Discover Your Town (A Community Initiative)

Did you know that you can learn and see so many fun and interesting things right in your local community?

“Discover Your Town” is an initiative that we are doing here with The Beleafe Project.  It’s a call to action to people, [Read more...]

Spring Is In The Air – Time To Add A New Look To Your Business

Spring is in the air, the flowers and trees are blooming beautiful hues of colors.  The sweet smell of tulips and cherry blossoms are in the air, it’s time for a change or a rebirth and we can help you do this for your business.

People everywhere are excited to start their spring cleaning to freshen the dull dreary life of the winter months to a fun, vibrant and colorful life of the spring.  They feel refreshed and want something new.  You should be thinking the same way about your business.  Freshen it up!

What spring cleaning are you doing for your business?

Have you taken a look at your logo, tagline or marketing material?  Do they need a “pick me up” a change to attract some new interest – new clients?  Do you have a new fun campaign that you need [Read more...]

Do You Know What A Smart Tag Is or Even How To Decode it?

Technology is getting farther along than I think most Americans can keep up with.  Do you know what this funky box is to the left?  Well it’s a smart tag a or a QR code 2D bar code.  It’s similar to the scanning bar codes found on all grocery products that give you the cost of food, or maybe used for sale items.  But they are now being incorporated as a marketing tool as well.

You can create them for free, you don’t have some expensive software to do it.  Microsoft has a free service that you can create these tags, used to direct people that have a smartphone with scanning ability back to any web address you prefer.

Are you still wondering how [Read more...]

We Are Expanding

Welcome to our new team members! Marla Murasko Enterprises, Inc. is happy to announce that we are expanding our portfolio of services to our clients.

I would personally like to welcome Dawn Papandrea-Khan, who as a graphic artist, her talent’s go way beyond my expectations.  I used Dawn for my SpecialMoms Entrepreneur Club logo, ecover, optin and Facebook page welcome and was so pleased at her work, her professionalism and creativity, I decided to ask her to join my team.  I wanted to let others experience her wonderful work.  I think that is someone’s greatest referral is to ask them to join their team.

If you are interested in learning more about our new team members please visit them here.  However, if you are interested in any of their services, I would ask that you contact me directly at marlamurasko@gmail.com/

“Purpose-Driven Brand Building”

I came across a post on Facebook talking about a commercial that Proctor & Gamble did with a Special Olympics athlete in it.  I am a big advocate for special needs children, as my 5 year old son has Down Syndrome.  I was even a “buddy” back in high school for Special Olympics so needless to say the post caught my eye.

Well I went on to view the commercial, here’s the link.  I love how it mentioned “Proud Sponsors of Moms”.  As I mentioned in my websiteMarla Murasko Enterprises, Inc. is passionate about supporting businesses that [Read more...]

Create Good Business the SMART Way

Creating Good Business the SMART Way

S – Specific: be clear about what you want

M – Measurable (monetary): you need to know if you are  succeeding or not

A – Achievable: make goals that take into account how much free time and manpower you have

R – Realistic: choose goals that are possible

T – Timely: make short-term goals to compliment your long-term goals

You need to have a very clear, measurable plan so you can be accountable to yourself and others. 

Let me help you do that!

Contact me today at marlamurasko@gmail.com to schedule your free 30 minute strategic planning call to see how we can work together to help you to do business the SMART way.

How Are You Planning To Boost Sales This Holiday Season?

The holidays always seem to bring stress for retailers and business owners.  Many business owners question how they are going to boost sales and stay competitive during the holidays.

Well that would be by giving your customers a SPECIAL OFFER they just can’t refuse!

 

Everybody loves to know that they can get a special offer or even something FREE during the holidays. [Read more...]

What Can Non-Profits Do To Be More “Likeable” in Social Media?

 

I came across this blog post from “Likeable Media” on Facebook talking about how non-profits can use social media to better engage their audience and speak about their cause.  Here is the link.

Click this link to watch this quick 3 minute video from “Likeable Media” \”What Can Non-Profits Do To Be More Likeable In Social Media\”

What is your Communication Plan to inform your audience of your cause and your events? [Read more...]

Organizing Your Financial Life

Have you ever received a gift card for your birthday and misplaced it? Maybe you put savings bonds that your child received for special occasions in such a great hiding place that now you cannot find them. These are treasures lost in piles of clutter; things of value hiding in your space that maybe you will never find or have long since forgotten about. Have you ever really sat down and gone through your credit card statements to notice there may be charges on there that you are unaware of?

We find ourselves so busy that staying financially organized can take a back seat. Staying organized can lead to a healthy and more financially sound life style. Here are some tips: [Read more...]

Helpful Tips For Busy Moms On The Go

For busy moms there always seems to be something that needs to be done.  However, finding the time to do it all can be a challenge.  Have you ever found yourself out at a restaurant or doctor’s office, and you need to take your child to the bathroom for a change and you find there are no diapers in your bag?   Do you have a back-up plan if your child has an accident and soils their pants while you are out?  Have you ever thought about what might happen if you get into an accident and you are unable to speak and tell the EMS personnel about your child’s medical condition?

Well here are some tips to avoid an embarrassing or unforeseen situation.      

  • Right as you return home from being out, as you clean out the used bottles and dirty bibs. [Read more...]