Let’s face it, marketing can be hard! In each marketing blog post, we hope you’ll find the information you need for your business marketing success.
Learning to Use Google Analytics is a Valuable Tool
For new bloggers or website owners, you know that Google Analytics is supposed to be a powerful tool in your arsenal. Unfortunately, it can be overwhelming and incredibly confusing. If you can learn even a small segment of what the data means, it can really empower and elevate your blog or website. How to Get…
Instagram: Get Your Small Business In the Picture
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much better is it than a 140 characters? We live in a visual society, it’s one of the reasons TV beats radio, and has helped create the success of ‘FACE’book. It’s no secret that the most shared and clicked upon items on Facebook are pictures.…
Facebook Pay To Play: What To Do – Small Business Oregon
For business owners Facebook is becoming more and more a “pay-to-play” model. You’ve put time and money into building your business pages ‘likes’, creating relationships, content creation and curation, So what do you do? On the one hand, businesses have never before had a free media platform through which to build our brand and communicate…
Social Media Giveaways: 10 Ideas for the Best Social Promotions
Social media giveaways remain one of the best ways to capture customer attention and increase engagement – particularly in this age of multiple social networks and growing acceptance of mobile social media. If your marketing efforts are feeling a little stale or not bringing in the response you want, use these ideas for maximum impact!…
Making the Most of Social Media
Many significant aspects comprise digital marketing. From search engine optimization to web design, various components establish the foundation for success. Important as it may be to integrate all the different strategies, forecasts show that one channel will play a key role in shaping your online presence this year and for the rest to come: social…
How To Adapt To Facebook Algorithmic Changes To Brand Pages
Facebook Algorithmic Changes To Brand Pages: In September Facebook made changes to their algorithms, for the most part the changes were made will lessen the effectiveness that brand pages were getting for free and make them pay a little through promoted posts and sponsored ads. It’s only fair. Businesses and Brands that have utilized Facebook…
Facebook Ads
Does your business utilize Facebook Ads? With the adjustments that Facebook has made in their Facebook Advertising, and the ease in which to create and target your demographic, I don’t see why a small local business shouldn’t try Facebook Advertising. We’ve found that for several businesses it’s a great way to not only build ‘likes’ but to…
Winning Social Media with Pinterest
Pinterest is one of the newest social media sensations on the web. It skyrocketed into popularity during the fall of 2011 and has been steadily growing at an amazing rate ever since. In fact, it has a 0% attrition rate – this means that either no users are stopping their use of the site, or…
How To Use Facebook Ads
Build ‘likes’ with Facebook Ads: Facebook comes down to the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. The ‘haves’ are the brands/pages utilizing what’s available, and the ‘have nots’ are the pages that just post, look at Facebook as FREE, and don’t invest anything other than time into Facebook — Facebook ads, no way, pay for Facebook.…
Facebook Targeted Posts
Facebook Targeted Posts For The Small Business Owner: Facebook is rolling out a slew of new targeted posting options for your business page. TechCrunch reports that the advanced post targeting is already starting to roll out to select Pages, with all Pages slated to receive the ability in the coming weeks. What will Facebook…
Going Viral With Facebook
What Is Your Viral # On Facebook: Everyone wants posts with lots of ‘likes’, ‘comments’ and ‘Shares’. Everyone talks of viral, not sure what that really is, the definition says “to spread rapidly via the Internet, e-mail, or other media.” Is there a specific number that people feel needs to be reached to feel that it has gone ‘viral’? Then what is it…
Facebook Do You Have A Facebook Strategy? – The Beginning
What is your Facebook strategy, do you have one? Is it about getting people to ‘like’ your page, ‘like’ posts, comment on posts, drive traffic to your website, visibility, likeability, engagement, awareness, promote products, sell products or services, expert status, public relations, customer feedback, to make money? Your answer is probably yes, yes all of…
The 3 Essential Elements to Creating a Memorable Brand
Having a memorable brand is almost always goal number one. There are three elements in almost every memorable brand out there in the mainstream. And for all you who are in pursuit of your memorable brand, here are the three essential elements you’ll need to pay attention to in order to make your memorable brand…
Facebooks New Schedule Posts
Scheduled Facebook Posts: For admins of business pages this was something that was long overdue. There have always been a lot of 3rd party apps that have given you the ability to schedule and deliver posts, but it always came with the little icon that was telling everyone that it was delivered by a 3rd party…
How Small Businesses Can Use ‘National Days’ for Their Next Promotion
It seems like every time I check my social media accounts, one of my favorite companies is promoting a “National Day” that falls directly into their industry. 7-11 had their annual “SlurpFree Day” on May 23rd, and Dunkin’ Donuts will be celebrating “National Donut Day” on June 1st by giving away a free donut with…
Facebook Q and A at WESO
Tisha Oehmen will be speaking at the WESO meeting on September 13, 2012. Her topic will be YOUR Facebook questions! Topics likely to be covered include: the state of Social Media today what the differences are between a personal Facebook page and a business Facebook page how to manage a business Facebook page how to…
Your Business Card is a Personal Investment
Digital advertising has become an important part of the business world. However, a good salesperson knows that a personalized touch is also quite important. This is where a good business card can really help a salesperson get ahead with clients. Developing a business relationship is not always about QR codes and social media engagement. How…
How to Avoid Being the Next Kmart – A Real Life Marketing Lesson
News recently came out that Kmart isn’t doing so hot right now. However, don’t outsiders always have the best perspective on issues like this, especially when it comes to seeing the true marketing lesson? We don’t have a dog in the fight or any care or reason not to give our unqualified honest opinion about…
The New Facebook Business Page Will It Have An Impact?
The New Facebook Business Page: So as everyone is talking, blogging, and designing their new Facebook business page, the big question is will it have more of an impact than the current version? Every admin has access to their insights and can see the traffic that is driven to their timeline (wall), and that’s what…
New Facebook Timeline for Business Pages
What do the new changes to Facebook Timeline for Business Pages mean? Maybe not as much as you think!! There is certainly some housekeeping that needs to be taken care of. There is the new cover image, the organizing of apps, timeline, pinning and starring, creating milestones, changing dates to posts, and the pretty sweet new…