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How to Get Backlinks and Why Your Local Business Needs Them
How to Get Backlinks and Why Your Local Business Needs Them When I was in marketing for a tech company in the beginning days of content marketing, links were gold. Every time someone linked to our content my boss got excited. While I loved the free publicity and SEO awesomeness we acquired from links, I…
Read MoreThink You have a Great Product or Service Idea? Here’s How to Know for Sure.
Think You have a Great Product or Service Idea? Here’s How to Know for Sure. The world is full of gurus who will tell you to set some goals, drive action, make it happen. And that’s good advice. But just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should. Launching a new product or service is…
Read More4 Ways to Structure Your Day for Success
4 Ways to Structure Your Day for Success Productivity is always a big push at the beginning of the year. Everyone wants to do more with less: less money, less time, and fewer resources. This article will show you four ways to structure your day for greater success in achieving your goals. The one that…
Read More3 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your Newsletter This Year
3 Easy Ways to Spice Up Your Newsletter This Year I know what you’re thinking…who has time for a newsletter, right? If you want more sales and a more loyal audience, you need to find the time. The magic of newsletters is they are a way to distribute your content on a regular basis straight…
Read More4 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Small Business
4 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Small Business This year has been a little more difficult to figure out new year’s resolutions. Part of that is because we’re all still reeling from the “lessons” we learned in 2020. Even the best prepared businesses lacked preparation for a global pandemic. Still, the new year is a…
Read MoreBring in Last-minute Shoppers with These 4 COVID Precautions
Bring in Last-minute Shoppers with These 4 COVID Precautions As I write this, we are just 4 days away from Christmas. And while it may feel like the holiday season has already been decided with everyone from the post office to mail-order businesses saying there’s no way they can meet Christmas deadlines, now is the…
Read MoreStart Selling Through Social with 3 Awesome Post Examples
Start Selling Through Social with 3 Awesome Post Examples According to recent research by BlueVenn, 17% of shoppers do not plan on shopping in stores this year (up from 8% in 2019) and it makes sense that 61% of brick-and-mortar businesses trying to market in Terrell fear losing business to online sources. If you’re one…
Read More3 Small Business Lessons to Learn During COVID
3 Small Business Lessons to Learn During COVID This has certainly been a weird year. As we begin to adjust to our new reality, there are some things you could be doing in your business that may help you out in the post-COVID time. We can’t say it will ever be a return to normal.…
Read More10 Pieces of Content That Can Help You Get More Online Sales
10 Pieces of Content That Can Help You Get More Online Sales According to SmallBizTrends.com, “The first set of holiday data and analytics from Adobe reveals online spending is set to increase by 33% in 2020 over 2019.” It’s also likely that this trend will continue as we enter into 2021 and if the pandemic…
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