The top website and marketing links of the week. If you have a business website and are not blogging, why not? Yes, it can be a big time sink. But blogging, for some businesses, is a great way to both grow your website and get more love in Google and other search engines. If you’re…
The top website and marketing links of the week. Happy Black Friday! To celebrate (is that the correct term?) here’s a collection of top tips for holiday email marketing from HubSpot and more email tips from Mailchimp. And one more from Constant Contact – how to stand out in an overstuffed inbox. Oops, here’s another one……
If you’ve considered blogging as part of your business marketing efforts, but never had the time or weren’t sure how to actually do it, our new done-for-you blogging service is just for you! Blogging is good for business. It can: Drive more traffic to your website. Ensure potential customers that you are an active, engaged…
The top website and marketing links for this week. I still believe in blogging for business (see, I’m doing it right now!). For my business clients I almost always recommend they consider blogging if they need to establish their expertise; share info about events and projects they’ve participated in; teach their customers or potential customers…
The top website and marketing links for this week. This problem cropped up just last week. A client had a few videos that he wanted to self-host, rather than use a third-party video hosting service like YouTube or Vimeo. As expected, loading time was slow, there were frequent crashes and stalls, and on mobile the…
The top website and marketing links for this week. If you’ve been thinking about starting a business blog, good for you! It can be a big help in improving and maintaining good search engine rankings. If you’re not sure where to start, here are 12 essential resources for becoming a (better) blogger. The most obvious…
The top website and marketing links for this week. Do you write a newsletter for your customers and prospects? Are you on the fence about that newsletter? I feel you; it can be a lot of work to write a newsletter especially if you’re blogging too, and even more so if you have more than…
The top website and marketing links for this week. How does your website look in a phone? Is it a breeze to use, with easy to understand navigation and a clear call to action helping users do what you want them to do? Or is it embarrassing – it looks just like a miniature version…
The top website and marketing links for this week. Do you find it hard to find the time to publish blog content? A recent study from Hubspot showed that businesses that published 11+ blog posts per month had 3x more traffic than those that published less. 3x! That’s really scary if you’re a soloist or only have a…
Don’t you hate it when you’re typing along, filling in an online form (which is often a joy in itself); you get to the bottom and see one of these things? It might as well be a roadblock. If you’re like me, you have to refresh it several times before you get something that you…
One of my clients contacted me the other day and told me he’d be moving on to a new host and marketing pro. “No problem,” I told him, but asked if he could tell me why? He told me that “unfortunately, had never received any business through the website.” Let’s look at that… One of…
We love WordPress. It’s not a one-size-fits-all solution by any means, but for many small and medium businesses, it’s a fantastic content management system, or CMS. A CMS makes it easy for you to both edit existing pages and add new pages and features to your site yourself. Custom WordPress websites are a solid long-term…