DIY Online Marketing: How to Succeed When Doing It Yourself
Marketing: some people love to do it, some people hate to do it, but every business needs it. Online marketing is in even greater demand as businesses struggle to be seen among thousands. DIY online marketing IS possible. You don’t necessarily need an expert to juggle and maintain all your online marketing needs. It does, […]
How Much Does SEO Cost? A Guide to Getting the Most Bang For Your Buck
How much does SEO cost? “What can you expect to pay for a trustworthy SEO firm?” is a popular question among many business owners. Finding a sustainable and reliable partnership can be tricky, especially with cost versus effectiveness added into the mix. However, doing your research into making sure the outcome is worth the price […]
Mobile Marketing – A Reason To Be Happy Everyone Is Glued To Their Smartphones
In just a few short decades, the mobile phone went from a great way to keep in touch while away form home, to an essential tool to modern life. For many, this little technological miracle is as important to them as an appendage; you can’t be in any public place and not see people staring […]
7 Monsters Keeping You Away From Small Business Success
What scary things keep you up at night as a small business owner? Everybody has frightening marketing tasks lurking under their bed, and rather than face those terrors, many of us lie there, covers pulled up tight under our chin, paralyzed with fear. This Halloween, I want us all to shine a flashlight under our […]
Frankenstein’s Customer: What is a Customer Avatar?
Who is Frankenstein’s customer? What is a customer avatar? We aren’t talking about the blue giants in the movie. In fact, a customer avatar is more like something that would be made in Frankenstein’s lab than anything James Cameron would come up with. A customer avatar is a perfect customer that you have pieced together […]
Looking for Google AdWords Help? Let Google Spearhead Your AdWords Campaign
Google Adwords Best Practices The online world of marketing and advertising can be a lot to handle. With various things to worry about such as Google AdWords, social media, launches, webinars, and Facebook ads on top of trying to manage your own strategy among the sea of tactics and third-party recommendations, finding a middle, solid […]
How To Close A Sale From The Beach
Have you ever heard those “lifestyle stories” of entrepreneurs sitting on a beach drinking Mai Tais while their business is generating millions of dollars? You’re probably thinking they are living the good live because they’ve turned over the day-to-day operation of drumming up sales to an employee, but that’s not always the case. Â Find out […]
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Email List Grow?
It’s important for all small businesses find importance in growing an email list.  Did you know it can be a lot like gardening? After moving to Portland last year, I decided it was time to finally take after my mother, and grow a beautiful garden. In the past, I’ve been known to have a bit […]
Product Launch Strategies: How to Successfully Launch Your Product Using Facebook
Some of the best product launch strategies. Advice on how to successfully launch your product is all over the board. Some of it directly contradicts other advice. Most of it boils down to preference. There is, however, one thing we can all agree on: Social media can be a gold mine if it’s harnessed properly. […]
Anchors Aweigh: Setting Sail with Correct Anchor Text
Welcome back to another riveting edition of #whatiswednesday! This week, we are going to tackle Anchor Texts. What is that, you might ask? It’s really not so complicated. All anchor text is, is text on the page that links to another page. For example, let’s say you have a cooking blog and you are showing […]
