This is a classic post, but it’s still VERY relevant! I once did a consult for an auto repair shop in the Phoenix Valley. He had poor SEO and needed to boost the business to his local, brick-and-mortar shop. He had some social media profiles setup, but had no idea what to do with them. […]
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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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Google considers LinkedIn one of the top referral sites for information on professional people. If someone googles your name, more than likely your LinkedIn profile will come up in the first few of the Google search engine results. That’s where you want to be. However, if your profile doesn’t put forth your best image or
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Nothing like waking up in the morning to a social media emergency! This is when you get a notification from one of your social media accounts and it’s not good. What’s a Social Media Emergency? When you wake up to find that some evil person: This happened to the Christian ministry I used to work
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LinkedIn is your virtual Rolodex! It’s networking at the Chamber of Commerce on steroids. If you’re B2B, LinkedIn should be your primary network. If you’re B2C, it helps with trust and credibility. Besides that, LinkedIn users are sophisticated consumers! You probably think that you don’t have time to use LinkedIn properly. With this article and
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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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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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Pinterest is THE social media network if you’re trying to reach the consumer with products or services. It’s grown to 500 Million + active monthly users! Though it is more B2C than B2B, Pinterest is more powerful than Instagram when it comes to SEO because when someone pins a picture or video from your site,
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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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Unlike for-profit businesses that usually have one main target market, maybe two, nonprofits have at least 5 distinct ones. These 5 target market personas need to be clearly identified and embraced. Ideally, you need to get to know them — intimately. You also need to find them in the social media networks to be able
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