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The Easy Guide to Holiday Marketing: Four Tips to Help Land Last-Minute Shoppers
The Black Friday frenzy might be over, but that doesn’t mean people are done shopping. If your customers are anything like me, they’ll be walking through your doors at noon on Christmas Eve. So how do you score the last-minute shoppers? Here are a few easy, last-minute marketing tips to …
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Dude, Where’s My Location? Google Removes Location Search Ability
While most people were recovering from Thanksgiving food comas on December 1st, Google was quietly removing the ability to change the location of your search. For those of you who don’t fondly remember, there used to be an option in the search tools that allowed you to pretend you were …
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Will Camp Out for Marketing Tips: Your Black Friday Survival Guide
November is here! A month full of falling leaves, dropping temperatures, giving thanks, and many people’s favorite shopping day: Black Friday. Last year, 133.7 million people shopped during the Black Friday weekend, according to a Fundivo.com study. As a local business, you may be trying to get a piece of …
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Stalking, Espionage, and More: The Guide to a Successful B2B Marketing Campaign
Dealing with business to business, or B2B, clients in search engine optimization, search engine marketing, or social media can be challenging. There is an extra layer of difficulty associated with a technical business that you don’t typically have when working on B2C campaigns. The key to starting a B2B online …
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Franchise Marketing: If You Aren’t Following These 4 Tips, You Aren’t Doing It Right
Franchise opportunities and the franchise sector grew by a whopping 28,800 jobs in June 2015, according to the latest report from the ADP Research Institute. It’s true: franchises in the U.S. are growing at a powerful rate. With this growth comes a need for specific digital marketing solutions to deliver …
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Insta-Ads: Facebook Brings Instagram Ads to Life
Good news for advertisers! It appears that Instagram Ads are now open for advertisers through Facebook’s Power Editor. While no official announcement has been made (and Instagram hasn’t even updated their site), I stumbled across these new features while poking around my Business Manager. What tipped me off was the …
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Word of Mouth in the Digital Age: The Importance of Online Reviews
Having just moved, I’ve spent a lot of my free time shopping on Amazon. From new bathmats to nice wine glasses, a majority of my paychecks have gone towards furnishing my new house. One thing I really needed, though, was a solution to the rock of a mattress that came …
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Continuity Is Key: 5 Tips for Syncing Up Your Multi-Location Franchise Marketing Plan
To the Small Business/Franchise Owner Interested in Growth: You have started a business and are considering an expansion, which will include another location (or several)! In doing so, you’ve been able to achieve what many people only dream of doing. You’re reaping the rewards and ready for more, so what …
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A Tale of Two Google+ Updates: Shutting Down G+ Pages & Disconnecting YouTube From G+
In the past week, two new Google Plus updates have come to light. First, we found out that as of July 28, Google has plans to shut down inactive and unverified Google My Business (aka Google Plus) listings. On Monday, July 27, Google’s Bradley Horowitz posted on Google’s official blog …
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Small Business, Big Difference: Social Media Use on the Rise
Clutch, a B2B research firm, has released the results of its 2015 survey on small business practices in social media. The survey, which received more than 350 submissions, asked small business owners or managers to give insight into their social media and Internet marketing practices. The Findings Here are some highlights …
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