Black Friday is this week! Is panic setting in? If you haven’t planned a single promotion, and the thought of missing out on the biggest shopping weekend of the year is making your stomach churn, don’t worry, you’re not alone! Plenty of small businesses find themselves in this situation. But this is no time to […]
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Why Agility Is One of the Most Important Things in Your Marketing
The market is volatile. No, we’re not talking about stocks. The needs and desires of your audience are evolving, and your business marketing needs to follow suit. If you’re not practicing agile marketing, you’re going to fall behind. Agile marketing is one of the most crucial aspects of marketing for businesses today. It offers significant […]
Fire Up Your Email Marketing with These Action-Driving Subject Lines
As a business owner, you are well-served by collecting emails and running an email marketing campaign if for no other reason than to remain top-of-mind with your customers. When they’re getting emails from you with exciting news and great deals (who couldn’t use those these days?) they’ll get used to hearing from you and seeing […]
25 Ways to Grow Your Email List
If you want to remain top-of-mind with your customers (as well as nurture people who are interested in your business, but not yet buying from you), you need to be able to stay in touch. While social media may seem like a good first step, you’re limited in how often your audience sees your posts. […]
Turning Your Passion into Profit: A Short Guide to Transforming Your Hobby into a Business
Whether it’s part of a work/life balance personal initiative, an idea to follow your bliss, or you simply want to change things in your life, if you have a hobby you want to turn into a business, we have some advice for you. It can be a huge leap of faith moving from a steady […]
Become an Addictive Brand
Does your morning begin post coffee? If so, then you know the importance of that routine (and caffeine addiction). Your morning just isn’t the same without it. You can create the same addiction to your business. It just requires a more carefully created artifice or brand. Without the help of caffeine or other addictive substance, […]
Is It Time to Hand Over Your Brand to Your Customers?
For years now, marketers have touted word-of-mouth marketing as the most powerful, influential, and effective marketing out there. Business owners heeding this advice have begged, borrowed, and bribed people to review them. But it’s been an uphill battle for most. That’s because when customers have a good (or even great) experience, they are less likely […]
Beyond Likes & Follows: Finding the Ideal Social Media Superhero for Your Business
Social media is a Hulk-size time suck, but it is also one of the most effective ways to connect with your audience. That’s also why it’s so dicey to freelance that kind of thing out. But there are a lot of really talented folks out there who can help you expand your reach and connect. […]
3 Copywriting Tips That AI Doesn’t Use
I recently spoke with an SEO expert who swore that search engines are biased against AI-written websites (websites that have not one word written by a human). He said AI-written websites are something search engines are discounting for (marking you down) because of the possibility of the sites being fake or holder sites. I can’t […]
Unwrapping the Power of Holiday Email Marketing
The holiday season is not just a time for festive decorations and warm gatherings; it’s also a golden opportunity for you to expand your reach and build a loyal customer base that you can market to interact with all year long. One effective way to achieve this is by leveraging the power of email marketing. […]