Small Business Marketing
If Your Small Business Sells to Women, Parents, Millennials or International Citizens, Pinterest May Be a Marketing Win Pinterest doesn’t get a lot of attention from marketing experts these days. This low-competition environment could be a solid small business marketing…
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Small Business Websites Powered by WordPress are a Hacker’s Biggest Target WordPress is a hugely popular platform for small business websites– it’s flexible, customizable and easy to learn. WordPress claims to “power 35% of the Internet.” The platform is also…
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A sample size of one isn’t data, but I can’t be the only tech-savvy person frustrated by the number of apps that are replacing old-fashioned customer loyalty programs. When Box Tops for Education switched from clipping boxes to scanning receipts…
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From Products, to Local Services to Books, Never Underestimate the Power of 5-Star Reviews to Boost Sales In the hustle of day-to-day operations and marketing, it can be easy to lose sight of encouraging online reviews from your customers. But…
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Long Island Watch owner Mark made a surprising announcement one day on his YouTube channel: “Today I will share a short story with you; after being a watch merchant on Amazon for over 14 years, my store has been suspended…
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Web Design Fashions Change for Better or Worse, but Small Business Websites Need to Change with Them It’s critically important to have an easy-to-use website that visitors find intuitive. But it’s just as important that visitors feel your website is…
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In This Hiring Environment, the Best Job Candidates Won’t Engage with This Awkward Interview Technique One-way video interviews are a new, unfortunate innovation in recruiting. The hiring organization asks applicants to record a video of themselves answering interview questions and…
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Why “See… You Looked!” Isn’t a Good Argument Advertising is ubiquitous in the American landscape, and most of us instinctively look past it. But occasionally, a small business owner will ask me, “Should we do bench ads?” The Answer is…
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Twitter Drives Only 0.66% of all Website Visits New research into 3.25 billion website visits by GrowthBadger’s Kyle Byers shows that 6.44% of all web traffic comes from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Facebook dominates as a…
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Throw Away Your Script! Watch the video: Make Marketing Videos Customers Want to Watch Small business owners are not actors. Unlike the professionals, we can’t make a script come alive. So don’t overly script your marketing videos. A script will…
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