By Julee Klein, Marketing Consultant & President
The State of Small Business Blogging in 2021 and Beyond
If you’re a small business owner or an entrepreneur looking to start your own blog, you may feel overwhelmed when thinking about creating a blog strategy from scratch. A lot of resources, time, and tactics go into creating a successful blog, but without knowing where to start, it can be easy to feel discouraged.
With over 3.5 billion searches on Google every day, it’s clear the impact and reach that blogging has. But without the know-how to make your blog stand out, readers can easily get lost in a sea of content. That’s where we can step in to show you how your business can benefit from blog article content done right.
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Guest Post by Joe Peters, Freelance Writer Drive Traffic to Your Small Business Website for LessLead generation is one of the most important parts of any business strategy. If you’re not collecting leads, then you’re not gathering opportunities for sales. That means that your bottom line will quickly begin to suffer. Unfortunately, for a lot of business leaders and marketing experts, it can be challenging to track down new and reliable ways of generating leads regularly. That’s why we’ve put together this quick go-to guide for some of the most successful methods any business can use. Whatever industry you’re in, and whoever your target market might be, you can use the following strategies to boost your lead generation strategy.
By Max Klein, Marketing Coordinator
25 Things That Impact Your Exposure (And How To Fix Them)
Staying competitive in the digital marketing requires dedication if you want your small business to thrive. Ensuring your website is well-optimized with the best search engine optimization (SEO) practices is one way to be a step ahead of your competitors. Being up-to-date on the latest changes in SEO can also help you improve the performance of your various digital marketing campaigns, ensuring that you yield the maximum return from all your investments.
If you have a website, then conduct an SEO audit to check if you are making these below SEO mistakes. These could be one of the reasons why your website is not garnering enough traffic or is still not ranking well.
By Julee Klein, Marketing Consultant & President 15 Things to Consider Before Starting a Small Business BlogWhen Google released their Panda update in 2011, they took the internet by storm. What stood in the aftermath was the foundation of blogging in 2020: a world of long-form content, detailed guides, and lengthy articles that delivers unique value to readers hundreds of millions of times every day. That’s not an exaggeration. When WordPress sites alone see over 21 billion articles read on a monthly basis, it’s no wonder that a machine as complex as Google is necessary to make anything visible at all.
By Julee Klein, Marketing Consultant & President A Look at JKM's Digital Marketing Highlights in 2019JKM opened its virtual doors in January of 2018. Now that our second year in operation is coming to a close, we’re reflecting on all that we’ve accomplished this year for our small business clients and our digital marketing agency. Here’s a look at our highlights in 2019:
By Andrew Hansen, Copywriter What is a Lead Magnet and Why Every Small Business Needs OneIn the digital age where the majority of potential clients are targeted by businesses online, consumers often find their email inboxes bombarded with promotional deals and advertisements from one-time sign-up offers. These attempts by businesses to incentivize potential customers often miss their mark- emails go unread before deletion or are sent straight to the spam folder. By utilizing lead magnets, small businesses can ensure they get the coveted email subscription of prospective clients by promising relevant information. In essence, lead magnets have a dual-serving purpose: potential buyers can access useful, relevant information from businesses who in turn benefit by securing the contact information of the said prospective clients. Simply put, lead magnets attract leads. Here's what makes a good lead magnet that attracts customers:
By Julee Klein, Marketing Consultant & President
10 Tips for Providing a Positive User Experience on Your Small Business Website
Have you ever gone into a brick-and-mortar store and been frustrated by the experience? Maybe the aisles were too narrow or the line at the checkstand was too long. Or perhaps the music was too loud or the staff just unhelpful. As shoppers, we understand that these negative customer experiences impact sales. But as small businesses are we looking at our web presence in the same light? If not, we should and here's why.
By Julee Klein, Marketing Consultant & President
Turns out blog posts are good for business.
Last year's statistics on blogging are pretty compelling. Blog posts continue to be among the top performing web pages for both business-to-business (B2B) companies and those businesses that target consumers (B2C).
Don't take our word for it. Review the blogging statistics infographic from Gate 39 Media, a financial services marketing and technology agency . It's worth a look. And be sure to review the additional resources and tips below the infographic on how to get your small business blog started.
Guest post by Aljaz Fajmut, Nightwatch CEO 5 Reasons Why Your Cross-Channel Promotion is FailingCross-channel promotion has become pretty important. It’s totally changed the game when it comes to finding and reaching new customers, and it lets us strengthen our presence and engage with multiple communities.
The problem is that implementing an effective cross-channel promotional campaign isn’t easy. The good news is that, once you know what mistakes you’re making, rectifying them and getting back on track is easy. Let’s take a look at why your cross-channel promotion is failing — and what you need to do fix it.
By Julee Klein, Marketing Consultant & President
Get Inspired and Then Inspire Your Users to Generate Content
Brands of all sizes and stripes are finding that they can achieve better brand engagement and greater marketing success with peer-generated, authentic content than they can with more conventional, multimillion dollar campaigns.
There are a couple of reasons for the fun phenomenon. According to a 2016 survey conducted by Olapic, a visual content strategy agency, 76 percent of consumers trust peer recommendations over ads. Also, user-generated content (UGC) is much less expensive to produce and a much more efficient way of reaching customers today where they live and play - online and on social media. UGC marketing strategies rely on visual content that consumers create themselves – a much more affordable option than traditional advertising. Well, if you can inspire them to create it that is. So let's get to it. Here are some great examples of brands inspiring fun and engaging user-generated content: |
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