useful link love that you may have missed around the web that can help you build your brand and market your small business.

Trends

There has been a flurry of activity around the hottest trends that are coming up this year.  Check some of these fantastic articles.  Then pick out a few trends (Opportunities or Threats) and see how you can incorporate them to build on your existing strengths or minimize your weaknesses.

Rural Business Trends by Becky McRay – I had never thought that business trends would be that different for the rural sector but Becky brings some real insight.  If you’re running a business that serves the burbs, then you need to check these out.

iPhone Apps for Small Business: If you’re using an iPhone, check out these apps.  If you’re an entrepreneurial and savvy technical type or have access to a techie — then look at translating some of these apps for other mobile devices or maybe even facebook. Apps are BIG business.

Web Trends: If you’re still only toe-deep in the world of the web.  Jump in or you’ll be out in the cold.

Must to Marketing: These 10 easy tips will get your customers heading in the right direction — toward you.

New Applications

Guy Kawasaki’s Favorite Apps: I was inspired by this article to write another trendy app article.  I’m still doing some research on mine – but this one will pique your interest while you wait.

Use crowdsourcing iPhone Apps: Crowdsourcing is a trend that is still up and coming – the QuestionPro version is on an iPhone app now.

Interesting Stuff

Get an online Presence: Here are 6 ways to build your online presence.

Best Books of 2009: On Small Business Trends, we’ve been taking advantage of doing tons of book reviews.  Our readers are readers so we asked them to vote to pick their best books.  Here’s how we did it and here are the best books!

If you haven’t already, be sure to register for FREE over at www.DIYMarketers.com because we’re launching some awesome new programs with some of the best business authors today along with special DIY Marketing tools and classes.

Leave a comment and tell me what DIY Marketing tools and tips YOU want in 2010!