Creating Your Unique Selling Proposition (Brand Strategy)
A great Unique Selling Proposition (USP) will cause the market to pull your business along. You’ll have trouble keeping up. A mediocre one makes you just like everyone else. Your USP, is the simple idea that explains to someone in very few words what your business does for them that they won’t get from someone else. A…
How to increase user interaction on your business website
Best Way to Increase Web Visitor Interaction Increasing visitor interaction has a wide range of benefits online. All other things being equal (which is never fully the case, but the guidelines still hold true) websites that have more visitor interaction rank higher. The aspects of user interaction which directly support your SEO are: Links to…
How to increase revenues with your online marketing strategies
Small business online marketing is all about attracting quality leads that engage with your product or service and in the long run generate revenue. Generating poor quality leads is easy. Generating high quality leads is harder. That’s where small business online marketing comes in. Specifically leads generating through organic search traffic. Online marketing for small…
5 Proven Online Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses
As a small business, there are some online marketing strategies that can really help you translate your actions into a high-return at a realistic cost. Inbound Marketing Inbound Marketing allows small businesses to operate transparently and communicate flexibly, and enables clear business to world communications. This is done through your blog, your YouTube channel, and social…
Tips for Improving Sales Productivity for businesses
Improving sales productivity for small businesses is a big challenge. It is a fact that your sales people need to focus on efficiency and effectiveness. Time and energy are by definition limited resources. Your small business needs to maximize sales results while using as few resources as reasonably possible. With the fast growth of technology, new strategies…
How to develop an online marketing strategy for business
Small businesses often don’t use their business website effectively for maximum gains. This is often due to a limited budget, limited other resources, and for some small business they do not know exactly how to build their business website, or what to do after building their website to grow an audience and generate leads. On this post,…
How to increase click-through rate using email marketing
For many years, Email marketing has been an essential part of small business online marketing. However, Email marketing has undergone a broad change these past few years. What is called Marketing Automation was once too expensive for small businesses to afford it, but costs have plummeted in recent years. Marketing Automation is email marketing with…
Ultimate guide to market your small business effectively
What do you think about when you think about marketing your small business? Various forms of getting out there and meeting people? Networking? Social media marketing? SEO? It all starts with a plan And the plan starts with a few questions. What problem do you solve? How do you solve it? What specifically do you…
Small business marketing: how to manage your website writers
Content marketing (also known as inbound marketing) requires a steady steam of quality fresh content to be published to your website. The ones who are having the greatest success do two things: They put in place structured processes to ensure their publishing schedule is met. They hire writers to create the content based on interactions…
How to use many lead forms in your business website for great benefits
Every business needs a website. The idea of having a website for your business is two fold: 1)to attract traffic to your site and 2) to convert them into leads. However how much detail you ask for depends upon a lot of variables. There is no one answer that fits all businesses or even fits all…
How to increase leads to you small business website successfully
To succeed online, small businesses need to attract more traffic to their websites, ands generate more leads in order to make more sales. Getting more traffic is important but if you don’t convert this traffic into leads your traffic will be of no use. So what you need to do is to make your website be able to…
How to design your landing page to increase sites conversations rate
Landing pages are part of successful inbound marketing strategy for small businesses Once you’re attracting a decent volume of visitors, how do you convert them into prospects? By directing them to well designed landing pages. When creating a landing page on your small business website, basic design rules matter. A subtle difference on your landing…
Sales funnel as the greatest way to measure your business progress
What is a sales funnel? A sales funnel can be described as the process of following up with sales leads in a way to encourage them to take the next step in their buyers journey. Many small businesses look after sales lead poorly, without doing anything to sort or evaluate their leads along the way.…
What are the benefits of marketing automation to small businesses?
Marketing automation has been an expensive tool previously used only by large business in their marketing strategies. Due to significant changes in the industry and the specific tools, small businesses now have access to sophisticated marketing automation tools to benefit from. Specifically check out Mautic, an open source marketing automation platform which has 2 versions: free and $12…
The truth about landing page conversion rate. Inbound marketing tactic
As a small business putting efforts into inbound marketing, you live and die on the quality of your website content with which you attract visitors (no visitors = no leads generated), Landing page content has been overlooked by many who do not understand the importance of how an incremental improvement in landing page conversion rate increases your…
Outstanding ways of creating a training video for your small business
Creating a training video for your small business allows you to provide self- governed instruction to your customers about how your products or service helps them solve a problem they’re having. You can record a live demonstration or prepare a complete plan for developing a training package for distribution on the Internet. Steps to follow…
Remarkable landing page best practices that drives conversions
A landing page is the page a visitor lands at your website after clicking a paid ad, an ad on your social media network, , a social media update, or the call to action at the bottom of a blog post. Different landing pages containing different offers (as needed) are important for providing a quality experience to…
The best practices on marketing automation for your small business
Marketing automation has penetrated in both large and small businesses. For small business owner, if you are planning to automate your marketing, you need to understand the basic concepts and find a tool that you can afford The following are the best practices on marketing automation for your small business What is Marketing Automation? Marketing…
Small business Marketing analysis-information about your customers.
