Email Marketing for Small Business
Email marketing for small business is a critical piece of your marketing strategy. Here are 16 tips to help you do it better.
Commonly Misused Words
24 Words to Watch Out For These are the most commonly misused words I see online. This post is a quick guide to the correct usage* of these words. Now more than ever, how we speak, write, and express ourselves online is crucial. Good writing can make the difference...
Online Reviews: How to Handle Them
Online Reviews Can Make or Break You Online reviews are a fact of business life. Like it or not, your customers are free to express themselves where it concerns your product or service. There’s little you can do to prevent negative reviews other than provide a...
Start a Blog From Scratch — An Easy Guide
How to Start a Blog From Scratch If you’ve read anything about online marketing in the past few years, you know that you need a blog. You need a blog to draw traffic to your website, to help your audience see your more personal and approachable side, and, of...
Small Business Growth: 5 Lessons from Azalea Pruning
Small business growth is a bit like gardening. Sometimes you have to prune to stay healthy and flourish. Do you ever feel like work isn’t fun anymore? The aftermath of the pruning When I first started freelancing, I felt the need to say yes to every...
Do I Need to Blog? Yes. Here's Why.
I get this question often from clients who don’t think they have the time to write original content: Do I need to blog? My answer is nearly always the same: Yes. Yes, and yes. Why is Blogging So Important? Google. I’m really talking about all search...
Social Media Success: What Small Business Can Learn From Big Brands
Do You Manage Social Media for Small Business? If you manage social media for small business, you know that social media and the Web continue to be important for small organizations, freelancers, and entrepreneurs; in fact, more so than ever. Your website and online...
Marketing and Fried Chicken
KFC’s Colonel Sanders can teach us a lot about small business marketing. He crafted his chicken recipe based on customer feedback.
