The South is well known for its charm, and many small business owners appear to be quite familiar with the region’s alluring qualities. My team at Vistaprint Digital recently noticed a trend among customers using our website builder—southern cities had the highest number of customers per capita. In fact, the top five cities for website customer density were all located in … [Read more...]
The online marketplace is more competitive than ever, and because of this, many businesses are finding it increasingly more difficult to drive traffic to their sites. There are, however, steps you can take to increase the number of visitors to your website. Below are seven suggestions. Some will yield more immediate results, while others will give you pointers as to how you can … [Read more...]
Starting and running a business can be costly. If we are not careful, spiralling costs can get on top of us and make our cash flow very unhealthy. So let’s look at some ways of saving on costs. This list of 5 free tools for small business is a great starting place. These tools represent not only a great cost saving opportunity, but also a chance to improve productivity within … [Read more...]
You have a strong business idea and are ready to get your new company off the ground. Knowing where to go from there can be difficult for a beginning entrepreneur. New business owners are often excited to be realizing their dream yet neglect to take care of important details that are essential to turning your plan into a thriving company. Here are some ideas to help get your … [Read more...]
Small companies engaged in lead generation marketing are often locking horns with big companies with deep pockets and deep knowledge. While the infographic below, the Lead Generation Ecosystem, isn’t a magic bullet, it will help any small firm level the online playing field. Originally created as an internal training tool by Straight North, a PPC service company, the … [Read more...]
Each day of the workweek I send and receive more than 500 emails. And each morning starts by going through at least 100 notifications from our project management software, our servers and clients. And of course a slew of junk mail. But sometimes I encounter spam schemes that stand out for their aggressive, persistent or offensive approach to getting attention. With that in … [Read more...]
In the world of business, we use email for many, many things. For instance, it helps us share special deals with our clients, we use it to communicate expectations with our partners and colleagues, and it even enables us to provide necessary employment-related information (like changes in policies or procedures) to our staff. However, that doesn’t always mean that we use it … [Read more...]
Just last month, I started feeling extremely overwhelmed by all of the emails I was getting in my inbox daily from companies that I’ve either done business with in the past or currently do business with. In fact, it was getting to the point that, every morning when I opened my email, I felt kind of anxious and stressed when I saw all of the unopened communication I had received … [Read more...]
When it comes to marketing, there are many options available for getting and staying in front of your consumer. You can advertise on TV or the radio, you can send out postcards or direct mail, and you can hold huge marketing events complete with food and drinks. But the problem with each of these types of options is that they can cost you hundreds, if not thousands of … [Read more...]
Digital marketing is a collective strategy of promoting and marketing products or services through digital channels to generate leads and convert those leads into sales. The core medium utilized to accomplish the strategic goals of digital marketing is internet technologies. With the proliferation of internet connected devices, digital marketing efforts are growing at an … [Read more...]
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