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The Connection Between Brand Awareness & Loyalty
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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
Key Ways To Make Your Business More Transparent
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How to Dismantle an Old Business from the Internet
Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly
Sometimes things don’t pan out, or you want to try a new direction. In those cases, the last thing you want is for old mistakes to haunt you around the Internet. Though the saying may be that once it’s up, it’s there forever, that isn’t always the case. Sure, there may be other articles talking about your old business, but so long as there are not any old social media profiles, websites, product pages, or listings your old company will simply fade away.
Don’t let your new endeavors be held back by a business idea that just didn’t pan out. Instead, wipe the slate clean.Why Would You Want to Dismantle a Business?
If the company in question is no longer in business then it makes complete sense to try to wipe as much of it away from online as possible. This can clear up confusion from previous customers, is essential to stop ongoing costs (like the cost of the web hosts) and of course can help you move on with your life.Continue reading
4 Ways To Keep In Touch With Your Customers
Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly
It is said that around 80 percent of your business will come from just 20 percent of your customers – that means it’s easier, and more cost effective to keep your current customers happy, contented, and loyal than it is to try and find more customers. Keeping in touch with your customers is a great way to ensure loyalty and good feelings, but how can a business do that successfully? Here are some ideas.
Newsletters
Having a newsletter that your customers can sign up to (or one that they are automatically signed up to) is a fantastic way to keep your company and your products and services in the mind of the people who will hopefully spend money with you. Keep them in touch with what is going on with your business, run competitions, give them discount codes for loyalty and so on. As long as you send out your newsletter regularly (perhaps once a month), then your company will easily stick in their mind.Continue reading
4 Top Tips for Improving Your Online Presence
Contributed article in our small business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly
Every business must develop a strong online presence to boost their brand awareness, encourage engagement, improve industry authority and increase sales. To maximize your success, we are providing four top tips for improving your online presence.
Website Optimization
Only 51% of small businesses currently have a website. This is despite 97% of consumers routinely searching for both products and services online. Any company hoping to boost their brand and sales must strive to create an aesthetically-pleasing, easy-to-use website that promotes their products, services, history and contact information.Continue reading
5 Ways Email Marketing Can Help You Grow Your Business
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Email marketing remains one of the most common marketing methods out there. It is a low cost way to market to customers with a high rate of return. Here are five ways email marketing can help you grow your business. All of them are within easy reach of every business utilizing email marketing, and none of them involve spamming your potential and current customers.
Use Email Marketing to Enhance Local Outreach
When someone talks about local outreach to potential customers via digital marketing, they initially think about local search engine optimization or sending messages to those customers in your marketing database and local area. However, you can use email marketing to improve local outreach. Continue reading
The Best Ways to Market Your Small Business on a Budget
Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly
When starting your own small business, marketing is exceptionally important. You can have the best products or service in the world but that isn’t enough to make your business a success. You need to make sure people know about it. Big businesses have a huge budget to employ a marketing team to do it all for them. You might not have the resources to do this in the beginning. Fortunately, there are many great marketing strategies you can implement yourself.
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Social Media
Social media is absolutely massive. As well as the main platforms, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, there are 100’s more you could use. Continue reading
Four Ways to Strengthen Your Law Firm’s Online Public Image
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A good reputation is everything to a law firm. Without a clean, trusting public image, your company could falter and fail, which is why carefully selected words and a spotless appearance can be the secret to success behind a fruitful firm. With the rise of companies using the internet to update and promote their image, stepping into the twenty-first century has never been so important to building a client base and a faultless public image. While this may seem daunting, there are simple, but effective, ways of promoting your firm’s successes. Here are a few of them.
1. Online Marketing
There are many benefits to having a strong internet presence, especially now, with more people turning to the Web when in need of advice – no matter how big or small the issue.Continue reading