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How to Rock Your Content Marketing Strategy

How to Rock Your Content Marketing Strategy

Companies that have embraced content marketing have been awarded a strong, loud voice. It’s allowed them to reach directly into the hearts of their consumers, long before the buying process begins. I’ve had some clients see more than a 300% growth in website traffic in less than 3 months …

What is Branding on Social Media and Why Does it Matter to Your Business?

What is Branding on Social Media?

Actionable strategies to ensure a consistent brand message on social media What is a brand? Simply put, it’s the unique features you choose to define your business that differentiate you from your competitors. It’s your business name and logo and maybe a tagline – but so much more too – especially in the new world […]

High-Quality, Consistent Blog Content is a Strong Marketing Tool

What Exactly is Content Marketing?

What you need to know about building an effective content marketing strategy If facing down a global pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the power of innovative, courageous thinking. Especially for small businesses that have struggled to stay afloat while their doors are closed – or capacity is reduced. If you’re new to digital marketing […]

“How To” Blogging Basics for Business Owners

“How To” Blogging Basics for Business Owners

Staying connected with customers when your place of business is closed The Coronavirus has changed how we live our lives in ways too numerous to mention – both personally and professionally. If your place of business is closed due to local COVID-19 regulations – and you were selling online before the crisis – hopefully it’s […]

Adapting Your Retail Digital Marketing Strategy During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis

Adapting Your Digital Marketing Strategy During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis

Or, more simply, content-based marketing for business – why it still works, even during a crisis From self-isolation to social distancing to wearing masks to a mounting death toll worldwide, the Coronavirus crisis has brought devastating change to our lives. As the world economy slows, budgets tighten and we face more and more layoffs, marketers […]

Plan ahead for message continuity

Editorial Calendar – Social Media Strategy Must-Have

Keeping the message on target and timely is one of the biggest challenges I hear from community managers. How do you keep the content flowing in a way that makes sense to the community? Take a note from this former journalist’s toolbox and build yourself an editorial calendar …

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Tips for Starting a Small Business: Your Digital Assets

Starting a business on your own has it’s challenges – purchasing the business licence and registration, choices on sole proprietorship vs incorporation, setting up the accounting, drafting business contracts for clients, meeting with banks …

blogging as a marketing strategy

6 Keys to Writing for Your Small Business Blog

If you’re a small business owner and haven’t yet considered starting a business blog, hopefully if you’re reading this post, you’re already rethinking that. Blogging takes a commitment and is undeniably time-consuming – but it’s also one of the most powerful, valuable ways to market your business …

hiring a social media professional

How to Hire a Social Media Expert

If you’re a small business owner just venturing into social media, the learning curve is overwhelming. To hire the right person for the job, you have to know the right questions to ask. And to know the right questions, you’ve got some research ahead of you. The good news is, there a lot of people willing to help – myself included …

how not to seo

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the SEO Galaxy

Search engines are big business and they have a responsibly to online searchers. If they don’t deliver relevant content, they lose searchers to their competitors. Getting found online is all about understanding what the search engines want …

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