Tweet In the past month there have been two Google services that I’ve been keeping an eye on. First was Google+. I’m happy to say that I’m one of the 18 million users on the newest social media network. The first week it came out, I was asking everyone I knew for an invite! I [...]
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Tweet Getting buyers to your Website is only half the battle in terms of your online marketing efforts. Once they’re there, you want them to buy — not click elsewhere or, worse, get nanoseconds away from a purchase only to abandon their shopping carts. It’s these abandoned carts that can be the most baffling. How [...]
Tweet A business’s success in Direct Mail Marketing depends on the type of the business and how diligently it is done. There are certain businesses that are a great fit, especially the ones that require building a local presence or presence in defined geographies. However, there are certain businesses that are not such a good [...]
Calling out the online marketing avenues that have been the most ineffective for some small businesses and why.
Tweet If you’re regularly sending emails to your customers, then you might already know the value of email campaigns. With a low capital outlay required and a high potential for return on investment, email is one of the lowest-cost marketing mediums you can employ. There are, however, special considerations for email marketers hoping to capture [...]
Tweet The world of technology is ever-changing. New ideas are emerging in the marketplace each day. Here are a few of the promising technologies you should expect to be using for your business in the near future. QR codes A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) [...]
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Conduct your own competitive analysis from your customers’ perspective. Knowing and understanding what the customer sees is the most important competitive anlaysis you can do.
Tweet One simple way for a small business to create a mailing list and print your database is by using Microsoft Excel. Here are some simple steps for building and printing your mailing list in Excel: Step 1: Open Excel Step 2: Type the names of your data labels in the first row (e.g. First [...]
Tweet If you’re looking to expand your list of potential customers quickly, then you should check out Experian’s “Clone My Customer” mailing list engine. Within minutes, you can begin accessing a list of targeted prospects that match your current customers in the areas you want to reach. Here are the 3 simple steps get access [...]
