Everything revolves around your website. Is your website working for you 24/7? You can be emailing and posting in social media, but if your website isn’t set up right, if you’re NOT capturing leads or getting sales, somehow, all your efforts are for naught. You’re wasting your time. Your website is more than a pretty […]
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Since the start of the social media marketing revolution, customer service has been real-time. People are likelier to tweet a question or post a complaint on Facebook before picking up the phone. Seriously, when was the last time you talked to a live person when calling customer service or tech support? At least within the
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One of the stumbling blocks that many small businesses face when delving into social media marketing is that you’re too attached to your business. You know your product, service, or industry inside and out. Who you really don’t know is your target market. You feel your product or service is the best and the greatest.
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Just about everybody’s on Facebook! However, even though Facebook provides free business profile pages, should you use that as your only online marketing tool? And what about other social media platforms like YouTube or LinkedIn? How about your own website? Yes, your Facebook or other social media page can serve as a website, but I
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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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Your online image is everything that’s on the Internet that’s associated with your business. Does your online image say “expert in your field”? Or does it say, “Clueless!”? You might think social media is not really important, but it actually is. In reality, the consumer is searching for information, entertainment, products, and/or services when they
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You may be asking yourself, “What is Content Marketing?” The short answer is blogging. Yes, blogging is the foundation for effective digital marketing, and search engine optimization (SEO). Other types of content marketing like videos and podcasts count also, but they eventually end up embedded in a blog. In addition, content marketing is how you
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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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Blog is short for “web log”. Many people have them. They can be personal, casual blogs and then there are business blogs. A personal blog can be by anyone writing about what interests them – food, hobbies, politics, travel, religion, pets, etc. It’s a way to get your “voice” heard. For Business, however, it is…
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You need to keep Google happy as well as attract new visitors to your website. Blogging regularly will do this.
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