I'm Ryan Barton — a curious, eager, overzealous, can’t-say-no marketing, advertising, social media and public relations entrepreneur. An alumni of the advertising agency world, I launched Rhyno Marketing, a design and marketing consultancy, in 2007 — my market being local small businesses. Each one plagued with the challenge of growing their business, and yet, each one with a limited, economy-stricken marketing budget. I wrote "Smart Marketing" with the intent that small businesses around the nation would be able to glean new information and helpful marketing tips so they too, could compete competitively with the industry giants that make a small business life so stressful. Because "smart marketing" doesn't have to be expensive or complicated to be effective; it needs to be targeted. Send me an email at [email protected], I'd like to hear from you.