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We love to share all the wisdom a small but growing business needs to refine your message, attract more of your ideal customers and build the marketing momentum to support it. We also love digital marketing and all that comes with it.
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If you want marketing that moves the needle in your business, here’s what you must do… Attract the right people. Leads turn into great prospects who become ideal customers. And if you want to build the marketing momentum needed to grow your business, you must create crystal clear brand copy that describes exactly what you […]
If I asked you to describe your ideal customer, could you? If you’re a small business owner and can’t answer this question, you have some work to do. Why? Because, if you want to grow your business through marketing, you need to know who you are targeting. And creating a detailed persona of your ideal […]
This week I wanted to deliver a roundup of recent posts, each written with the business owner in mind. Each post below provides practical, helpful advice that will help your business move forward. And, I pulled these helpful articles because the advice each author presents is a methodology I often write about and/or something I […]
If you’re reading this, you might have a startup business or a business you want to grow. You’re motivated, and have the skills, experience, and grit too see it through, but you need some good, old fashioned marketing advice. First I want to let you know that I think you can succeed and make the […]
People often ask me the following: What is branding? Sometimes I meet with a potential client who thinks branding is designing a shiny new logo and changing the fonts and colors on their website. Well, sure, something like logo design is obviously important, but it’s just one element in a bigger picture. And turning this […]
What sites will Google show when someone searches for a local business? You or your competitors? Well, there are just a few elements the wonks at Google use to determine this. And today’s short, sweet, and to-the-point post gives you the lowdown on a key ranking factor. My previous post on these key local ranking […]
For a local business, showing up on page one of Google is a crucial part of staying in business. This post (and FREE checklist) will show you how. Do you run a local small business? If so, most or all of your business comes from customers living in your own little hood. And, if your customers come from your community, […]
In Lisa Buyer’s post about tired SEO terminology there’s an insightful comment from SEO virtuoso Eric Enge (@stonetemple). I’m highlighting Eric’s comment because I think it helps set the framework for this post and the intersection of modern SEO and branding. Eric writes, “Too many people continue to focus solely on old-fashioned ranking signals, like […]
If you do an online search for your name or the name of your business, what you find on page one of Google represents how most people see your brand today. It doesn’t really matter if your favorite customer tells the world you’re the most wondrous thing since sliced bacon – people will Google you […]
