Video Testimonials – A Great Digital Marketing Tool
Video is hot! People are more likely to sit and watch a video than to read an article.
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Inbound Marketing
Capturing Leads that will Convert with the Right Calls to Action
Having a nice website and blogging regularly will drive people to your site, but how are you capturing leads? You need to turn visitors into leads and leads into sales. It takes the right call-to-action (CTA) — the right, enticing offer. Capturing Leads Needs the Right Lead Magnet This infographic from Productive and Free has
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How Effective is Social Media for Generating Quality Leads?
Very. When done properly. Social media can be very effective in generating quality leads. However, it takes planning, preparation, posting, participation, persistence, patience and perseverance. Yes, the 9 P’s of Social Media Marketing! A mistake that I see many companies make is trying to do it fast, off-the-cuff or trying to take shortcuts. They don’t
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3 Elements of an Effective Website that Produces Results
What does an “effective website” or “results” mean to you? That’s it! The bottom line – more sales! Unfortunately, many small business owners only have a really nice online brochure that doesn’t come anywhere near being an effective website. And, guess what? It’s not your fault. It’s another case of not knowing what you don’t
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What is Social Proof and Why Do You Need it?
Social Proof is the positive influence when people find out that others are doing something. What exactly does that mean? For example, one of my clients, Simply Smashing Rage Room, 8 years later, is still following my advice and giving customers who check in on Facebook and Instagram extra breakables for their rage-release session. When
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How to Write Inviting Title and Meta Tags that Capture the Clicks
Coming up in the search results is one thing. Getting people to click over to your website is another. Here’s where the title and meta tags come in. Search engine optimization’s (SEO) job is to get your website to show in the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) when a human searcher is looking for what
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Important! What You Need to Know Now About Google Core Web Vitals
Google’s Core Web Vitals are still vitally important to a website’s performance! Have you tested your site recently? A lot of factors could affect it. Learn what you can you to improve your score and SEO. Before I started this business in 2011, I remember Google’s major “Panda” and “Penguin” updates. That changed how websites
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Great, Useful Resources to Help You Keep Up with Digital Marketing News
One thing’s for sure, anything having to do with digital marketing and technology changes at breakneck speed. I’ve been a witness to this since I created my first website back in 1995, yes, before the “Internet” was a household word. Social media networks come and go. Remember MySpace & Google+? They both had good intentions
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How to Market Local Brick-and-Mortars for Success: 3 Free Tools
Endeavoring to market local brick-and-mortar businesses organically (non-paid) is actually fairly simple when you take advantage of these 3 free tools: Instagram, Google Business Profile, and Facebook. How one local business managed to increase Facebook reach when others were losing theirs… You may have read — and I’ve written on the subject — that due
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What is a Landing Page and What Makes an Effective One?
You’ve got a sharp-looking website for your business, determined who your target market is, and came up with a fantastic offer to generate leads and grow your email list. Now, you need an effective landing page. What makes a landing page different from your other pages? Here’s what you need to know… The Anatomy of
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