20 Content Ideas to Help Build Your Email List

Does your website have a signup form that looks like the following?

Do you wonder why no one is signing up for your monthly eNewsletter that you work very hard to produce?

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If I Can’t Find You Online, Do You Exist?

Eight down and one to go in the year end marketing review series to help small business owners get ready for a wonderful new year.

Before we plan our marketing activities for the new year, we have one more review  – do you and your business exist online? As a small business owner, how you are perceived when people search and find your information will determine whether they contact you about your products and services. So as hard as it may be to know the truth, we must understand whether:

1. We have an online presence or not;
2. Our online presence consistently projects how we want to be perceived.

Do You Exist?

This may be the easier issue to deal with as you get to start with a clean slate and do it right from the beginning. Make developing your online presence and marketing your business online the major part of your marketing plan this year. If you’re not sure how to go about developing your online presence, it may just be worth it to hire someone to help you make choices. Make sure this person has strong marketing experience in both online and traditional marketing and understands the challenges of small business owners. Make sure this person will guide you through the entire process, from brand and message development through implementation. Read more on If I Can’t Find You Online, Do You Exist?…

Small Business Internet Marketing – Part 2

In a post called Small Business Marketing on the Internet, I introduced a diagram that outlined the two parallel types of marketing activities using the Internet, and discussed why you should start by developing a solid web presence and managing your identity on the Internet. I will be writing a series of posts taking you through this diagram to help you develop your small business Internet marketing strategy.

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Baby Boomers Not Interested in Social Media

According to a survey of 1800 people in the baby boomer generation (born in 1946 through 1964) by ThirdAge/JWT Boom, people over age 40 participate heavily in word-of-mouth and value personal recommendations and expert opinions, but they have not embraced social networking or blogs despite being heavy users of other online services.

Small Business Marketing on the Internet

Getting found on the Internet is one of the most cost effective mechanisms for finding new business, yet many business owners don’t have the time to figure it all out or the budget to hire someone to do it for them. Using the Internet to market your business has its complexities like all marketing strategies, but understanding the basics can go a long way towards having new customers find you when they are in need of your services.

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