Brad Kingsley, CEPA®, CFP® | Certified Value Builder

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How to automate your social media marketing

Have you automated your social media marketing? It’s a work-in-progress still for me as I experiment and learn new things, especially over at the MaximizeYourMoney Financial Coaching site. The social media marketing challenge Honestly, a lot of marketing really isn’t rocket science. Yes, it definitely takes some thought, and oftentimes some creativity, but once messages […]

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customers, entrepreneur, marketing, SEO, small business, Start-up

Entrepreneurs need patience, but few seem to have it

Very few startups are overnight successes. In fact the “overnight successes” that you can think of right now probably took years to hit that “overnight” point. It takes time to get a new venture off the ground. And during that initial period of time (which can very realistically be measured in years) there is a […]

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Business, customers, entrepreneur, Founder, Fundraising, small business, startups, venture

Perform Customer and Market Validation Early

I almost titled this post “Find Your Niche” but as I thought through it, a lot of the content I would have written was about customer and market validation. But let’s start there… Find your niche When providing a service, selling a product, solving a problem, etc. you can’t be everything to everyone. You can’t […]

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customers, lean, marketing, sales, Startup

Momentum Is The Key To Success

I meet with a lot of startup founders on a regular basis. Sometimes these discussions take place at pitch events and sometimes at a more informal coffee or lunch. Since the point of the talk usually has something to do with their venture, the founder gives some basic information about their status. How many staff […]

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angel, customers, Finance, Investing, startups, venture

How To Get Some of Your First Users/Clients – Community

When you are just starting up your venture you’ll likely be anxious to get your first few clients, and at the lowest cost possible. What I recommend to startups that I mentor is to be sure you hit the low-hanging fruit first. One thing to do is some very basic SEO optimization so people can […]

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angel, customers, growth, sales, Startup

Proverbs 19:20

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About Brad…

Professional:
Certified Business Value Builder
Certified Financial Planner

Previously founder & CEO of OrcsWeb, CloudServers.com, and Cytanium (all sold).

Personal: Christian, husband, father, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and mentor.

Recent Posts

  • The Key to Scaling Up a Service Business
  • The Value of Financial Advice (Updated Research)
  • How to Defer Taxes on up to $55k when Self-Employed
  • How 8 Key Investing Indexes Performed In The Past 10 Years
  • How We Made Our Second Million

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