Donna DuncanJuly 1, 2015 SEO is not rocket science. If you are a small business owner wanting to increase your website’s traffic and sales, a good place to start is with an understanding of how SEO works. SEO or search engine optimization is not rocket science, but it is complicated. It has a lot of moving … Continue reading How SEO Works: A 30,000 Foot View For Small Business Owners
Anand SrinivasanJune 27, 2015 An average SEO consultant handles anywhere between 5 to 10 clients at a time. While anything more than 8 clients could be a tight rope walk, it is not entirely unmanageable if you automate enough tasks to free up more time for doing real work. When discussing SEO tools, most blog … Continue reading An SEO Agency Owner’s Toolkit To Improve Productivity
Ryan PinkhamJune 13, 2015 How many people walk into your store or office each day? What about your website or social media pages — how many people visit you there? People are discovering and interacting with your business every day. And while many of them will be loyal customers who will come back on their … Continue reading 3 Things Smart Business Owners Do To Grow Their Email List
Debi LewisJune 8, 2015 Business owners have limited supplies of three things: time, patience, and money. Whichever of those items is the scarcest commodity in the moment will determine the relative importance of finding hidden stores of the other two. Most often for my clients, money is the hardest thing to spare when they’re looking … Continue reading Free Stuff for Plucky Web Site Owners
BusinessVibesJune 8, 2015 We get that small business owners starting out do not generally have huge budgets for marketing and PR. That’s a given. Most small businesses have already taken advantage of the multiple free/cheap online tools available to them — Angie’s List, Yelp, Google Places. Not to mention Facebook and Twitter. You’re probably working … Continue reading HARO: A Secret Weapon for Small Business Owners
Kathy Richardson-MauroJune 6, 2015 We find frequently that business owners who are looking to transfer out of their businesses focus a lot on the financial aspects of the process. However, as we’ve often discussed, there are a number of non-financial aspects of a business transition that need attention, as well. The non-financial issues are equally … Continue reading What Business Owners Can Learn from the Retirement of 3 TV Personalities
Personal Branding BlogMay 27, 2015 The most daring leaders realize that inspiring employees to assume ownership and responsibility is essentially telling them, “I trust you and your contributions are essential to our firm’s success.” When employees show up to work, do the minimum, assume no responsibility and then collect their paycheck it’s a waste for … Continue reading How Great Leaders Get Employees to Act Like Owners
Jen Phillips AprilMay 25, 2015 Syndicated from www.jenphillipsapril.com Blogging Tips You’ve heard that blogging for business can bring in business but you’re not sure how. Maybe you’ve been erratic with your blog and you want focus. Or, you just have questions, “What do I blog about?” is a question I get asked all the time. … Continue reading Best Blogging Tips by 4 Business Bloggers (and Business Owners)
Paul MorrisMay 15, 2015 If you are the owner of a small business, you probably already know how hard it is to increase your visibility in search engine results. Marketing your business online is tough as the fight for space on search engine results pages (SERPs) has never been more competitive. But, by following SEO … Continue reading Small Business Owner’s Guide to SEO
Ryan PinkhamMay 14, 2015 Deciding where to invest your marketing dollars isn’t a decision you take lightly. You know you need to attract new customers and keep your existing clients coming back, but you can’t afford to invest time or resources into something that isn’t going to deliver the results you expect. Email marketing is … Continue reading 29 Reasons To Use Email Marketing (As Told By Small Business Owners)
