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Gail Gardner

Dallas
As seen in: MSN, Forbes, Small Business Trends, Social Media Today, Business.com, AllBusiness.com, SussexWorld, BizSugar
Covers:  Small business marketing and strategy; social media management and marketing; startups especially those beneficial to small business; B2B solutions.
Doesn't Cover: Politics, sports, gambling, celebrities, movies, travel (unless these are related to writing about a small business).
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Gail Gardner’s Biography

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Gail Gardner is a freelance writer and small business marketing strategist with decades of experience in business accounts from solopreneurs to enterprise.

After spending 23 years as a field tech for IBM managing accounts for businesses of all sizes, Gail focused on pay-per-click (PPC) and especially AdWords for 5.5 years.

She saw the direction Google was taking and left PPC work to found http://GrowMap.com where she identifies all the methods a small business can use to generate leads and s…

Gail Gardner’s Journalist Portfolio

Warning: Why Businesses Need to Be Careful on Twitter

Warning: Why Businesses Need to Be Careful on Twitter

Too many businesses make the mistake of ignoring Twitter. There are some people who look at it, but don't und…

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Use Business Intelligence To Grow Your Business

Use Business Intelligence To Grow Your Business

Even small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have data they could be analyzing to make better business decis…

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Introduction to Business Intelligence: How to Take a More Intelligent Approach to Business

Introduction to Business Intelligence: How to Take a More Intelligent Approach to Business

Right now, we're creating enough data every day to fill 10 million Blu-Ray discs. While that statistic is use…

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How to Grow Your Business Exponentially With the Help of Social Media

How to Grow Your Business Exponentially With the Help of Social Media

While social media is one of the most powerful marketing tools a business can use, the 2016 State of Small Bu…

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GetResponse Reveals Powerful New Online Marketing Tool Any SMB Can Afford

GetResponse Reveals Powerful New Online Marketing Tool Any SMB Can Afford

So you are finally building your list or generating leads. Or maybe you've been meaning to start. But are you…

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Choosing the Best Project Management Solution for Your Business

Choosing the Best Project Management Solution for Your Business

If you run a business, the key to maximizing your income is having efficient processes in place before you ne…

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Articles

What AI Agents Actually Do for Customer Service—And How to Pick One

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By Gail Gardner
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Marketing strategist connecting influencers and providing results for small businesses. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, my focus shifted to small business content marketing strategy. My site GrowMap.com is listed by leading global media intelligence company Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers. Small Business Trends has awarded me three Small Business Influencer Awards.
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How to Choose a Web Design Company That Understands Your Customers

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By Gail Gardner
| AllBusiness.com Verified
Marketing strategist connecting influencers and providing results for small businesses. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, my focus shifted to small business content marketing strategy. My site GrowMap.com is listed by leading global media intelligence company Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers. Small Business Trends has awarded me three Small Business Influencer Awards.
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How AI Agent Tech Stacks Accelerate Productivity

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By Brian Wallace, Gail Gardner
| growmap.com
AI agents are quickly shaping the future of work, development, and decision making. These AI-based software systems are capable of autonomously performing a huge range of tasks with the right prompting from a user, such as conducting research or managing a workflow. Thanks to their ability to mimic human-like reasoning and observing skills, they can be trained to act as an assistant or thought partner by a human employee, and independently make decisions to achieve the employee’s goals.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I've used many typewriters and teletypes starting with manual in college electrics with different width characters, and later Selectrics.

How is social media changing news?

Platforms like Twitter control what is trending and through features like their new "Moments", they decide what users will see.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

WordPress is our #1 tool. To increase social influence we use MavSocial, Staged, ViralContentBuzz, JustRetweet, and Twitterfeed.

Awards

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SmallBizTrends Influencer award

2015 - News Outlets

"Grow Map" Named A Top 100 Champion ~ The Champions were selected by a highly-esteemed panel of Judges based on their involvement and influence in the small business community. The Awards, now in their fifth year and produced by Small Business Trends and Small Biz Technology, honor the companies, organizations, vendors, apps and people who have made a significant impact on the North American small business market. The first two phases of the Awards involved the small business community nominating those who influenced them, and then picking their choices for Community Choice Honorees. The Judges’ role is the final phase.

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SmallBizTrends Community Choice Honoree

2015 - News Outlets

2015 Community Choice Honorees ~ 2015 Small Business Influencer Community Choice honorees. These are the top 5 vote-getters in each category. Congratulations.

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SmallBizTrends Community Choice Honoree

2013 - News Outlets

September 10, 2013 -- Congratulations! The people have spoken ... and thanks to their support, below are the top five popular-vote getters in each category. They've earned the recognition of the community!!! They are now Community Choice winners.

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Top 50 D&B SMB Influencers on Twitter

2015 - Small Business Influencers on Twitter

Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Insights includes Gail Gardner in their Top 50 D&B SMB Influencers on Twitter

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