Consumers searching for products or services on the internet are inundated with options. Most people will keep clicking through search results until they either find a website that grabs their attention, or they are in a stupor caused by decision fatigue. Don’t be the site they skip over. Make sure your website stands out among […]
Marketing Your New Business
All You Need to Know About Branding Your Small Business
Becoming your own boss is a big thrill! However, it can be very overwhelming too, all the planning, all the responsibility is yours, and you probably want to see fast profit from all the time spent and all your efforts. Tag along to learn the basics of branding your small business like the pros. “Look […]
14 Killer Advertising Tips for Startups
As a startup, you’re likely on a tight budget when it comes to advertising. Getting a business up and running is both an exciting and nerve-wracking time. You need to get the word out about who you are and what you have to offer, but the expenses seem almost mountainous at times. Fortunately, there are […]
5 Ways Writing a Book Will Kick-Start Business Growth
What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. In my experience as a business advisor, one of the best ways to get all of these, is to publish a book on the […]
Planting Your Brand’s Seeds
Branding. What is it and how do you define it? In most cases, people mistake the word branding to mean one of two things. A logo or a tagline. Both are tools you use to communicate your brand but neither is your actual brand. Brand has been described in many ways. Advertising icon David Ogilvy […]
The Importance of Small Business PR
If PR to you conjures up images of Ab Fab types quaffing Champagne at client meetings without doing anything productive you could be forgiven for shunning the idea of PR. But there are some very good reasons not to—as Rose Calendars explains. The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), defines PR as “the planned and sustained […]
The Name of the Game
A new business opened up around the corner and I couldn’t help but notice the name. It is A-1 Iowa Plumbing and they’ve hung a big banner announcing that they’re open and ready for new customers. The name is a good reminder of several common naming mistakes that I thought were worth sharing. Whether you […]
Community Building
Most recently, we looked at the idea that content marketing efforts often stop short of actually building a community and by doing so, brands miss out on the incredible benefits of that strategy. The phrase “build a community” is nebulous so I wanted to give you a concrete example to spark ideas as you look […]
How to Create a Brand Name That Sticks
Have you ever wondered how companies develop their brand names? How did marketers come up with Twitter, Hulu, or Uber? According to MSG Management Study Guide, A brand name “is one of the brand elements which helps the customers to identify and differentiate one product from another. It should be chosen very carefully as it […]
6 Proven Ways to Market Your Business without Breaking the Bank
Small-business owners are well aware of the highs and lows of owning and running their own business. They all know and remember that initial high of forming the business idea in their head, planning everything out and fully committing to the idea. They also know the lows of struggling to find a loan, figuring out […]
