A 100 Episode Retrospective Business advice is EVERYWHERE. What advice is worth listening to? Which advice is appropriate to consider for your specific business? I’m celebrating 100 episodes of Digital Marketing Made Simple! I’ve gone back through my previous podcasts to find the advice that resonated with the broadest pool of you beautiful listeners for a bit of a retrospective of the top advice I can give you to triage your business today! Podcast Overview Today I’m going to highlight some of my absolute best business advice from my past 100 episodes of Digital Marketing Made Simple. You can click…
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Why Didn’t Your Latest Marketing Perform? So you’ve launched your latest big marketing push, and you don’t see the response you had hoped. What went wrong? Did anything go wrong? Was it the right strategy? Were expectations out of scope? Was the correct audience targeted? Was the messaging on point? I’m going to dive into your online presence to figure out how to focus your attention on specific opportunities to maximize your marketing’s potential to draw in new clients and grow your business! Today’s Podcast Overview Today I’m going to cover several of my important tips for planning and executing…
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Are You Ready To Capture More Clients? You have a great product, and now you need to get it to the people who will benefit most from it! There are many different approaches to marketing products. You’ll need to discover the best method for you, but without a dedicated sales funnel, you’re missing out on who knows how many potential sales! Today’s Overview Today, I’ll explain the value of building a dedicated sales funnel and how it’s your responsibility to lead your potential clients from interest to purchase! You can click on the link below to jump to any section…
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Do you feel like you’re always busy but end your days feeling like you haven’t accomplished anything? Do you constantly push important tasks onto the next day? Are your weekends filled with “make-up” tasks leftover from the week before? Do you resign to the thought that you’ll never focus or catch up? “Too busy” to organize your schedule? If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. It’s so easy to get caught up. You have this feeling like the most immediate thing to do is the most pressing task at hand. Still, if you’re not organizing your time management beforehand,…
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A study by HubSpot found that out of those cold emails (cold outreach marketing) sent, 33% get a neutral or somewhat positive response from consumers. This percentage is remarkably high considering that outbound marketing calls have a 94% extremely negative to a slightly negative response. Cold emailing has gotten a bad rap of being called spam. The truth is, businesses are at many stages in their life cycle. Some are struggling with reaching influencers or social engagement, while others are expanding and need to maintain connections that can help them grow. So why do outbound cold emails work? They work…
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When most people contact me for a free consultation, they usually ask about the usual digital marketing services: copywriting, social media, and website development. And that’s great! That’s my bread and butter. Writing blogs, creating social media posts, and building beautiful websites are three cornerstones of a comprehensive digital marketing strategy. But as we continue to talk, these potential customers are often surprised by the sheer number of services we offer here at Jennie Lyon Digital Marketing and Virtual Assistant Services! You’d be stunned at how many different things an experienced virtual team can do for your small business. Podcasting,…
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Over the last year and a half, many people have been shocked that working from home does not always lead to a healthier business-life balance. In fact, working from home can often make things much, much trickier! Of course, that isn’t a big surprise to most small business owners out there. Those of us who have experienced working from home know how easy it can be to drive ourselves to the bone, burning the candle at both ends, sometimes for years at a stretch. Your body and mind need time to recover from a hard day’s work. Usually, that’s done…
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As a small business owner, I really dislike being locked into a contract. I’ve heard horror stories from my clients who got locked into long-term contracts with a firm that didn’t deliver what they promised! Now, I’m not bad-mouthing my competitors here! The aim of countless virtual assistant firms out there is to help your business succeed. When you’re running a small business, you need to have flexibility, especially when you’re first starting out. Your income might not be predictable and having a big fixed cost can become a nightmare for your budget. With many reputable virtual assistant firms, you don’t…
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Over the last year, did it ever feel like you’re working much more for less income? For many people, their dream is to work from home. They believe that it will give them freedom! No more commuting in the morning and evening, they can have lunch in their own kitchen, if their kids need them, they can be there. Here is the thing, though… It’s a trap! Haha! Working from home isn’t the pleasure cruise that many people think it is. When you work from an office, quitting time really is quitting time. Believe me, I know! I’m always a…
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What is the secret to finding and working with a virtual assistant team? Simple: you need to connect with the right people. Trust me, I know this from personal experience! Years ago, I was a “lone wolf” virtual assistant. If my clients needed social media written, blogs edited, sales funnels designed, or email newsletters sent, it would be me behind the computer. While my business was thriving, I certainly wasn’t. The stress was starting to get to me. And even worse, because I was doing EVERYTHING myself, I was limiting my business’s growth. I couldn’t take on new clients because…
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