I have a confession to make. I am one of those small business owners who spend more time working IN the business than ON the business. I've been in business for 9 years and think this has pretty much always been the case. This is okay when we're really busy with client work and emails are coming in daily from prospects. But that isn't always the case, and when things are slow, it's too late to be working ON the business because results don't happen overnight. (more…)
Lead generation is always a goal of your social media marketing strategy. Driving traffic to your website, your blog and your other social channels is important too. But, lead generation is what it's all about. If you're not generating leads, growing your email list and converting leads to customers your digital marketing strategy may need to be tweaked. The goal is to develop and implement a number of different ways to generate leads with your social media marketing. Your social networks should be buzzing with your target audience. If not, you're active on the wrong networks. So, here are three quick yet highly effective ways to capturing leads from your social media networks to generate fresh leads: (more…)
SMART marketing goals are a must! So, why aren’t you setting SMART goals? Marketingprofs did some research on this and found that only 35% of B2B marketers have written SMART marketing content goals. They also found that marketers with written SMART goals are eight times more likely (60% vs. 7%) to rate themselves as being effective marketers vs. those who have no strategy, written or otherwise. (more…)
