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Are You Struggling with Content Creation? This AI Assistant Could Be Your Answer!

ChatGPT - your ultimate marketing assistant

Hey there, small business owners of Wilsonville, Oregon! Are you tired of constantly struggling to come up with fresh and exciting content for your marketing campaigns? Well, let me introduce you to ChatGPT, the ultimate solution to all your content creation woes.

ChatGPT is an advanced artificial intelligence language model that is capable of generating text based on a given prompt. It’s like having a virtual assistant that can churn out content ideas for you in seconds. And the best part? You don’t have to be a technical person to use it. So, without further ado, here are 5 ways you can use ChatGPT for marketing content:

Blog Post Ideas: Are you struggling to come up with topics for your blog?… Read the rest

Good news: No Recession Likely in 2023

no recession in 2023

People are worried because some people say that the economy might not do well in 2023. But there are other people like Christopher Thornberg, PhD who have a more positive view.

It’s important to know that the people who predict a downturn in the economy are often wrong. They didn’t predict the last four times the economy went down and they said the economy would go down other times, but it didn’t.

Also, just because people aren’t feeling confident about the economy, doesn’t mean it’s going to have a bad time. It just means that people are reading and hearing a lot of negative news.

There’s something called an inverted yield curve, which some people think means the economy is going to have a bad time.… Read the rest

GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

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Don’t miss an opportunity to recover some your financial losses from COVID-19.

Grants are available to businesses in the following zip codes: 97303, 97070, 97140, 97132, 97137, 97115

Free interpretation services available in all languages. Reach out if you need assistance:

https://www.oregonbrc.org/business-grants

¡Las aplicaciones están disponibles!

No se pierda la oportunidad de recuperar algunas de sus pérdidas causadas por el COVID-19.

Los pagos para pequeños negocios están disponibles para los negocios dentro de los siguientes códigos postales: 97303, 97070, 97140, 97132, 97137, 97115

Servicio de interpretación disponible en todos los lenguajes. Contáctenos si necesita ayuda: https://www.oregonbrc.org/business-grantsRead the rest

Forget Resolutions – Make Simple Changes Instead

Six practices to make a better future

This time of year, many people are focused on “new year, new me” or making “New Year’s Resolutions.”

Year ago, Einstein (or someone else) famously said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting the same results.”

And year after year, we fail at these ideas. And while we know this won’t work, we do it anyway. Partially because we know it won’t work so we self-sabotage, and partially because we don’t have a better way.

But there IS a better way, at least to TRY and do something longer lasting. Authors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka, coauthors of the 2019 book The Wise Company, recently developed “six practices to make a better future” to help leaders focus on the most important drivers of simultaneous success.… Read the rest

3 Storytelling Tips for Marketing a Boring Product/Service at the Holidays

Tips for Marketing a Boring Product or Service During the Holidays

We’re not here to call your baby ugly. But let’s face it, if you’re reading this article, you must think your product or service isn’t the sexiest, easiest to market. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t good potential. Storytelling can help enliven even the most common products. Through these marketing suggestions you can finish the holiday season strong and carry that momentum through next year.

Storytelling Tips for Marketing Boring Products and Services

Find the Hero of The Story

Your product or service—no matter how (traditionally) uninspiring—helps someone. Just figure out who and how. For instance, if you own a 5-minute oil change business, it may not be the sort of thing people get excited about, but you offer a very convenient service.… Read the rest