Small Business Tips
Useful series of tips for small businesses.
How to use Email Marketing to build your list
With the introduction and massive popularity of social media marketing, you could be forgiven for thinking that email marketing is no longer viable. However, the reality is quite different and email marketing should continue to play an important part of your business’ online marketing strategy. This guide will review the basics through to best practice […]
Are you Mobile Compatible?
Ok, so strictly speaking, its not a question of whether you are mobile compatible but, more importantly, your website! As technology and gadgetry improves and increases, so does our demand for instant gratification! Potential customers could view your website via their smartphone (or iPad or similar) any time of the day or night. In which […]
Marketing Planning Tips for 2013
First of all, Happy New Year! Are you thinking you should be planning some marketing activity (or indeed strategy) for 2013, but just don’t know where to start and hence putting it off? Here’s a few simple tips to get you started and which should help the process: Identify first what you wish to achieve; for […]
Social Media Marketing – a quick refresh
Have you thought about your marketing activities for 2013 yet? Hopefully, even if you’ve not yet started, social media is on your list of ‘things to do’! Here’s a quick refresh on the why’s and wherefores! The new frontier Social Media is changing everything, it’s the new frontier! In reality, there’s nothing to be scared […]
How loyal are you?
In the main, we expect our customers and clients to be loyal to us and are generally somewhat surprised when they go elsewhere! But how loyal are you to your customers? 02 regularly and actively promote exciting new offers to existing customers, but many companies constantly pursue new business. Are you one of them? Your […]
Christmas Posting Dates 2012
Last Christmas posting dates for the UK in 2012 For information on international delivery, please refer to the Post Office website here. By the way, did you know that the Post Office is now an independent business, separate from Royal Mail? Me neither. Not sure it makes any difference either way… Last recommended posting date […]
What is a Squeeze Page?
What on earth is a squeeze page, I hear you cry! A Squeeze Pages is, in effect, a landing page on your website, where you capture the visitor’s details (ie, a prospective customer’s details) by offering something free, such as an eBook, white paper or a special deal. Squeeze page plugins are also available for […]
Work/Life Balance When Working From Home
Guest blog courtesy of Sandra Swan of Swan Coaching The phrase ‘work/life balance’ always sets me on edge because it suggests that when you’re at work, you’re not having a life. I’m here to tell you that your life is your work – in the sense that you don’t suddenly become another person when you’re […]
Social Media Marketing – What to measure and how
Social media marketing may be deemed ‘free’ yet at the very least, you will be making an investment of your time, if not additional resources as well. Therefore , you need to understand if its working for you. And the greater investment the more critical this becomes. Last week I joined a webinar by the […]