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Recession Proof Series: 5 Questions to Ask Your Cloneworthy Clients
I'm back with another way to recession-proof your business! And I'm excited to jump into this one because a few of you reached out and said, “ I want to create clone worthy clients. I'm open to the thought of peeling back who I could serve really well, even if given a...
The 4 Must-Have Branded Photos for Your Website
I get to work with a ton of really talented photographers who are amazing at showing off their clients, but too often they forget to show off themselves. In reality – a lot of our clients have the same issue – you have a great product, but you don’t know how to show...
Steps to Protect Your Facebook Business Account
Is your Facebook account protected? Too often I hear stories of somebody risking their credit card or losing their Facebook account because they didn’t protect their account. Facebook makes securing your account easy. This is their world and we're just living in it....
Save Money Instantly with a Chrome Extension
Who loves saving money? The real question is who doesn’t? You’re in the right spot because today's tip is all about saving money online. CHA-CHING! Recently, I interviewed several entrepreneurs in my Facebook Group and while they said they like to save money, they...
The #1 Keyboard Shortcut I Use Everyday
If you've ever found yourself needing to copy and paste something, then I have another great keyboard shortcut that will make life easier and save you tons of time. This can be done on both Mac and Windows (and your phone too). If you’re a Mac user, open system...
How To Create Gmail Signature (& Drive Traffic to Your Site)
If you are a small business owner, a side hustler, or just an overachiever with a job, I bet there is one thing you do all the time. You might think it’s tedious, mundane, exciting, boring, or whatever you want to call it, but it’s a significant part of our daily...
The #1 Tool I Use For My Passwords
How many times do you hit the “forgot password” button when logging into one of your online systems? I’ve got the best solution. Of all the apps and software I use for my business, the one I can’t live without is this tech tool called Last Pass. I use this every...
How I Found $4500 on the Curb
Curbside pick-up and delivery is the must-do shopping experience for some of us at the moment. But have you considered how much money using an app for pickup is saving your family? Here’s how I found $4500+ over the last three years using Target pickup and how it...
VIDEO: Boost Your Credit Score (in 90 seconds)
Thinking about refinancing your home or auto loan while you wait out COVID-19? Interest rates are back at an all-time historic low…a silver lining for borrowers in the ugly COVID cloud. One of the most important steps to refinancing (pregaming, if you will), is making...
Looking for the back story?
(Here’s my bio. It’s written in 3rd person – because that’s how all the cool kids write them.)
Meet Nicole Schmied, digital marketer, podcaster, and four-time entrepreneur. For almost two decades, Nicole has provided web, email, social media marketing, & event strategies for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and small businesses. She’s a FRIENDS sitcom fan and she’s even moonlighted as a marketing professor with a private university. Founder of SmartCookie Media and co-founder of Events That Don’t Suck, she approaches business with humor, persuasiveness, and an eagle eye on profitability.
Raised by a single dad running his own business, Nicole found herself playing office manager, soaking up marketing lessons, (and getting countless paper cuts.) She realized her biggest job was to help dad navigate marketing and new technologies. Years later, she figured if she could help her not-so-techy dad in the 80’s, then helping you, a user of Facebook and a smartphone will feel easy breezy.
Don’t let her fool you, Nicole’s not limited to marketing and quotable 90’s sitcoms; she was the accidental, first place winner at a Lake County Fair Tractor Pull at age 9. (And to her knowledge she remains the only accidental winner since.)
When you can find her sitting still (almost never), she’s found listening to a Crime Junkie podcast while folding a mountain of kiddo laundry or she’s with husband, Kyle and their two boys, Luke (5yrs) and Will (1yr) attempting a new house project.