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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 […]

Designing a Great Meetup Page

by Jacqueline Sinex
Monday, April 8th, 2013

Meetup.com, the popular and rapidly growing community for group gatherings, updated its design tools in April 2013. Many of us participate in business-related events on Meetup to network with area professionals, meet like-minded experts and connect with our communities. It can also be quite fun to help manage a Meetup. Meetup provides a strong platform

Influencing Information

by Joey McGirr
Monday, March 18th, 2013

Information is a very valuable commodity. The information age has created a world where almost all the knowledge of mankind is only a Google/Wikipedia search away. What do you do with all this information? Answer: Enter the age of Connectivity! The number of people you influence can change the game overnight. Imagine this scenario: Two […]

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