Posts Tagged ‘Small Business Marketing’
How do you assess risk when it comes to your website?
You know what I have been thinking about a lot lately? What would 2019 Erika think if she was shown a picture of a grocery store with everyone wearing masks and (hopefully) abiding by line markers indicating which way you can enter the cereal article? If someone had told me that a great way to…
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Our Secret Formula to Winning Business During a Global Pandemic
A global pandemic has clear winners and losers. Theaters? Losers. Bike repair shops? Winners. Fine dining restaurants? Losers? Digital strategy firms? Well… it can go either way. On the one hand, who the f*ck wants to make strategic investments when we could be entering into a long recession? On the other hand, in a world…
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Marketing During a Pandemic
What does marketing look like during a worldwide pandemic? As the outsourced marketing team for a number of organizations, we have been giving a lot of thought about what marketing means during these bizarre and fraught times. For instance, we wouldn’t think twice during another time about sending a loud and proud email promoting a…
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When it Comes to a Pandemic, What is Your Lane?
How many emails have you received from organizations about how they are handling the COVID-19 outbreak. The tipping point for me was the email I received from a small online shoe company I bought shoes from three years ago. Thanks for letting me know that you are taking care of your employees, but really that…
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Running a Business During the Coronavirus
Recently you’ve probably received coronavirus-related emails from everyone you ever did business with—from your car insurance company to the guy who fixed your furnace ten years ago. The last thing you want is to send an email to your customers that gets added to that pile. On the other hand, they need to know if…
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Don’t Throw Out Your Marketing Strategy With the Bathwater
Let’s talk about marketing strategy. It seems appropriate for a digital marketing blog. When was the last time you thought about your marketing? Sometimes the answer is “never.” In which case, might I suggest that it’s a good idea to start. When it comes to the business owners that do think about marketing, they generally…
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The Bare Minimum Guide to Digital Marketing
If you search for “digital marketing tips,” you’ll find approximately one quintillion online resources. Most of them highlight how quickly things change, the importance of staying on top of your organization’s marketing efforts, and almost without fail these resources end by trying to sell a course or ebook that will solve all your marketing woes.…
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Stop Blowing Off Your Blog
If you have a business and a website, you probably have a blog. Or, to be more accurate, you have a blog tab. With a handful of blogs. From an energetic week in July of 2017. Hey, I get it. Writing and publishing blogs is a time-consuming process, and it’s hard to draw a straight…
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Hunt, Kill, Eat (Metaphorically)
As a rule, professional services organizations all go through the same cycle. They hunt, they kill, and they eat. All metaphorical, of course. (Not to say that I don’t periodically have killing on my mind.) Searching for potential leads, converting leads into clients, and completing work for clients – while not as catchy – is…
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Landing Page Vs. Interior Page: A Guide to Strategic and Effective Use
So you’ve decided it’s time to launch a new targeted ad campaign. You’ve done the research, worked with experts and produced an ad all-but-guaranteed to see results. Fantastic! All that’s left is to launch the campaign, and sit back and watch your website traffic head into the stratosphere. So exciting! One quick question, though: where…
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