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Three Things the Best Custom Website Designers Should Have
An older website could seriously hurt your business’s credibility. Roughly 85% of American consumers shop for services and products via a search engine, which means that they’re going to see your website at some point. If you want to make sure that you’re ready for them with open virtual arms, it’s time to hire the…
Creating A Vibrant Social Media Buzz To Promote Your Dental Practice
Nowadays, it’s relatively easy to create a buzz about your business, whatever it is, with the help of the internet. If you are a dentist and you want to promote your dental practice in the most practical and effective way, you should try to use the social media buzz to attract new patients to your…
Market Research: 5 Facts Clients Need To Know
Thinking of getting into market research? Jobs aren’t easy to come by, and you’ll need to have a head start at the interview. It helps to think through your early market research projects and consider what your clients will ask of you. If you haven’t done any freelance market research work, here are five typical…
If Your Nonprofit Isn’t Marketing Through Mobile, You’re Missing Out
Are nonprofits paying attention to the mobile marketing explosion around them? There is a golden opportunity awaiting traditional nonprofits for fundraising, social sharing of campaigns, charitable impact and more. Going Mobile More than half of all Americans are carrying smartphones in their pockets, and a majority of them are using these devices to search, shop,…
Staying Up-To-Date With SEO Evolution
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is an intrinsic piece in gaining more web-procured business. By staying up-to-date with the changes in SEO, you can keep you site visible in users’ Google, Facebook or LinkedIn searches, and avoid any negative effects of SEO by ditching the outdated technology and practices that have been deemed problematic by…
What Not to Do With Your Google+ Profile
People have been flocking to Google+, which is quickly becoming a favorite social media platform. Google+ is an incredible way of meeting new people, connecting with prospective customers, and building more ties with your consumers. Many businesses don’t quite get it yet being a huge site with regular updates and all, but Google+ is a…
5 Reasons Your Business Needs To Be Using Google+ For Content Marketing
Whether you work in SEO, Social or Online Marketing in general, it’s highly likely that you’ll have come across the phrase ‘content marketing’ at least once or twice in the last year. Thanks to Google’s latest algorithm updates, creating great, high quality, shareable content is now more important and essential than ever before for any…
Making the Most Out of Your E-Commerce Business
In recent years, many companies big and small realized the potential of electronic commerce (e-commerce) in increasing profit and enlarging the target market. Nowadays, nearly all businesses have some form of Internet presence: websites, social media pages, and online stores. Not all e-commerce businesses are successful, though. What constitutes online success, anyway? It’s one thing…
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!…
Tips for Using Evernote in Marketing
You know how it goes, you find a great article online that has a great fact or tidbit in it. Later that week (or month) you are talking about just that article with a colleague and you want to send them the article…but here’s the rub. You have to find that article again. With so…
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…
3 New YouTube Changes And What They Mean For Businesses
Google has always been evolving and so is YouTube, Google’s video sharing website. Recently in December 2012, Google has made few major changes in YouTube’s layout. There are some technical changes that will help YouTube power users as well. As an internet marketer, you will be able to use YouTube better than ever with these…
How to Get Published on the Trophy Blogs
You are looking for ways to ramp up your influence online and you know that guest blogging is one sure way to get there. Not just writing for any blog mind you, rather for highly appealing, influential blogs in your niche. You know, trophy blogs. Such sites include some of the more common ones such…
Free and Easy-to-Use Animation Tools That Will Amp Up Your WordPress
Long ago in a Merry Melody land far far away, there were animators who used to slave away at their desks, drawing frame by frame pictures of dancing princesses, hopping bunnies, singing canaries and running horses. They used the zoetrope, rotoscope and even flip book techniques to bring their drawings to life. Animating was a…
All in the Circle of Likeability
We are often asked about our philosophy regarding marketing and buying media. In general is, “it all works if used properly and all fails if used improperly.” While the message and brand must remain on point, how people use and consume each media is different. How to best engage with individuals changes from media to…
Avoiding Brand Name Confusion
Adidas, McDonald’s, GEICO – these are just a few of the thousands of successful brand names out there, and they’re shining examples of what every businessperson wants their brand to eventually become. Looking at just these popular brand names, you spot some commonality. For instance, these brand names are unique; they’re not common names you’ll…
Small Business Marketing Expenses & Planning
Every enterprise—from the solo practitioner to the emerging corporation—must eventually face the reality of its ledger. Whether you are operating on a shoestring budget or managing a robust allocation, the goal remains the same: transforming small business marketing expenses into a high-performance investment. To build scalable momentum, you must move beyond simply “spending” and start…
