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Christi
- Sep 26
- 4 min
5 Scary Good Marketing Shortcuts
It's that time of year again. When the days get shorter, the air gets crisper, and we all find ourselves around a campfire (old school or...
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Christi
- Aug 1
- 4 min
Google My (small) Business
In our last Clever Chronicle, I eloquently laid out the basics of organic marketing. In this one I'm going to be double tapping on that...
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Christi
- May 28
- 4 min
Organic Marketing: What is it & How Can It Help Your Business Blossom?
Marketing is a minefield for industry terms. I literally work in the industry as a full-grown, real-life, UNironic #girlboss and if they...
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Christi
- Mar 30
- 4 min
How to Craft a Killer Non-Profit Marketing Strategy that Converts without Breaking the Bank
Marketing is one of those things that seem like a luxury and in some ways that's true. You can run the day-to-day operations of your...
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Christi
- Feb 9
- 6 min
Your Niche Might be Ruining Your Marketing!
A funny thing happens when you start paying attention to basic marketing and business advice, it starts to all sound the same. And there...
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Christi
- Jan 10
- 6 min
5 Ways to MIND YOUR BUSINESS in 2023!
When you're a small business owner you have an excess of a lot of things but time is NOT one of them. As such many of us find ourselves...
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Christi
- Oct 19, 2022
- 6 min
3 Marketing RED FLAGS to watch out for as a Small Business Owner
I work primarily with small businesses. This is no secret but this typically means if I'm talking to a prospect it will go one of TWO...
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Christi
- Jun 30, 2022
- 5 min
The 3 Hardest Lessons I've Learned as a Small Business Owner
It's July and here at The Clever Catalyst that can mean only one thing - it's our birthday! This year we are celebrating our - and I...
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Christi
- May 20, 2022
- 6 min
The 4 Coolest Features on Instagram that your Small Business Can't Afford NOT to Utilize!
And the 1 you probably most certainly can! Instagram gets a lot of traffic. A LOT. It is very hard to overstate their reach. In fact, 20%...
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Christi
- Apr 21, 2022
- 5 min
The 7 Things You Probably Missed on your Small Business Website
Designing a small business website is a lot of work. We know because it's kind of our full-time job! And while certain things are really...
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Christi
- Apr 8, 2022
- 5 min
B is for Branding: The Basics for Small Business Branding
When Court Justice Potter Stewart (of my great state of Ohio) was asked to define pornography he struggled only notoriously (and oddly...
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Samantha Neiman
- Mar 3, 2022
- 5 min
Why Bother with Email Marketing?
What is email marketing and why should you as a small business even care? Find out today in Sam's first byline at The Clever Catalyst
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Christi
- Jan 21, 2022
- 5 min
A, B, C, D, Ecommerce: The Basics
Ecommerce. What even is that? Why should you care? And even if you do care how do you even get started, isn’t that like a lot? These are...
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Christi
- Dec 20, 2021
- 6 min
How to Start a Blog for YOUR Small Business
Thinking about starting a blog? Here's why you should and exactly how to get it popping!
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Christi
- Nov 29, 2021
- 6 min
Content Marketing & The Art of Storytelling!
When I launched The Clever Catalyst, 2 and half years ago, it wasn’t meant to be a full-fledged digital marketing company. It was meant...
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Christi
- Oct 31, 2021
- 4 min
3 End-Of-The-Year Marketing Tips for Small Businesses!
We’re officially in that weird part of the year when everything you’re thinking about has to jump PAST the end of the year madness. You...
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Christi
- Oct 13, 2021
- 6 min
Small Business Websites: A Breed of Their Own
Sometimes a website is just a website. Sometimes a website is one of a thousand identical websites on the internet with the only...
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Christi
- Aug 1, 2021
- 6 min
Organic Social Media: The Small Business Secret Weapon!
If you're a small business and you do not have a solid organic social media strategy you, my friend, are doing said small business a huge...
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Christi
- Jul 7, 2021
- 5 min
A Tribute to my Team!
Today The Clever Catalyst celebrates 2 years in business. Today The Clever Catalyst celebrates the team that makes it all possible!
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