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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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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Since each social network has a different audience, you need to consider the type of company you are to better reach you target market. Is your company more Business-to-Business (B2B) or Business-to-Consumer (B2C)? Sometimes it can overlap. Simply put, if you sell more to businesses rather than directly to the end consumer, then you’re B2B.
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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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The social media offers are so tempting! Offers like “I will promote Your Website, Blog or Anything 20,000,000 Members On Facebook Twitter for $5″ or ” I will add 32000 Twitter or Instagram followers or 6000 Facebook likes for $5″ — seem too good to be true and they are! You do not want to
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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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If I had a dime for each time someone said to me, “There’s not enough time in the day to run my business never mind doing social media!”, I’d be rich. Yes, Social Media is free to use, but it takes Sweat Equity. Here’s a how to manage your day effectively to be able to prioritize, actually get stuff done and not drive yourself insane!
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