These days, a small business needs to be in front of people more frequently than ever before. There are so many distractions that may take the potential customer away from you. Though, as small business owners, we need to have strategies in place to be able to consistently market our small businesses on a regular basis with little money when necessary. Here are nine(9) tips to stay on budget while doing small business marketing. Write regular blog posts on your websites. Research other … [Read more...]
Small Business Marketing Ideas Archive Page
Welcome to our Small Business Marketing Ideas archive page to help you and your business streamline processes. Read the archive posts for tips to use in your business.
Most Important Areas to Visit In Twitter Analytics
Are you fed up with all the social media analysis data? I sure am. This will be the last one for a while, I promise. Let me ask you this question, have you ever checked out Twitter Analytics? While doing research for this post, I took some time to see what information Twitter provides for me on my account. I am only going to show you the areas that would be most important to visit on at least a monthly basis even if you don't advertise on Twitter. How do I get to my Twitter Analytics? Go to … [Read more...]
The Most Important Areas To Review In Pinterest Analytics
Pinterest is by far my favorite social media site. Sharing images and helping others, they created this site just for me and probably many other people. =) While the Pinterest Analytics section is informative, we can get lost in all the numbers and forget to figure out what they mean. Over the years, I have devised a system to review this area without spending too much time analyzing and not enough time implementing. Today, I am going to share with you, my shortcuts. Do I have a Pinterest … [Read more...]
The Most Important Areas of Instagram Insights
Instagram has become quite popular in the last few years. This powerhouse social media site helps small businesses with branding. It also allows followers to see what's going on "behind the scenes." But, what really does work on Instagram? Well, each page is different and there are many factors involved. To figure out your particular situation, the Insights section works nicely. It gives you quick information about shared posts and followers demographics details. In this post, we will … [Read more...]
The Most Important Areas To Review in Facebook Insights
While setting up a Facebook page and posting regularly help you get your business name out there, they are not the only tasks you should do to keep abreast of your audience. This week starts a new series that will examine the most important areas to review on various social media sites. When to visit Facebook Insights? Reviewing Facebook insights once a month works well if you do not have a large audience or your audience doesn't visit your page frequently. But, if you have a responsive … [Read more...]
Tips To Make Your Business Goals a Success
Being a business owner is freeing but also time-consuming. We can make our schedule and work with and spend time with people we chose. However, there are some downfalls. One such downfall is being able to keep focused on seeing the bigger picture for our business and creating new goals for your business. Lucky for you, here is a list of tips to make your business goals a success. Here are some questions to ask yourself first. Where we want our business to go? Where we want to be … [Read more...]
NEW Facebook Slideshow Advertising Feature To Attract New Fans
I don't normally get excited about advertising. I sometimes think it is a necessary evil. But, this new Facebook Slideshow advertising was actually fun to do. It is easy to do too. Brief background information on Facebook Slideshow ads: You have 15 seconds which is equivalent to 7 images. You can add music, add transitions, and adjust the image duration. Facebook Slideshow shares timeline or uploaded images as your ad. They said it can be viewed on low bandwidth devices as well. Here is … [Read more...]
How to Tag People on Social Media Sites
Do you know how to tag people on social media sites like Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Google+? I know this sounds obvious and on some sites, it is. But, other sites, you may need some guidance. First, let's start out with what the benefits are for tagging people. Benefits to tag people on social media sites: Bring another company's name to your readers' attention. On most of the social media sites listed above, after you tag a person or company, you will see a link … [Read more...]
How To Respond Quickly In Facebook Messages
Corresponding through Facebook is an easy way to communicate with leads and other associates. It helps you speak one on one with people to be able to instantly get and give an answer to any question they may have. Do you receive messages through your Facebook company page? If not, you can do this fairly easily. First, go to your page, then click on "Settings" at the top right of your Page. From General tab, click "Edit" next to "Messages". Click to check the box next to "Allow people to … [Read more...]
