By John Bingham – Author development at Scottsdale Multimedia Publishing “Writing a book (or having one written about you) is not what you might think. While it is true that books are written about individuals who have succeeded, careers that have been built and battles that have already been fought, more books are written by and about those who are in the process of succeeding, building and battling. These books…
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Should you Blog? What do I blog about?
To Blog or Not To Blog? What a silly question! It usually comes after, “Do I need a webpage or will my Facebook page do?” or there’s the “Do I need to be changing my website more than once per year? Or is once in the last five years okay?” YES – YOU NEED TO BLOG IF YOU ARE HOPING TO DO BUSINESS ON THE WEB! This is content marketing…
The Importance of Being Listed on Internet Business Listings Sites
This is an update from a email newsletter I did several years ago. It is still important to know and use. It‘s more important to get listed on relevant business listing directories than to spend money on outdated yellow page listings. More people are looking for the things they need on the Internet than ever before. There are still a few businesses that are being looked up in the yellow…
Google + & YouTube – Part of the Eight Social Media sites that can help Market your business.
Eight Social Media sites that can help your business. Part 2 of 4 – Google + and YouTube There are many more than these eight social media sites but these eight have caught my attention and should every business person. Just understand that they aren’t for every business. I’ll explain in each. I’m also looking for comments to let me know what more they can each do and other social…
Eight Social Media sites that can help your business – Part 1 of 4
Eight Social Media sites that can help your business. Not all are for you. Part 1 of 4 – Facebook & LinkedIn There are many more than these eight social media sites but these eight have caught my attention and should every business person. Just understand that they aren’t for every business. I’ll explain in each. I’m also looking for comments to let me know what more they can each…
34 types of Marketing – Which will work best for you?
This is part of my permanent website for good reason. I want you to remember there is more to marketing than just social media marketing or advertising. In the next few weeks I am going to give you ideas of what can be done with each of these. I start with Social Media next week and you’ll probably see it take a couple of weeks to get through. There is…
Social Media Image Size Guides
For the DIY person, here is the guide to sizing for each of the big social media sites. This has a text sizing chart and then a graphic sizing chart. They both are great. Thanks to Set Up A Blog Today for their help. Twitter Header Photo: 1500 x 500 Profile Photo: 400 x 400 In-Stream Photo Preview: 440 x 220 Facebook Cover Photo Dimensions: 851 x 315 Profile…
The Dos and Don’ts of Keeping Customers Coming Back
My list of The Dos And Don’ts Of Great Offers And Keeping Customers Coming Back The TO DO list of great offers – Discounts are great, but don’t always make it a discount. They should be used sparingly or the customer will be trained to only respond to discounts, and you will have defeated the purpose of making more money with your program. Information on new products/services is enough…
Set your goals and then work towards them
What is it that will inspire you this year? What will help you meet the goals you have? Have you set those goals, yet? Here is a company that set a goal of 1 billion visitors with none at the beginning of the year. This one goal was quantified and worked towards by everyone in the company. The results? OVER 1 Billion visitors!!! This is what the owner had to…
MARKETING IDEA:
Have you ever thought of writing your own book? Are you an expert in your field and would like to help people know more about your type of services? Do you want to inform people about pitfalls and advantages in your industry? Did you know that having your own book published (or articles) will help you get double the respect from prospective clients? Then you say, I just don’t have…
Some new ways to market your business
Over the last few weeks, I have been reviewing the different ways of advertising and marketing that are new to social media and internet marketing. They are changing and many new things are emerging as clever and productive. Others will help you get more response for less. Here are a few of my findings: Social media postings – Quotes & Such One company I discovered has a program that posts…