Pam DyerFebruary 22, 2015 Want to know what’s working on social media? Word-of-mouth advertising is very powerful. You need to earn the trust of your audience so they will recommend your products or services to their friends. Chances are that you’re already using Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms to create engagement and thought leadership in … Continue reading 9 of the Best Free Social Media Analytics Tools
Penney FoxFebruary 19, 2015 Where I Came From and Where I’m Going In May of this year, I’ll celebrate my 16th year of being in business for myself. Some days it’s hard to believe that I’ve spent more years in the workforce, working for myself than I have for someone else. In my former life, … Continue reading 5 Free Apps My Small Business Can’t Live Without
© learchitecto – Fotolia.com Charlie Gilkey shared a great concept with our BOOST coaching group the other week. He talked about how all business owners have a gold mine of “trapped content” – things we’ve already written for other purposes, then forgot about or left behind. “How many times,” he asked us, “Have you answered … Continue reading The Accidental Blog Post – How to Free Your Trapped Blog Content
Kylie Jane WakefieldFebruary 17, 2015 Social media is an important part of your small business marketing plan. Coming up with relevant and interesting content to post on a regular basis (that isn’t just about your biz) requires a little extra time. At this point, you might be thinking that you don’t have time to sit … Continue reading 3 Free Content Curation Tools That’ll Enhance Your Social Posts
Email is perhaps the most effective channel marketers have in their arsenal to engage and convert their target audiences. Consumers who are marketed to through email spend 138 percent more than those who don’t receive email offers. But not all marketing emails are created equal. Users are bombarded with hundreds of emails a day. Twenty-one … Continue reading 5 Free And Responsive Email Templates
Gyles SewardJanuary 28, 2015 Google hasn’t changed what it has said are best practices to achieve SEO success over the years; what it has done is penalise people harder and harder that haven’t listened. To get to the top of Google and stay there, businesses must offer the best experience to their visitors. But how … Continue reading Five Great Free SEO Tools
Aaron Rudman-HawkinsJanuary 10, 2015 You’re wanting more traffic, conversions and sales aren’t you? Who isn’t! Well today I am going to share with you one of the most under-used and yet highly effective tactics to get free traffic from search engines. Competitor research! If done correctly this age old technique is guaranteed to help you … Continue reading A Little Known Tactic to Get Free Traffic From Search Engines
Eating, sleeping, and moving around are relatively basic endeavors. A little tweak here and there can make a world of difference, though. By Doug Aamoth January 2, 2015 | 6:00 AM You don’t have to be a nut to be healthy. You just have to want to get healthier than you are now. Baby … Continue reading Free App Friday: 5 Tools For Healthier Living
Deaundra Audrey Cash December 17, 2014 As the Social Media Editor for the Content Solutions team, my goal is to improve our partners’ social strategy. One way that we accomplish this goal is by testing and implementing strategies that boost engagement and gain new audience members. Earlier this year, we focused on the Daily … Continue reading Social Sneak Peek: 3 Free Ways to Grow and Engage Your Facebook Audience
Genia Stevens December 15, 2014 Businesses of all types and sizes use social media to generate revenue. In this article, we will focus on how free newspapers can use social media to generate additional advertising revenue. Recently, I facilitated a workshop at the Wisconsin Community Papers Publisher’s Summit in New Glarus, WI. In that … Continue reading 7 Tips: How Free Newspapers Can Monetize Social Media
