In mid-2012, then-Presidential candidate Mitt Romney found himself in the midst of an embarrassing email hacking debacle. Romney formerly worked for a large financial institution and therefore should have understood the necessity of quality email security, but he was allegedly using a Hotmail account at the time. The hacker who breached the account was able…
Click on the Image Above to Download This Month’s Issue This Month’s Feature Article: The Quick Guide to Email Marketing for Small Businesses Also inside this month’s issue: The 7 Biggest Social Media Mistakes that Everyone Should Avoid Why Customer Experience is the New Customer Service Danger of Using Public E-mail Addresses Why Small Businesses…
If you haven’t jumped on the Instagram bandwagon yet for your business, that may not be a good thing. New social media outlets come out almost weekly, and they all claim to be the next big thing. Instagram has been around for a few years now, and with over 300 million users, it has proved…
It’s a common refrain in the online marketing business that “the money is in the list.” Having a large email list of engaged buyers is one of the keys to growing a business. So how do you build such a list when you are just starting out? There are five steps you can take toward…
You’ve set up an online business and are currently enjoying a reasonable sales rate. You’re marketing your venture on social media and are hoping for increased sales as the year progresses. When friends and family ask how your new business is progressing, you tell them it’s great but have a tiny voice in the back…
Chances are good that if you have done anything in business marketing, you have heard the term pay per click advertising or PPC. But do you really know understand what it is and what it can do for you? If you are curious whether or not pay per click management would be the best method…
Click on the Image Above to Download This Month’s Issue This Month’s Feature Article: 5 Steps to Get Your First 1,000 Subscribers Also inside this month’s issue: 5 KPIs Every Online Business Owner Should Be Tracking Is Your Business Using Social Media Properly? How to use Instagram to Increase Your Business How Retargeted Advertising Can…
The world of social media is rapidly evolving, and it is important for consumers and business owners to keep up with the trends. It was not that long ago the now almost defunct MySpace ruled the social media universe — then came Facebook and Twitter to disrupt the marketplace and change user expectations. Facebook and…
For all the wonderful things that can be said for social media’s role in small business marketing, there’s still something to be said for a well-written blog. Even if you already have a blog up and running, it doesn’t hurt to spruce things up now and then. Remember, the purpose of a business blog is…
When the summer starts to lose its color and the leaves start falling from the trees, consumers start thinking about shopping for the holidays. There will be plenty of people complaining on social media about how the stores set up their holiday decorations too soon, but those same consumers are still going to venture into…
