Back in the day of pre-Google marketing, marketing students learned the “4 Ps”: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. The Internet and Google Search changed that. Search engine optimization (SEO) became about ranking and showing up on the first page of Google when someone searched for what you had to offer. That became the new “Place”. […]
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Success means different things to different people. Successful social media and digital marketing means increased sales, exposure, and repeat customers. What do you want to accomplish with your Social Media Marketing? Got you thinking, right? Well, successful social media marketing starts with setting goals and metrics. Moreover, they have to be SMART goals. I see
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Branding in today’s digital age is way more than just having a nice logo, a catchy tagline, and a pretty website. I’ve been doing Internet marketing since 1995, and I’ve seen lots of “brands” come and go. Some do well, and some fail miserably. Whether you’re just starting or your business needs a new look,
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Usually, when someone asks me if they should do paid advertising or otherwise spend money marketing, I say, “Do everything I teach you for 3 months organically (non-paid). Then look at your analytics and see what’s working and not working.” At that point, you’ll know which social platforms are… Then it makes sense to spend
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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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One thing small business owners need to understand is that everything you do online: website, social media profiles and posts, and your Google Business Profile, everything affects how people see your business. I see so many business owners make the same Branding Mistakes over and over again. It’s like they don’t care. And they don’t
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Technology – you can’t live without it, and sometimes it just doesn’t work as it should. We’ve all had computers crash and Internet connections die on us. So what do you do when technology doesn’t work right? I taught a client how to share her boss’s blog posts with Sendible, and one time she emailed
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“My online marketing isn’t working! I have a website, but I’m not getting any sales (or generating any leads)! What am I doing wrong? I need to drive traffic to my website!” I’ve been doing Internet marketing for over 30 years, and I’ve seen many small businesses make the same website mistakes. Mostly when attempting
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What would you do if I told you that taking a few seconds to do something that will improve your search engine optimization (SEO), keep visitors on your site longer, and increase your page views, you’d do it, right? I hope so. Taking just a few seconds to use categories and tags in all your
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I was once asked, “Could my Facebook business page serve as my website. No. Your website is yours. Social media profiles should be your backup in case your site goes down. And it’s a way to drive people to your website. You have zero control over what happens on Facebook or the other social networks
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