Respecting your current and potential subscribers is important in building trust through your email marketing campaign. How you collect email addresses and what you do with them will establish the level of respect you’ll provide. Most individuals consider their email address as private so what you do with it greatly affects whether you get to [...]

Of all the small business marketing options social media creates, Twitter presents the most challenges in determining its use to help your company grow. Luckily, you don’t have to be a computer expert or a marketing guru to infuse Twitter into your overall promotional strategy.   What Is Twitter?   Twitter is a web-based social [...]

The latest trend in Internet marketing, Facebook, has a lot of potential if you use it wisely. Among its many advertising opportunities, groups and pages stand out as two of the most effective and easiest methods to promote and brand your business.  Groups Groups, the original community-building feature of Facebook, are still quite popular, and with [...]

Last week we discussed giving more than you gain in your email marketing pieces, as well as, keeping promises. We close this discussion with important insights on proofreading and how best to communicate. 3. Proofread your emails.   While I would think this goes without saying, I’m surprised at all the typographical errors I see in [...]

Your email copy plays an immensely important role in gaining trust from subscribers. While the quality of information is still the most important element, there are a lot of other factors to consider. Listed below are those I find most important.  1. Give more than what you might gain.   We all know the importance [...]

In recent years, having an Internet presence for your business meant putting up a website. While still an important feature for promoting your business, a website is no longer enough. Web 2.0, or the social web, is an essential feature of a successful marketing plan to reach your clientele. Facebook is considered one of the [...]

Email marketing has proven to be an effective option for businesses of all sizes and shapes whether that business is based online or not. Start up businesses looking to increase exposure and sales are looking to email marketing as a viable option to add to their overall marketing strategy. Developing your database of prospects and email [...]

While using Email is an accepted form of Internet marketing, it’s still important that you build trust and show contacts that you respect them in how you collect email addresses and what you do with them. When a prospect shares their email address it greatly affects your ability to build on that trust. Here are three tips [...]

Adding Social Media Marketing to your overall marketing plan can help turn lagging sales around. Take the time to be proactive and sign-up for social networking sites. However, unlike some of your competition who may sign up and never use them again, you can easily show positive growth by using this innovative marketing option.  Use the [...]

This is a much longer post than usual, however, recent prospects still don’t quite understand the basics and I thought it was important for my VA connections…enjoy!   The Internet provides an incredible opportunity for businesses to reach their target audiences in a wide variety of ways. One of the growing areas of Internet marketing is [...]