Small business marketing When starting a small business, you need a business plan. Your business plan should include a market analysis. Market analysis should be done to review both the opportunities within the market as well as existing competition. In order to be a better choice for people, you need to know what you need…
Small business marketing automation- The ability to run easily online
Maintaining a successful small business is difficult and requires complicated marketing strategies (I thought I would mention it in case you were not already convinced). Running a small business is complex and time consuming because you have to wear many hats, from day to day operations to marketing. Small business owners often “do” marketing when they…
How to use social media networks to market your small business.
Every action you take on social networks should be a part of an entire social media marketing strategy. This is sometimes viewed as a complicated idea by business owners, but if you take your time to create a solid social media plan, the rest of your social efforts will follow on their own. You’ll see what…
Importance of landing pages to small businesses marketing strategies
Inbound marketing strategy: Landing Pages A landing page is a web page that you to obtain information from your website visitors. For people who sell services the landing page is generally used to obtain the name, email address, and phone number. Something that allows you to follow up. For eCommerce sites, the landing page is used to collect…
Online lead generation- How to successfully grow your business virtual
The two biggest worries for small business owners in lead generation are cost and return on investment. It is for this reason that on this post I explain a few low-budget and effective online lead generation strategies to increase leads to your business. Resource Guides Resource guides are a type or form of content. Resource guides gives vital…
Optimizing your websites key areas to enlarge effective link building
When taking your small business online, optimizing your businesses website for search is fundamental. Organic search results are the best place to promote your business your potential customers. This is because when they find you, you obtain the best quality website visitors and leads you’ll ever have. Key areas to check on for you to gain…
Small business marketing strategy – A clear channel to your success
Successful small business marketing strategies begins with defining your goals and objectives. As a small business owner, you need to figure out whcih marketing strategies you will use to best accomplish your goals of increased visibility and increased leads. Inbound marketing strategy Inbound marketing as a strategy attracts target buyers to your product or service through your website. Publishing relevant content…
2 Online marketing campaign preparations for your small businesses.
Small business marketing For Small businesses owners, before you think about starting investing online, first you need to know the reasons why you need an online marketing strategy for your small business. Being found online will help you to know your online audience and know how to market to then effectively. You will learn how to utilize…
Formulating a marketing strategy for your small business
For small businesses, choosing the way to go as your marketing strategy can be stressful. What works? What’s a waste of time and money? As a small business owner with small resources, go for the ones the best proven track record. Content strategy In the online marketing world, content is king. Search engines wants you…
Maximizing your business returns. Worth of Small business marketing
Having a strong marketing strategy process in place for your small business helps to ensure that your marketing actions remain associated with your set business goals and also maximize your business return from your marketing efforts. The following are the steps that to follow when creating and implementing a winning market strategy for your small business.…
Framework to ensure your small business marketing plan stay in line
The purpose of your small business marketing strategy includes: 1) laying out how your business will achieve its business goals, and 2) providing a framework to ensure that activities stay in line with the vision and mission of your company. When starting the process of developing a marketing strategy always consider the following critical issues. Positioning,…
Inviting visitors to your small business through inbound marketing
Every small business needs to do marketing for its success. But what kind of marketing is the most appropriate for your business? It is difficult to answer such a question because most of the standard marketing approaches are too expensive for smaller businesses to employ. It is for that reason inbound marketing and its techniques, make sense…
Effective marketing strategies that will make your business valuable
Successful businesses have a well-defined marketing strategy that makes all they do more successful. Even you as a small business owner can make your business more successful by having a clear marketing strategy. For your small business strategy, always ask yourself these questions. Who is Your Target Customer? The first decision in your marketing strategy…
Small Business Marketing Execution is More Important Than Strategy
Well, not really. But being in motion is better than not being in motion. So while the people who tell you to work on strategy before you execute on your small business marketing strategy have a very valid point, I’ve met too many small business owners who work on strategy and take only the smallest…
Marketing Companies for Small Businesses | Generating Leads on a Budget
The Problems with Small Business Marketing…. Are that you hear experts contradict each other. Too many falsely pitch “the easy way” that doesn’t work. Trial and error is expensive. Sometimes VERY expensive. And the solution to small business marketing is simultaneously both simpler and more complex than what most people think. It’s also not the…
How to Market a New Business and Generate Interest by Building a Community
You’ve Heard This All Before, But… Let me just get that out of the way. I’m pretty sure nothing in this article will be new to you, so my goal is not to present a mere list of ideas, but rather to present a set of priorities. As a small business owner you wear many…
Why the Future of Small Business SEO and Inbound Marketing is DIY
It’s because of economics Once upon a time, way back in 2010 or 2011, it was possible for a small business to buy a small business SEO package for $300 to $800 (sometimes a little more) that delivered results. The tactics that worked then are ineffective today. What were those tactics? Understand that SEO stands for…
Four Simple Questions to Help You Focus Your Marketing Strategy
Is Your Marketing Strategic or do you Wing it? When you wing it, you get wing it results, and for that reason it makes sense to be more strategic about how you approach marketing and sales. There are four very simple questions that can help you focus your thinking. Bear in mind that while the…
Guest Posting Generates Backlinks: Business Networking Between Websites
Guest Blogging is Still a Respectable Way to Be More Known For both yourself and your website. The comment Matt Cutts made several months ago about guest posting being done as a link building tactic is valid. Guest blogging had become a SPAM tactic with firms coming into existence to publish as many poor quality posts…
Ethical Marketing and Sales: Does it Exist or is Capitalism Too Competitive?
