As a small business, budgets are tight — especially in these uncertain economic times. Moreover, any entrepreneur knows that marketing — especially social media marketing — is a key factor for any business that wants new customers. Fortunately, today’s social media and digital marketing tools, are free to use if you know how to use […]
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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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The best thing you can do to grow your small business is to create a video campaign for the holidays. Now’s the time to start planning it to determine how you are going to implement it and what you need to do. Here are some key points that will help you strategize your holiday marketing
When two large retailers call the 2024 holiday sales season “ongoing uncertainty”, surely the small business retailer or e-commerce store will find it challenging. Blame the ongoing inflation. The cost of basic items is over the top, and so are interest rates. As either a retail brick-and-mortar location or an ecommerce store, what can you
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How do you measure your marketing success (or failures)? How do you know if your marketing efforts worked? What’s nice about today’s digital marketing is we have access to a lot of data – free. You must track your marketing efforts and review your data monthly. Don’t get nervous. You don’t need a degree in calculus or statistics to
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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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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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Email marketing is still one of the most effective methods of reaching current and potential customers. However, its effectiveness depends on several factors. Here are some metrics to watch for as well as some strategies to incorporate. Email Open Rate You’re not going to sell anything if people won’t even open your email. The more
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Marketing on Instagram is a MUST for any B2C (Business-to-Consumer) business. Whether you’re ecommerce, brick-and-mortar, or home-based, Instagram offers you unique opportunities to promote your business organically – without paying –- to a large audience. Instagram is a great social media network, especially for B2C businesses. Though I’ve seen some B2B companies on there, it’s
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Back in the day (the late 90s), there were dozens of search engines and lists. I remember when Yahoo first started and then Google came along. Yahoo was a list or directory where you could search by categories. However, with Google, you could search the whole World Wide Web. Back then, you had to register
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