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5 Ways Your Business Website Can Be Better Today

by Lizzy Cederberg
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

A business website should above all be informative and easy for visitors to understand. It needs to have a homepage, an about page, a contact page, and some pages that explain specific services or products. Many business websites end there, but adding a few other features and pages can take your site from good to […]

Selling Services with a Long Buying Cycle on Websites

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

Businesses that offer a service with a large ticket price or an emotional component often experience a longer buying cycle. By buying cycle, I mean that there is a customized consultation with the prospect, maybe a lengthy proposal, and in some cases the buyer is not immediately ready to sign the contract because additional preparation […]

Using Press Releases in Online Marketing

by Lizzy Cederberg
Monday, January 20th, 2014

Businesses looking to increase sales need to draw in more potential customers. How can press releases help? Today one of the most effective ways to do so is through online marketing. Word of mouth recommendations and print ads can only take you so far, as more and more people prefer to do research online before […]

How to Avoid the Site Traffic Drop During the Holidays

by Lizzy Cederberg
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

You may have heard that decreases in website traffic during the holiday season are inevitable unless you are talking about an e-commerce site. People are on vacation or spending time with family and friends, which means not browsing the Web, right? Studies are now showing that this is not necessarily the case, and there are ways […]

How Many Chickens Does it Take to Optimize a Website?

by Jacqueline Sinex
Friday, October 11th, 2013

It is 2013, and more business owners are waking up to the reality that website marketing is not going out of fashion. Some professionals may have wondered if their web presence was important a few years ago, perhaps thinking that their industry or audience type was not “Internet savvy”. But today, we know that websites […]

What in the World is Marketing Strategy?

by Carmen Sutherland
Friday, September 27th, 2013

I’ve had my share of blank stares when asked what I do. This is usually followed up by another question, ‘so what do you DO?’, implying that because it’s a vague title, I must ‘do’ very little. So here I state my manifesto, speaking for marketing strategists everywhere. To begin, let’s turn to our friend, […]

Why Your Perfect Domain Name is No Longer As Valuable

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

You have a great business selling shoes in Nowhereville. You search the web and find out ShoesNowhereville.com is available! You can’t believe it, and start shaking with excitement. But wait… before you lean your online marketing on what seems like a perfect domain name. Google made a significant update known as the “exact match dom

Adding Case Studies to Your Website

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Case studies are a powerful tool for business. A good case study is basically a testimonial coupled with an explanation of what you do. If you are a service business, or in a business-to-business industry, it can be difficult to convey to prospects what they will get and how they will benefit from being your […]

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