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Spring Clean Your Marketing

March 23, 2017
4 min read

Spring has sprung. Home improvement stores have stocked up on flowers, plants, and landscape materials. Time to clean out the dead leaves and spruce up the flower beds. Spring cleaning will take place in homes and some offices. Clean out the old and make room for the new. (Which will probably just sit until next year’s cleaning and be the old that is cleaned out.) When it comes to your marketing, is there Spring Cleaning to be done? Perhaps there are some areas that you have not looked into for a while. “Dead leaves” to be cleaned out. Plant some…

February 9, 2017
3 min read

When I speak, invariably, one of the first questions I am asked is “how many times should I post, tweet, send and email…” whatever we may be discussing at the time. The short answer is frequently. To help with many of the marketing programs you should be updating or checking regularly, we’ve prepared this handy-dandy list. Brand – Yes, you should monitor your brand. What are people saying about you? Set up Google Alerts to monitor your store name, attraction or destination. You’ll get an email daily. Will only take 2-3 minutes to peruse the headlines if there are any.…

October 27, 2016October 25, 2023
5 min read

We are mere days away from the scariest day of the year. No ladies, not the start of swimsuit season, of course, Halloween. It’s the night of ghosts, witches, and teenage boys that will jump out of the bushes as my daughter approaches the house to trick-or-treat. As Back To You Marketing works with small businesses and destination marketing organizations, we are often frightened when we view or talk about their websites. The websites or the conversation can get quite scary – often scarier than my daughter returning with no Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups! Use this list to determine how…

October 11, 2016
3 min read

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 let’s get your email rocking! Top 5 Tips for Effective Email Marketing Using this year’s Dotmailer winners as inspiration, (the author) has put together five tips to increase the effectiveness of your email marketing. How Brands Can Build Better Email Marketing from the Rubble of a Brick & Mortar Jason…

September 7, 2016
4 min read

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…

August 17, 2016
3 min read

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…

April 19, 2016
2 min read

You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. But are you doing it right? This week we share more than 35 hacks, tips, suggestions and how tos: 20+ Social Media Hacks and Tips From the Pros In this article you’ll discover 25 ways to improve your marketing and save time. Tips for Creating Impactful Videos for Social Media #SproutChat dove into key tactics and tips for successful videos for social media. Here are a few pointers to get you started. 8 Ways Social Media Can Help Launch New Products How you can leverage social media in your product launch?…

February 9, 2016
2 min read

You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. But now you need a plan. This week’s compilation of articles starts with a 6 step plan. We include how to do an promotion on Instagram, more social media trends – 15 of them!, and 5 ways to simplify your social media marketing. 6 Steps to Create a Bare Bones and Profitable Social Media Plan You want to take action only after you have a solid initial plan to act on; otherwise, you’ll end up doing things that don’t produce any results and only waste your time. Instagram…

March 19, 2015
2 min read

Three Oklahoma City social media professionals lent their voices to a panel discussing the state of social media and where it’s going. Allie Carrick is a strategist with Smirk New Media. Gina Yannarell, with Koch Communications, manages business development and traffic. Greg Newby does digital marketing, web and app development. The dialogue, hosted by AMA OKC chapter, yielded a handful of takeaways to gain insight into strategies and tactics to consider moving forward. Facebook – With Facebook reported suppresses promotional sounding posts, the panel was asked if Facebook is truly pay to play now. We were reminded that “we’ve had a free ride” on Facebook and surely most…

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