Confession time: I’ve been going nuts with spring cleaning my business this year! Maybe it’s because 2020 was out of control, but I need to pull some order out of all the chaos! And boy, it’s been challenging! Some things go out the window when work is overwhelming, and business spring cleaning is usually one of them. For example, you might look at your office, think, “This is tidy enough,” then get back to work. Have you thought about spring cleaning your business? You’d be surprised how keeping things tidy at your small business can improve your productivity and overall…
Read MoreIt’s difficult to believe that many people didn’t know what a podcast was only a few years ago. While podcasts have been around for 20 years, it wasn’t until the last decade that their popularity exploded. Today, they’ve mostly replaced radio as the primary form of audio entertainment and information. And the best thing about podcasts is that anyone can start one. With incredibly low overhead, podcasts are an ideal form of digital marketing for small business owners looking to make the most of their marketing dollars. That said, starting a podcast isn’t easy. If you want to deliver a…
Read MoreI’m a huge believer in going the extra mile to “WOW” my clients. And it all begins in the first interaction I have with them: the client onboarding! It goes back to the earliest days of marketing before I started this business! In high school, I was a manager at Nordstrom. Yes, high school! As you can imagine being the youngest manager at Nordstrom made me really, really want to shine! While I wasn’t wowing clients but instead customers, it was a huge deal to me! I wanted every customer to feel like LITERALLY the most important person in the…
Read MoreHave you ever attended a live webinar? I’m guessing you have, they are everywhere! Personally, I’m a huge fan! While I never really enjoyed traveling to attend in-person seminars because of expensive travel, hotels, and food, webinars are a completely different story. All you need to pay for a webinar is the cost of “entry.” You can safely stay comfy at home and learn everything you’d get from an in-person seminar for a fraction of the cost and time investment. If you’re a small business owner, I’m sure that the idea of putting on your own webinar has occurred to…
Read MoreDo you have a sales funnel? How successful is it? Are people even getting into the funnel? If so, are they converting? These are a couple of things I want to talk about today, how to successfully get people into your funnel. And once they are in the funnel, getting the to convert! I’m going to cut right to the chase here: Sales funnels aren’t easy to build. They are the culmination of dozens of digital marketing strategies working together to guide customers to your “door.” There are many moving pieces involved, and if one of them fails to work,…
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