I love infographics and here is a nice one that “talks” about online marketing for bricks and mortar businesses: Online Marketing = Brick and Mortar Success | Visual.ly visual.ly4/18/12 The Internet can be one of the most effective tools your company can use to not only attract clients, but to keep them as well. Internet marketing [...]
Conversation with Steve Nutter
This is a great conversation with Steve Nutter – the proprietor of The Irish Bred Pub in Opelika, AL.. We talk about going from a large restaurant corporation to owning his own place. We discuss about his different marketing initiatives including one that he and I are both excited about which is called Repeat Returns [...]
Make $6 for every $1 you spend online
One point to remember in marketing is that if you make $1 more than what you spent on your marketing then keep doing it. In this case it is an excellent return. If anyone would like to look at either PPC or Facebook ads please let me know. Amplify’d from searchengineland.com Paid Search Drives $6 [...]
Google Places Has a Great Feature Most Small Business Owners Don’t Know About
Google Places has a great great feature that very few Local Small Business Owners Know About. They call it “Place Page Posts”. It can be used for a variety of reasons and you can even include links directly to your website or where ever you’d like. Allen Crawley and I recorded a brief video a [...]
Google+ vs. Facebook
This is a great article and infographic. I am signed up on Google+ and there is one thing that this article does not mention that I think is hurting Google right now and preventing me from wanting to use Google+. That is the lack of invitations available. Google did this with Gmail and Wave and [...]
Sales vs. Marketing vs. Advertising vs. PR
This is a great overview of these functions however I think online the lines get blurred – can you marketing not close the deal? It also defines Advertising as getting someone to take action however while this is ideal and what I try and get my clients to do – most ads I have seen [...]
The Dangers of Sitting
I was watching an Internet Marketing program and they used this as an example of an infographic. I thought that since most people in the computer and web business spend a great deal of their time sitting that is was really eye opening. I do run every day however this made me aware that I [...]
The True Value of Link Building
Too many people started building backlinks just for SEO purposes. Not only has Google caught on but you also quickly loose credibility. The only true value of link building is to build a real network. This in turn will benefit you with SEO and link juice. Amplify’d from www.seobook.com Develop Real Networks, Not Just Link [...]
Online Reviews and Your Business
The bottom line is you need people talking about your business! Set up a review system and be proactive. Amplify’d from www.confluencedigital.com Key benefits of online reviews Online reviews can increase search engine rankings as well as drive business through visits from online shoppers. Many review sites allow you to add a link to your [...]
