Category Archives: Brand

How to Encourage Visitors to Your Website

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

A website can be the lifeline of any business, and yours is no exception. The explosion of the use of smartphones, tablets and other digital devices means that viewers can look for what they want wherever they are, and the first place they go to is the search engines. You want your website to appear in the first couple of pages of results, but to achieve this you need to know how to encourage visitors to your website. No visitors will mean a lower place in the rankings, but there are ways to make sure you get the numbers you need viewing your site.Continue reading→

Creating Your E-Commerce Store: A Guide

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

The internet has democratized who can start a business because now all it takes is a website to get your company up and running. An e-commerce store is simply a website with added payment functionality to enable web users to make sales through your website. This is a very simple piece of code that will work in harmony with a pre-existing layout, helping you shift your goods without a physical store. There are, however, additional risks and considerations to make in relation to your e-commerce store. But don’t worry, this simple guide will take you through every element that needs to be considered.

Security

Your clients will be submitting their data to your website in order to make purchases online, therefore it is essential that you invest in the best protection for your site. There are many ways to improve your website security and to ensure that its SQL is not violated in any way. An unsecured site can be damaging for your business should it be found in breach of data regulation.Continue reading→

Content marketing vs Copywriting. What’s the difference?

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

The field of content creation and development includes a variety of concepts where some are easy to define while some remain an issue to many people. Two types of content that have proven a challenge for many to differentiate are content marketing and copywriting. Ideally, content marketing is used interchangeably with copywriting to mean one and the same thing, but it is important to note that they are different. This confusion is definitely due to their close relationship, but marketing professionals from PaperWritten can help demystify this scenario. Read on to understand the actual meaning of these two terms and the various forms in which they are presented…

Understanding Content Marketing and its Forms

In an effort to help you understand the difference between these two, it will be important to know what content marketing is. Well, this involves the creation of original and unique content for a business with the intention of attracting new customers both at the present time and in the long term. Content marketing is usually done in different forms, and this includes blog posts, white papers, eBooks, podcasts, articles, videos and email newsletters.Continue reading→

3 Content Marketing Techniques You Should Use to Increase Traffic

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

If you’re struggling to generate traffic (and leads) for your website, content marketing is your best bet. Not only that content marketing is cost-effective but it generates 3x more leads as compared to outbound marketing.

If you can write and create original new content on your own, then that means you won’t have to pay anyone for content marketing. That is great news! You’ll have full control of your strategy; you’ll be able to write your own content, distribute it, promote it, and drive traffic to your website (and converting that traffic into qualified leads).Continue reading→

6 Must-Have Pages Every Ecommerce Site Needs

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

When it comes to ecommerce, your website is your most important tool. When your site has been designed and planned well, it should provide a seamless experience for customers and site visitors all day, every day.

For every minor fault on your site, you limit its effectiveness and ability to work for you. Many ecommerce businesses make the simple mistake of not ensuring that they have the basic essentials of an ecommerce store, but this can be easily rectified.Continue reading→

How to Create the World’s Best Website

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

A website is something that everyone, individual and business alike, should set time aside to create. It’s no longer difficult to do, as there are many resources available that will help you learn how to put it together properly. For starters, it’s all about choosing the right hosting and server to set it up on. Next, the visual and written content ideas must start to come together if you want to leave a lasting impression with it and thus properly market yourself.

In order to learn how to create one of the best websites around, you will have to do some research. For now, your first step is to listen to the advice below.

  1. Choosing the Right Server

To set up your website, you will need a hosting provider where you can share it from. Luckily for you, there are plenty of options available for you to choose from, with one example being VPS hosting. This one is known as a virtual private server. What’s more, they are also one of the most cost-effective ways of using a server, while it still allows you to create a complex site.Continue reading→

How to Best Avoid Product Problems and Handle Them When They Occur

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Developing a line of successful products is no small task. There’s much that goes into the creation of physical goods and it’s a highly involved process. Many steps are required, which opens the possibility of something going wrong at any point along the line.

Here are some thoughts about how to avoid problems with products and what to do should they arise.

First, Research the Target Market

One of the biggest mistakes when creating a new product is not doing the market research first. Commonly, a triumphant decision is made that that “we can create this product” while making the erroneous assumption that the product is needed or wanted in the marketplace.Continue reading→

Can You Label Yourself an Expert?

Contributed article in our professional development series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Author:Ronan Leonard

One of the hardest things we can do in business is answer to or call ourselves an “expert.” The label has both positive and negative connotations. Whilst it’s nice to be known as an expert, its feels like bragging or self-promotion if you call yourself one. Most people don’t feel confident in their own expertise, until someone else tells them they should be. So how do you solve this internal conflict?

The simplest way is to remind yourself of the definition of an expert.

Expert

/ˈɛkspəːt/

noun: expert; plural noun: experts

A person who is very knowledgeable about or skillful in a particular area. E.g. “an expert in health care”

That’s it!Continue reading→

The Qualities of a Successful Business

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

A successful business requires a lot of work. For your business to be well off, you must first understand what that means. Even with products and services that are popular, there is a need to innovate continuously. That is why it is important to be creative and unique and continue to do so at every stage of the venture. Secondly, as the employees are the heart of any company, the type of people that you hire will greatly affect the end-results. This, in turn, will also alter the company culture, and will thus continue to make it appealing to the right type of prospective employee. You can’t forget about a good online presence so that everyone can find you, the power of emotional marketing, financial stability, a good strategy and taking a look at what the competition is doing. After all, you always want to aim for better. Persistence and adaptability are the final two points to consider.Continue reading→

3 Simple and Cost Effective Marketing Strategies for Your Small Business

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

The very success of your business relies on marketing. Without the necessary influx of clients, you are not going to be meeting the profit margins necessary for your business to survive, let alone flourish and grow. As a small business, you need to build yourself a solid reputation as a reliable company with good quality service, and that can only be achieved by a well thought out marketing plan. There are many aspects of marketing, from the promotion of your services to public relations in the local and broader community, and therefore there are many different aspects you need to consider. If you are looking for affordable and effective advertising techniques, then here are a few simple and cost-effective marketing strategies to get you started.Continue reading→