Category Archives: Affordable Marketing Ideas

How to Get Found on Google

How findable is your business?  Do a Google search for the most common terms people may use when searching for what you do or offer.  Do you show up?  What about on all the other places people go to search … Continue reading

Mother’s Day Marketing Ideas

Mother’s Day is May 13, right around the corner. And it’s not too late to take advantage of Mother’s Day marketing opportunities to increase sales in the weeks ahead. Dads and kids want nothing more than to make their mom … Continue reading

Does getting PR coverage increase sales?

Yes?  No?  Sometimes? From my experience, getting PR doesn’t always relate to increases in sales.  Why?  It’s the equivalent of an advertising placement frequency of one.  If you run a print ad, a TV ad, or a radio ad one … Continue reading

How “findable” is your website online when someone’s searching?

What happens when someone tells someone about your business (word-of-mouth referral) and they go to whatever place they like to use to search online?  Do they find you and your business? If you haven’t created or claimed your business listing … Continue reading

How to Promote Yourself as an Expert

If someone calls you => you are an Expert. If you call them => you are a sales rep. How to Promote Yourself as an Expert

St Patrick’s Day Marketing Idea

Just got an email that I thought was helpful to share as an idea for your email marketing around St. Patrick’s Day.  It arrived on Friday March 16th with the subject line:   I opened up the email (because I was … Continue reading

Tip #11 on Choosing Your Keywords

Great tip on choosing keywords to use in writing articles for your website to attract prospects and to investigate costs for buying these terms for PPC/search advertising. Tip #11.  Keyword phrases with the term “costs” or “rates” or “prices” are … Continue reading

Content Marketing Ideas

Content marketing is a great way to create valuable new business leads and to reduce your costs for pre-sales by educating prospective customers/clients with content (eBooks, articles, videos, white papers, etc.).  It’s a win-win for you and your prospective customers. … Continue reading

Four Advantages of Facebook Advertising

Facebook Advertising 1.  Facebook offers “ultimate targeting” Some examples of ads targeted to a small business owner who is a woman. Every person sees different ads on Facebook based on how they’ve “profiled” themselves.  This gives marketers the ability to … Continue reading

9 Mobile Marketing How-to Guides

Mobile marketing is both reactive and proactive.  First you need to make sure that anyone with a phone that has web access can find your company and website.  Then you want to proactively reach people on their phones through advertising … Continue reading