
New Marketing Opportunities on Instagram (that Small Business Owners Will Love)
What’s Instagram to you? If your response is something like “a platform to share selfies” or “something my kids use,” then guess what? You’re missing some exciting marketing opportunities for your business. The truth is that more small businesses using Instagram for marketing than ever before. And the best part? It’s easier to get started
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Is Wi-Fi Marketing Right for Your Business?
You’re happy when you go into a business and they offer free wi-fi. Don’t you want your customers to feel that way too? Let’s face it. Nobody likes having to eat into their monthly data allowance to look something up on the fly. When you’re home, your phone’s connected to your wi-fi. And, when you
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10 Marketing Tools You Aren’t Using – But Should Be!
A marketer is only as good as the tools they use. That’s easy to say, but it glosses over one of the real challenges that small business owners must face. With so many marketing tools to choose from, how do you know which ones are worthwhile? It’s a good question – and I’m here to
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7 Conversation Starters to Get Your Audience Talking
You can’t read anything about marketing these days without reading about engaging your customers. But what does that really mean? Engaging means capturing someone’s attention – connecting – and having a conversation. Not easy to do on the internet, particularly when there are millions of other things clamoring for attention at the same time. But,
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Why You Should be Doing SMS Marketing Right Now
What does your marketing mix include? If you’re like most local businesses, you’re probably doing a mix of online and offline marketing. You might be engaging with customers on social media, hosting local events, blogging, and advertising in the local paper. Perhaps you’ve even targeted mobile customers by using Facebook’s “Call Now” button on your
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How Much Are Your Customers Worth? (Hint: It’s More Than You Think)
You’ve got to spend money to make money. That’s they say, right? And yet, for some small business owners, a generous marketing budget just isn’t in the cards. You can skimp on marketing, but I’m willing to bet you haven’t considered something that you should be thinking about… And that’s the lifetime value of each
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How Micro Moments Can Help You Attract New Customers
Right now, potential customers are online looking for your business. And you might be missing them. Scary thought, isn’t it? Let’s face it, there’s a ton of content out there. It can be hard to find what you’re searching for – and if the content you’re producing isn’t providing what the people in your target
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5 Foolproof Ways to Get Visitors BACK to Your Website
Attracting a visitor to your website once is good. It means that your marketing is strong enough – or your Google rank is high enough – that you stood out from the competition and snagged some traffic. So what? If you know anything at all about marketing, you know that it’s rare for a first-time
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5 Ways to Use Artificial Intelligence to Increase Your Sales
The robots are coming for your business. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but the truth is that in recent years, artificial intelligence has become more sophisticated than ever before. And while you might think that investing in AI is for huge companies with huge budgets, the truth is that AI is more affordable
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