A Marketing Plan – Where do I Start?
There are so many ways to market your business. Take it slow and stick to the plan and the budget. Here are some suggestions, as well as some of our favorite links for those who would like to make their own flyers and need inexpensive graphics, want an easy email campaign program, or maybe want to take an on-line video lesson to learn more about Social Media and much more.
|
 |
Networking Opportunities
 
|
|
It’s Who You Know
I think getting out there and talking to people about your products or services is the best way to building important relationships. Staying in your office and waiting for the phone to ring is fine but you’ll see your business grow if you join a networking group. Groups usually allow you to talk about your business for 20-30 seconds 2-4 times a month. You learn to share important information about your product or service and it’s a great opportunity to meet other business owners. |
|
|
|
Organize Your Social Media
Social Media can be overwhelming but it’s FREE! If you have a team that can help you with blog or facebook posts use them. If not try Hoote Suite or Hy.Ly to organize and schedule your posts. |
|
 |
|
Stock Images
If you're working on a project that needs professional images the following sites are my favorite. They're not only reasonably priced, the quality is excellent. For free images you might be able to find images at Yahoo images or Google images. |
|
|
|
 Shutterstock has great prices - buy as little as 5 images for $49 and download them when you need them. Download unlimited stock photos! |
|
|
|
Who's visiting your website?
Google Analytics helps you attract more of the traffic you are looking for, and help you turn more visitors into customers. We use Google Analytics to check on the sites we design to see who's been visiting and where and offer those reports to our current clients.
You can get your own reports by going to Google Analytics to learn which online marketing initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with your site. Make informed site design improvements, drive targeted traffic, and increase your conversions and profits.
Sign up now, it's easy - and free! A special code will need to be added to each page of your site. You'll need to be able to get to your html code to do this or we'd be happy to help you. |
Software Training Videos
The best place to learn on-line, I've found, is www.lynda.com where you can get on-line software training videos that really work. Learn Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Quickbooks. Want to know more about Facebook, Wordpress or Twitter for only $25 per month. You can sign up for 1 month or more. |
 |
|
|
