Category: Small Business Advice

Is Your Website Hurting Your Business

Is Your Website Hurting Your Business?

If you’re not selling online it’s possible that you haven’t thought about your website for a very, very, very long time. Maybe you had a friend (or a friend’s son) set up a website for you in 2005, or maybe you just grabbed a free template from your hosting company and just put your phone

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Challenge of Starting

The Challenge of Starting

As I mentioned in my blog post yesterday, back in May I had planned to kick-off a 30-day Blogging Challenge – it’s now August 21st… All summer the “failure” of my not starting the challenge when I was “supposed to” back in May hung over me like a professional cloud. But I just couldn’t bring

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Importance of Buyer Personas

Buyer Personas – What They Are and Why They’re Important

Buyer Personas are the foundation to any effective marketing plan. When developed and used correctly, they can save your business time and money as you create and execute your marketing plans. Think of it this way… Imagine these two scenarios: Scenario 1 You walk into a hardware store and you’re greeted by the clerk. Without

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Google Algorithm Update Pigeon

Google Pigeons Land On Local Search (Google Pigeon Update)

In July 2014 Google released its largest LOCAL search update in a release named the Pigeon Update. If you’re following best practices (as in, you’re giving your customers what they want, regardless of what the search engines do) then you’re doing pretty well. In fact, Pigeon probably helped you. It definitely helped the likes of

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