Building a YouTube Following
Friday, 19 July 2013
YouTube, the video sharing website, can be a great tool for a small business to attract new customers. By offering entertainment, showing yourself as a knowledgeable specialist, or offering content that is unique and engaging, you can bring a whole new group of clients to your business. Branding: When using YouTube it’s important to spend
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At the End of Celebrity Endorsements
Friday, 12 July 2013
Years ago, a celebrity endorsement could make or break a company, but it appears that those days are over. Whereas businesses used to pull out their wallets to pay the hottest celebrity of the moment to be in their commercial or ad campaign, the “average Joe” is now in much higher demand. This can be
- Published in Business Success
Building a Twitter Following
Friday, 05 July 2013
Twitter is the second biggest Social Network, beaten only by Facebook. Having a Twitter account is a must for every business, blogger and celebrity. Most Social Network users will have either a Facebook or Twitter account your business should have both. Branding: As you would in any other situation, it’s important to present yourself properly.
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Filling Orders with Professional Flair
Friday, 28 June 2013
You have your first order. Congratulations! Now what? Many small business owners don’t think to this next step and then do a poor job in executing the pack-and-ship phase of their business. But this can be avoided with some careful planning. Before you receive your first order,
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The “Bad Words” of Marketing
Friday, 14 June 2013
Words have power. This is an undeniable fact. And in marketing, words are the first step in the sales process. So why waste them by using the same words your competitors use, making the same promises and claims? Isn’t it wiser to differentiate yourself from your competitor? Though there are hundreds of meaningless marketing words,
- Published in Business Success, Website Content
Our Process to Your Success
Friday, 31 May 2013
We take pride in helping grow businesses through streamlined design, expert programming and supreme marketing. In fact, we have worked so hard to master the art of growth that we have created our own 9 step process to helping you achieve your success. 1) Discover/Learn: You know your business better than we ever could.
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Email Marketing Basics
Friday, 17 May 2013
So what is Email Marketing? It sounds pretty basic: Send emails to people telling them to come by your business. But is anything ever that simple? ? Email marketing is an invaluable tool when used correctly. It can boost your business exponentially, but when used poorly, it can alienate customers. When creating an email marketing
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What is a DNS and why do I need it?
Friday, 03 May 2013
DNS, or Domain Name System, is the translation of a website or email’s human-friendly location name into a computer-friendly location name, or the website’s URL into an IP Address. Computers read locations by IP addresses. An example of an IP Address would be 74.208.168.187 for the website you are currently on. These addresses are always
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Facebook – Don’t Forget to Like Us!
Friday, 19 April 2013
Facebook has over 800 million active users and is still the most-visited Social Network. Even if your business is making use of other Social Media, you’re missing out on your biggest potential market if you aren’t using Facebook. If you’re already on Facebook as a regular user, you can make a page specifically for your
- Published in Social Media