Hello, I'm Jim Person and welcome to the TNT Report Podcast: Marketing Tips, News, and Tools for Small Business. This is Episode (15) for the week ending April 15, tax day in the United States. And speaking of taxes, FreshBooks makes accounting painless for millions of small business owners. FreshBooks helps you thrive in all aspects of running your small business. Think of it as accounting software built for owners. Learn more at   jimperson.com/freshbooks. That by the way is an affiliate link, which means if you use my Freshbooks link – or any other affiliate link in this podcast – and purchase the product or service, I’ll earn a small commission. And another introductory announcement – all the links referenced in today’s podcast can be found online at jimperson.com/15. 

 

A reported by Media Post, Piper Sandler's latest survey shows plenty of shifting among teens' favorite brands, with significant changes in spending, social media preferences and share of wallet. There's plenty of shifting among teens' favorite brands, with Piper Sandler's latest survey showing significant changes in spending, social media preferences and share of wallet.

 

This week's tip is from the Social Media Examiner on how to create a Discord for your customer, going over all the technical details.

 

In news, the Podcast Business Journal reports on survey data that shows radio and podcast hosts were “very trustworthy,” Snapchat beats paid advertising and online video, and Condor airlines rolls out a colorful line of new aircraft. Also, Baskin-Robbins updates it logo and packaging in a major brand update, Spotify rebrands its Greenroom App and Amazon’s fuel-inflation fee has sellers poised to raise prices.

 

This week's tools are Screaming Frog and the World Time Buddy. The "Friday Freebie" is fill-in-the-blank cover letter templates from Hubspot, and our "bonus" content is the “State of Search 2022” from SEM Rush.

 

You can find links to all the resources and stories mentioned in this podcast at jimperson.com/15. For the full TNT Report newsletter, go to jimperson.com/tnt. 

 

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