So you’ve done your research and hired a marketing agency. That’s great. But what now?
Do you just leave everything in their hands? Do you keep checking in with them to see what’s going on? Do you work side-by-side with them? Different styles of working are right for different people. However, the best thing is probably to go for a balance between complete autonomy and working together.
Facebook marketers are continually looking for the best post configuration formula to get the most clicks, and one has been found. When comparing posting content with links, content without links, and links without content, it was found that linking without content was by far the most successful. Provided, of course, that your link automatically loads an image with an engaging title for whatever (blog article or news story) you are linking to.
Websites created in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s all look very different, and when a customer happens upon a website from another era, they can immediately tell. If your business website is from a different decade, or even has just not had a lot of sprucing up in the recent years, there are a few valuable new website features that could dramatically increase the impact of your site. (more…)
Developing your online brand is important to the success of your business. Your brand is how customers perceive you. It is the total sum of their experiences with your business. Whether it was in person or online, it all makes up your branding image. However, you have the ability to shape your branding image, and it’s important that you do. Your brand is critical to your business success whether you realise it or not. It can improve or diminish your business. While several factors go into creating a positive branding image, here are four reasons trust matters to your online brand.
Earlier this year Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook is changing what users will see on their News Feed. The goal, he says, is “to help people stay connected and bring us closer together with the people that matter.” As part of this initiative, Facebook will show users fewer organic posts from business pages, and more from friends and groups. It’s that last item that shows great promise for marketers. Of course, Facebook Groups are nothing new – they’ve been around since the beginning. But with this renewed emphasis, marketing with Facebook Groups could become the next big thing in social media marketing.
Any marketer will tell you that the more social media sites that you are on, the more potential clients you will reach. However, not every social media site is right for your practice. Though it doesn’t hurt to be on as many sites as possible, if you only have time for one or two, it is more important to choose the right one instead of spreading yourself too thin (and not being active).
So, which social media sites should you be on for your business?
When you create your marketing plan where do you start? Are you contemplating which trade shows will have the largest number of prospects? Are you trying to figure out how many cold calls you need to make before you get a sale? These marketing methods have been used for years by many businesses. But, what about inbound marketing? What is it and how is it effective?
If you have anything to do with marketing, chances are you’ve heard of the terms “SEO” and “Inbound marketing”.
SEO, or Search Engine Optimisation, is all about making sure that your sites content aligns with the way people search and the way search engines find results.
Inbound marketing, however, is the method of drawing in clients by creating a frequent source of interesting content that will entice and engage potential customers. Combining these two concepts is so natural it’s almost silly to think of them as separate strategies, and we’re about to explain why.
Being an in-demand professional sounds like it would be easy… especially if you have a medical practice. After all, everyone will need your skills and services sooner or later. But why should they go to you? What do you offer that no one else does? How do you drum up demand for what you can do?
These are the age-old questions we’ve been asking as long as it’s been necessary to have a customer base. While there are no guarantees, there are a few answers that should help.
There’s a lot of talk about the importance of voice, especially now that businesses are updating their content to match the needs of people using voice to text software. Consumers are also responding to their own computers using voice to text applications, so it’s vital for your website text to be optimised for these.
A common example is the Amazon Echo device, which provides a robot named Alexa to search the Internet for information. Whether you want to know the date a person was born or listen to a favourite song from the radio, Alexa has got you covered.
