Dequiana Jackson

Dequiana Jackson, Founder of Inspired Marketing, Inc., helps overachieving women entrepreneurs conquer limiting beliefs and create marketing plans that grow their businesses. This includes one-on-one marketing plan development, digital product creation, web design and content marketing. Dequiana is the author of Know Your Business: How to Attract Ideal Clients & Sell More and runs the award-winning blog, Entrepreneur-Resources.net.

Why Your Marketing Efforts Need to be Consistent

Some business owners have  the mistaken belief that marketing is a one-time thing or at best, something you do only around the holidays.  This is far from true and could have a negative effect on your bottom line.  This video, from SmallBusinessNewz, gives tips on how you can be more …

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Free Webinar – Spreadshirt VP Shares Winning Web Strategy

Want to learn how to create new products and successfully market them with no cost AND no risk? Then attend this Free webinar by Spreadshirt and SkillHighway.com Spreadshirt’s Marketing VP to Share Web Strategy for Creating Turn-key Shop 04.27.2011– The Internet’s allure of easy cash is an elusive pipe dream …

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We Need Marketing & Design Interns

Inspired Marketing, Inc., a Chicago-based marketing firm, is hiring marketing and design interns for both our planning execution (Inspired Graphics Media) divisions. Marketing interns will assist in developing and promoting our services while creative interns will design for both client and internal projects.

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Are You Ready for Some Football Ads?

For football fans across the country, the Super Bowl is the height of excitement. For marketers, the Super Bowl is equally exciting because it's time for some of the best commercials of the year. What are your top picks?

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Setting Goals for 2011: 2010 Habits to Keep or Leave Behind

Can you believe that 2011 is less than a month away? For many of us, December is a time of goal-setting, resolution writing and figuring out how to make next year better than the last. This December, I encourage you to examine your small business habits. This piece is often overlooked as we enter a new year. We'll set sales goals, marketing goals and even personal weight loss goals, but we won't take a hard look at the business habits we need to kick before the new year rolls around. I encourage you to do that right now.

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5 Ways to Spot a Nightmare Client

Before you take on that new client, make sure your eagerness now is not going to set you up for a headache later. Examine that first phone call or meeting to make sure you're not about to have a nightmare client on your hands. If that potential client utters one of these 5 phrases, you might want to run in the opposite direction.

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