Marketing is an essential function of any business that wants to draw new customers. Whether B2B or B2C (or both), you must promote your business so people know you exist. Obviously, to do so effectively, you need a marketing budget. Today’s marketing is way more complex than back in the day before the Internet existed. […]
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How do you measure your marketing success (or failures)? How do you know if your marketing efforts are working? What’s nice about today’s digital marketing is that we have access to a lot of data for free. Monthly, you must track your marketing efforts and review your data. Don’t get nervous. You don’t need a degree in calculus
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When business owners — no matter what size their business is — discover how much time is involved in doing their own marketing, they say, “I don’t have that kind of time!” I feel your pain. Not only do I have to run my business and do stuff for clients, but I’ve got to record
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If you try to reach everyone, you’ll reach no one. You need to determine and clearly define who your target niche is. Obviously, you can have more than one target market niche (market). They could even be both B2C AND B2B. Who’s Your Niche? If anyone can buy your product or service, then no one
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Social Media Marketing can be overwhelming — especially if you’re not very tech savvy, creative or just clueless. What will happen if you don’t start — or continue — marketing your business on social media? Or do you think you don’t NEED it? Well, if your Business needs to find New Customers, YES, you need
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One of the stumbling blocks that many small businesses face when delving into social media marketing is that they’re too attached to their 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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You’ve got a fabulous WordPress website and you’re blogging regularly. You’re sharing your blog articles on your social networks and driving people to your website. You’ve got a terrific call-to-action (CTA) offer and are getting visitors to convert into leads. NOW WHAT? Are they being nurtured into sales? Probably not. Are potential warm leads falling
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The 80/20 rule of sales and marketing has been around forever. 80% of your business comes from 20% of your target market. So what exactly does that mean? Basically, you need to get to know that crucial 20%! Especially, when you’ve got so many marketing choices out there, you need to know — Who’s your
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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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You survived the pandemic and subsequent business shutdowns or lockdowns that affected your business negatively. Now, with inflation and supply chain issues, along with government uncertainties, calling what you’re going through a “business slump” is probably an understatement. However, you can do a few things to jump-start your business, attract new customers, and bring back
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