Top Resources for Marketing Automation
Automation will save you time, money and help make your business run smoothly – you just need to know how to use it. Here are my top resources for automating your business.
Automation will save you time, money and help make your business run smoothly – you just need to know how to use it. Here are my top resources for automating your business.
Social media can be tricky to navigate due to the ever-changing features, networks and guidelines. Here are some of my top social media Tweets to help you make the most of your efforts.
Simple Solutions to Common Marketing Challenges – http://ow.ly/N4l630dujdP
Three Keys to Better Social Media Engagement – http://ow.ly/u3Mb30dujf3
by Deborah A. Bailey
Still somewhat under the radar compared to other social media tools, Internet radio is an inexpensive way to market to large numbers of potential clients. In fact, I’ve had such good results that I wrote an ebook, “Boost Your Marketing & Your Visibility with Internet Radio” so that I could help others achieve the same results for their marketing.
What’s that extra “s” for? Well, it turns out that the “s” stands for “SSL,” which stands for Secure Sockets Layer – the technology that encrypts your connection to a website, so that hackers can’t intercept any of your data. So why should it be enabled?
Guest post by Jeremy Silverstein
Your nonprofit or charitable organization may receive as much as 25 to 50 percent of your annual donations between October and December. These donations are helpful, but your organization needs support all year to stay in the black. Learn specific ways to leverage six Hallmark holidays and increase donations year-round.
Tap Into Emotions
Donors are human, and they’re more likely to get excited about your cause when they feel emotionally attached to it. Prepare promotions that tap into a donor’s joy, happiness or nostalgia as you raise money.

How do you unify efforts when you have different team members, initiatives, and strategies for your blog, email and social media marketing? You need to come up with a content marketing strategy that accounts for each channel.
Following these five steps will help you create a cohesive marketing plan.

Every B2B company needs a solid content strategy, including a social media strategy. This is the age of what social media-marketing expert Mark Schaefer refers to as content shock — where there is so much content that it overwhelms readers.

Brand awareness is essential for the success of small businesses and startups. Done right, successful content marketing will not only generate more revenue for your small business or startup, but it will also help your brand build credibility, authority and thought leadership in your industry, which benefits your entire company all around, everything from building sales to hiring top talent.
Is your New Year’s resolution to improve your networking skills? These 5 videos will help you establish lasting connections and get the most out of networking events.

I’ve had small business owners – especially those who own professional service firms – ask me: “Why should we invest in a mobile-friendly website? We get all our business from word of mouth anyway.” Read more
