Constant Contact Email Changes for July 2016

Constant Contact performs a major update on July 7, 2016.  If you are a past customer of  Constant Contact’s Email Marketing program, know that their new editor is a drop and drag system that is more user friendly and also offers new features that their clients have been requesting.  If you have Email templates you created prior to March 2013, […]

How Can I Improve My SEO

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is no longer just about keyword search. The reality is that the internet has gotten much more complicated and the algorithms that google search used last year was changed over 600 times to adjust it to fix workarounds that programmers used to beat the system. This means that there are […]

6 Ways Auto-responders Can Improve Your Marketing Results

Set up correctly, Auto-Responders can do a lot of follow up for your marketing team.  Let’s start with what an autoresponder is and how it works. It is a template based Email Marketing campaign that is set up using an Email Marketing Template Program (i.e. Constant Contact) with a series of follow-up Emails (say every […]

Use Holiday Hashtags to Expand Your Sale’s Reach

Whether you are having a sale or shopping for something special, hashtags can help you reach more customers and find more deals. So why not learn some that you can use to achieve your goals? Here are some of the more popular hashtags you need to know about to follow the conversation and talk about […]

11/18 Social Media Marketing That Sells Workshop @SBDC Hawthorne

FREE Workshop Wed 11/18 @SBDC Hawthorne #SocialMedia That Sells http://bit.ly/1118social Tips #BlackFriday #CyberMonday #GivingTuesday #ShopSmall.  There is still time to plan your Holiday Promotions but these events start next week. So make some time to come to SBDC El Camino in Hawthorne for a FREE Social Media Sells Plus Instagram Workshop designed to help you focus on […]

5 Tips To Grow your Business from #OneCon2015!

Although, I don’t have the time, I always take at lease one 3-day training break. Because when you step away from your business to educate yourself it always pays back in time and cost savings and growth achieved. A good workshop should increase your revenue and save you time and money. In last 3 days, I have learned […]

3 Steps to facebook Posts that Achieve Your Goals!

So you are spending a lot of time on facebook trying to keep in touch with your customers and getting them to talk about your business or non-profit to their friends. But at the end of the day you are not getting your time back in sales or donations. You know something is wrong but […]

#Social Media Example: NY Mag, Bill Cosby & #TheEmptyChair

Whether you are in agreement or not with the New Yorker Magazine cover that prompted a national conversation using the hashtag #TheEmptyChair campaign, you cannot disagree that the use of traditional media plus online media and social platforms drove the success of the public relations outreach.  This example demonstrates how imagery with social media efforts delivered more […]

5 Tips To Close More Business & Grow Your 2015 Sales

  5 Tips to Close More Business In 2015 It starts with setting a goal. Like any other thing you decide to accomplish, the chances of you succeeding in growing your business is automatically increased when you put it down on paper and commit to achieving something more grand. Just like that 10 pounds you want to […]