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Social Media – Best Reads week of September 26

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. You’re getting proficient. Take your social media to a new level with these 33 tips. 5 Ways To Make Social Media Work For The B2B Sales Industry If you want to generate more B2B leads you need to look into how you’re going to make social media work for you. This guide is going to introduce you to how your B2B firm can use social media to its advantage. Here’s What Every Solopreneur Should Know about… 

The Perils of a Poor Web Presence

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Climb into your time machine for a moment and set it for 1965. Ready? Push the big red button. Okay, you’re in 1965. Walk into the first small business you see and ask if they have a phone. Go into the next small business and ask the same question. Once you’re convinced that every small business has a telephone, get back in your time machine and set it for today. The point I want to make is that not having a small business website today would be the equivalent of not having a telephone any time after telephones became routinely… 

Social Media – Best Channels for Business and 45 Other Tips

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Where do we go? Everyone is on Facebook but organic reach is down. Women are on Pinterest. Kids are on Snapchat. Business is on LinkedIn. Got to get video on YouTube – the second most searched site. But that’s a lot of channels to focus on and I only have so much time in the day. Justin Sachs goes over the channels for marketing your business and acquiring new clients: The 7 Best Social Media Channels for Business Marketing Oh, but get ready. Apple reportedly working on a Snapchat-like app so they can enter the social realm. Apple Hopes to Stake Fresh… 

Email Marketing – 7 Great Reads; 24 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) Still need more convincing? Social Media Audiences Are Great, But Email Audiences Are Better Now, on to the tips to better your emails and campaigns… 10 Email Marketing Secrets to Acquire and Retain More Retail Customers How can your retail business best use email marketing to acquire and retain… 

Tourism Best Practices week of August 22

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. New Tourism App has IBM’s Watson Guide You Around Orlando The Visit Orlando app is designed to help visitors figure out what they want to do while in the city. Users can ask the app virtually any question within reason and receive helpful travel and booking tips in reply. Speaking of apps… Events Apps Take Cues from Tinder and Match.com to Engage Attendees New event apps use matchmaking algorithms… 

Social Media – 5 Best Reads Week of August 22

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. You’re getting proficient. Take your social media to a new level with these 20 tips. 6 Strategies to Stand Out on Social Media How does the team behind a new guitar pick stand out on social media? “Practice ‘genuine relationship marketing.’” The article has her other best tips. 5 Highly Effective Ways to Increase Social Media Shares How can you boost your social media shares and in turn your engagement? Here are five tips to help… 

Email Marketing – 8 Best Reads Week of August 22

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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) Still need more convincing? Here’s 6 Reasons Email Marketing is Still an Effective Tool Now, on to the tips to better your emails and campaigns… What Marketing Email Heat Maps Can Teach Us About Creating Eye Catching Emails [Infographic] Easy SMTP and EyeQuant teamed up together to evaluate a number… 

Social Media – Memes, Ads, Snapchat and 14 Other Tips

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. You’re getting proficient. This week’s reads have tips on using memes in your marketing, how to better use social ads and Snapchat and 14 other tips. How to Use Memes in Your Business Marketing Memes — humorous images or videos — spread quickly on the internet. But are they right for your brand marketing? Here are comprehensive resources and examples to help you decide – and enjoy the creativity behind the web’s best memes. One of… 

Email Marketing – Infographic, Engaging Millennials, Retail Use and 15 Hacks

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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) So now that you’re convinced (or perhaps you were already,) let’s optimize your performance: Go for the Email Gold by Using These Winning Strategies [Infographic] Win more business by using these medal-worthy email marketing strategies. How to Make Your Email Marketing Engaging to Millennials How can email marketers engage…