Are Our Role Models too Crooked? Examples of big corporation bad behavior is all to common. Wall St investment banks too bets with money that wasn’t theirs and created the 2008 global financial meltdown. To date not one Wall St investment banking executive has been charged with fraud in spite of the US Justice department…
Survey Says: Small Businesses Owners are Willing to Pay for Search Engine Optimization Training
Per Search Engine Land: SMBs Want SEO Training An organization called the Local Search Association (LSA) conducted a survey of small business owners and the survey strongly suggests SMBs want training in search engine optimization. I find this very interesting, because when I provide an overview of what this takes to owners of small businesses,…
How To Solve The Biggest Problems With Small Business (Time and Money)
A Steady Steam of Qualified Leads Brings Money But generating those leads takes time and effort, and when you’re already like the guy whose too busy to read the time management book, how do you “break out” of your daily routine to find more prospects? I’m going so far as to say the two biggest…
Small Businesses Acknowledge that Customers Are Critical to Their Success
Really? Businesses Need Customers? The title of this post is the actual first part of the opening sentence of an article published on emarketer.com titled “How Can Small Businesses Get, and Keep, Clients?“. The sentence goes on to say “48% of small-business owners (SBOs) worldwide said their customers drove their success”. I wonder what the other…
When to do Inbound Marketing In House vs Hire Agencies or Consultants
When to Hire Out? When to do In-House? Life is an endless series of trade-offs, and one big one is time vs money. Doing Inbound Marketing requires time, effort, and focus. The advantage of hiring out is that you save time, effort, and focus at the expense of money. The advantage of doing the work…
Marketing on a Small Budget? Get Results on a Low Budget with DIY Multimedia FAQ
You Have Experts Already You and your team know your stuff. Your prospects and clients have questions. Use the experts in your business to answer their questions in advance and publish them on your website, and depending on media format, elsewhere. I’m going to refer to what you publish on your website as “posts” for the…
Small Business Marketing, Always Be Testing, Online and Offline
What Exactly Are You Testing? Conversion events. To provide a context in which that answer makes sense, let me first talk a little about sales funnels. Your sales funnel is the buying decision your customers go through in the process of becoming your customer. I’ll illustrate this with an example and the example I’ll use…
Small Business Marketing Online: Free Can Be Very Expensive
Major Corporations Team Up to Support Small Businesses with Free Online Resource What could be wrong with major corporations teaming up to support small businesses with a free online resource? The major corporations in question are: Allstate, Capital One, LegalZoom, Microsoft, Office Depot, and Web.com. You probably buy from some of them already. The online…
Why Small Business Online Marketing Services Don’t Attract Organic Traffic and Generate Leads
It’s The Economics, Stupid I’m not calling YOU stupid. That statement is directed at agencies and consultants who sell small business SEO packages for under $1,000 a month. Why? Because while SEO (Search Engine Optimization) adjustments made to your website was once enough to rank your website, it is no longer. While you won’t rank…
Small Business Marketing Success with Content (Inbound) and Email (Outbound)
Successful Small Business Online Marketing Successful small business online marketing is built on very few pillars, and they are: Content, Social Media, and Email. The “secret sauce” you use when cooking up your winning recipe is consistency and perseverance. Businesses Need Consumer Attention But consumer attention is harder and harder to get. People lead busy…