by Ashley Irving Follow @ashleyidesignOctober 24, 2016 “Time is more valuable than money.” “Work ON your business not IN it.” “Work smarter, not harder.” How many times have we heard these quotes? I bet a lot. We can even both agree how “cliché” these messages are. But we can’t deny there’s a truth behind them, … Continue reading 7 Ways to Automate Your Business Marketing
by Brittany Berger June 26, 2016 Follow @bberg1010June 26, 2016 You all know I’m enthusiastically on the non-stop train to automation station. Automating processes and tasks are essential to running a one-woman shop because it’s not like you have a full-time assistant. And one of the places it’s most useful? That damn inbox that won’t … Continue reading 10 Ways to Avoid Insanity and Automate Your Email
by Norman Arvidsson May 29, 2016 Follow @https://twitter.com/NormanArvidssonMay 29, 2016 It ain’t easy being a small business competing against the big boys. They’ve got the budget, the expertise, and the size to push you around. That said, it doesn’t have to be half as hard as some small businesses make it. For example, for many … Continue reading How to Automate Social Media and PR for Small Business
by Rachel Bailey February 18, 2016 Follow @rachelb414February 18, 2016 What if you were suddenly gifted one extra hour each day to focus on actual revenue-generating tasks for your small business? What would you do with that time? “Most small business owners are so focused on getting work done in their business, they don’t have … Continue reading Top 6 Tasks Your Small Business Should Definitely Automate
by Ryan Stewart February 9, 2016 Follow @ryanwashereFebruary 9, 2016 We’ve received almost 3,000 contact or consultation requests over the last year. Up until a few months ago, managing this was a nightmare. As a small business, I don’t have any sales people – I manage everything myself. What’s even worse, a large majority of … Continue reading 20 Ways to Use Email to Automate Your Business
by Savannah Whitman December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 You’ve probably realized by now that at SHIFT, we like to work smarter, not harder. That’s why we try to automate our work when possible. For certain tasks, automation is obviously appropriate – the work is repetitive and clearly defined. However, for other tasks, finding a faster … Continue reading 4 Ways to “Automate” Good Design with Canva
Carol StephenSeptember 10, 2015 Social Media: Ten Reasons Why You Should Automate Many social media consultants feel that automation can hurt your brand. Whenever you mention the “A-word,” people fall on one side of the divide or the other. Hardly anyone is in the middle on this one. And yet, it’s something that can be … Continue reading Social Media: Ten Reasons to Automate
By Pratik Dholakiya August 4th, 2015 Marketing once used to be about carefully debated messages that were packaged in the most appealing ways by people who looked like Jon Hamm for people who looked like you and I to buy more. No more. And that’s not a comment on the impending demise of an iconic series. … Continue reading 4 Powerful Ways You Can Automate Your Marketing
Christina HechtJune 17, 2015 Listen up, website owners: “The number one ranking factor, in terms of where you should be putting your energy, is satisfying user intent.” Moz’s Cyrus Shepard dropped this pearl of wisdom on the crowd at SMX Advanced earlier this month and I couldn’t agree more. Search engine optimization (SEO) is a … Continue reading Can You Automate Your SEO?
Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, (March 26, 2015) Blake Cahill, global head of digital and social marketing at Philips, manages more than 70 marketing technologies. He is one of a growing number of marketing heads becoming inundated with technology as media silos crumble and data integrates to support cross-channel and cross-device marketing and advertising. “Just in the … Continue reading CMOs Focus More On Tech To Automate Media Decisions
