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Maximize Your Email Marketing in 2016 – 16 Tips

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Email marketing is consistently ranked as the best channel in terms of return on investment. 68% of companies rate the channel as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. (1) For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI. (2) Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring new customers than Facebook or Twitter. (3) How do you maximize this marketing strategy? 5 Ways to Improve Your Email Marketing ROI An email marketing strategy can result in a 4,300 percent return on investment (ROI). If you’re not seeing that kind of return, give these tips, identified by Cynthia Price, director of marketing at Emma, a… 

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Top Social Media Articles of 2015

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Before any of us get too far into 2016, let’s review five of the most read articles in 2015 on social media. The tips can’t be bad just because we changed calendars right? 4 Ways to Rock Social – Regardless of Network There’s a way to simplify your social media presence. By embodying these four universal rules of social media, you can skillfully and swiftly move from one network to the next. How to Get (and Keep) Customers With An 8-Second Attention Span In this age of ever-shrinking attention spans, the question for marketers and advertisers becomes: How can we… 

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Do No Boost Facebook Posts and 11 other Social Media Tips

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We are always looking to improve our social media marketing. Here’s three great reads and a dozen tips to do just that. The first spawned from a discussion I had with a client. The discussion was whether or not to boost posts on Facebook… Good Advertisers Do Not Boost Posts I think boosting posts (on Facebook) is stupid. Here’s why: it’s a cheap way to get people to advertise without going into the ads manager and having them do all the “complicated” targeting. It’s basically taking advantage of those people who don’t fully know what they are doing. 6 Questions… 

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13 Digital Marketing Tips

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Time to read between all the parties, gifts, time with family, and football? (Maybe an escape from the in-laws…) Here’s three reads on digital marketing with 13 great tips: Darth Vader or Anakin? Is Your Marketing a Force for Good or Evil? Is your marketing in tune with the Force and focused on enriching the connections between your business and your customers? Or are you engaging in Darth Vader marketing that’s more machine than man? It’s vital to keep the soul of your business alive by not relying too much on technology to drive your marketing initiatives. Here are five… 

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It’s Legislative Season – How to Play a Role

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Like Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of Summer, last night’s State of the Union Address by our President marks the unofficial start of Legislative sessions, not just in Washington D.C., but in capitals in every state. How are you engaging in the process? You cannot leave it to your state association to advocate for you. You have a responsibility as a business owner, industry leader, voter, to engage with your Legislator. I dusted off a piece How to Play a Key Role In Our Representative Form of Government. I did not pen it. I would freely give credit to… 

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Resolve for a Better Business in 2015

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How’s that new year’s resolution going? Many of us are on our annual quests to better ourselves through resolutions. Seven days in… cut extra spending? Still exercising? Seven days without a cigarette? Keeping up with your read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year program? What about our business? While we’re spending time reflecting on how to turn over a new leaf personally, perhaps we spend time considering resolutions for our business. In 2015, how can our business: Lose Weight / Save Money… how can we run a more efficient operation? If there’s one way to trim the fat, perhaps that could mean cost savings. As the employees.… 

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Koranda Named A Constant Contact Solution Provider

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Stephen Koranda, Back To You Marketing, Named a Constant Contact Certified Solution Provider Norman, Oklahoma, marketing expert to help small businesses and nonprofits achieve meaningful marketing results  NORMAN, OK — October 1, 2014 – Stephen Koranda, Founder and President of Back to You Marketing, has been named a Certified Solution Provider by Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than 600,000 small organizations worldwide. As a Certified Solution Provider, Koranda has completed the Constant Contact Certification Program which provides training on the Constant Contact Toolkit™, marketing best practices, and business development. This training imparts industry-leading knowhow on marketing… 

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