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Let’s face it. If your blog posts aren’t attracting readers, you’re wasting your time. This post explains how to practice blog promotion using social media so you will have readers. “If you post a blog on your website, does it make a sound?” — Age-old
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Like it or not, the web is made up of links—and many different link types. Links from one web page to another. Even a search engine’s results are really just a list of links to other websites. Links are the lifeblood of the internet–without links,
When you think of marketing promotions, a newsletter may not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, it can be a great tool for building and nurturing relationships with clients and prospects. As Lila Freilicher explained in her article “Newsletters Can Build Your
Many business owners ask themselves this question every day! Usually these are business owners who have either (A) not invested in a search engine optimization (SEO) specialist, or (B) have hired one that claims to know what they’re doing, but they really don’t! (I know,
We’ve all heard about the explosion in mobile internet usage. More than half of all Google searches are from mobile devices. And, users spend 90% of their mobile phone time in apps, according to Lance Bachmann in his 2016 Rocks Talk. Yikes! Your business needs a
If you’re a business owner, you likely already have an online community whether it’s your blog, a Facebook group or an active Twitter account. Community management is one of the most challenging roles you can have. Your success relies on quick decisions, driven by your
Does social media have more potential to build our self-esteem or to tear it down? Do you use it to set your goals and reach your goals? Or are you discouraged by what you see from others? Selfie-made Superstars We are all tired of selfie
Yep, it’s Lissa Duty coming to you live from the 2016 Big Design Conference. This is the fourth year I have been lucky enough to present at Big D (and plan the SEO and Social Marketing track). If you haven’t attended this conference before you
Marketers love using Google AdWords because it can be highly effective. But it can be costly, depending on the industry and keywords used. There’s another tool in your marketing toolbox that might drive better results with your marketing dollars. I’m talking about YouTube advertising. Combining the
Calendars are again filling up with invitations to network now that summer is past. Do you make an effort to prepare for your networking events, or dash out the door at the last minute? A little preparation goes a long way toward a better meeting
Getting views on YouTube is an essential part of growing your audience. The more views you have on a given video the more likely YouTube will reward you by being recommended as a suggested video on other videos. These are three simple methods that you
Are you tired of coming to the end of a workday and feeling like you didn’t get everything accomplished you planned to? Learning how to delegate tasks will improve your productivity and shorten your to-do list. Whether you are an employee or small business owner,
Your Social Media Guide For Small Businesses While social media marketing is meant to help companies directly engage target audiences, the medium remains difficult to organize and control. In order to use social media successfully, you need to create a strategy to reach the right
Creating brand awareness, lead generation and thought leadership are all solid goals of a good content marketing strategy. And, as with any strategy, there are some foundational elements that make achieving the goals much easier. It starts with really understanding the why of your brand.
As an entrepreneur, we get new ideas for our business on a daily basis. We get them from attending networking meetings, webinars and live events. We can also get great ideas from reading blogs, social media posts, magazines and when we are having conversation with
The #1 reason new businesses fail within the first 2-3 years is lack of sales. Every business owner or salesperson needs to continually add new customers and increase sales volume in order to grow their respective businesses. However, in today’s selling environment this has become
If you actually tried to keep up with every SEO blog out there, you could find yourself in pretty bad shape in no time. Not only does the sheer volume make that impossible but you could continually find yourself doing one thing based upon one
Does Google make your head spin sometimes with all the changes to their algorithms? Do you feel like Penguins, Pandas and Pigeons are for the birds? We need Google because it creates tools to make our mission to reach our customers online easier. Yes, this
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