Fans love Merch! Creating merchandise for your quilting, sewing, craft, or other creative customer base is a fantastic idea to further engage with your audience and expand your revenue streams. They are a built-in fanbase and the people most likely (initially) to purchase your branded merchandise. Here are some merchandise ideas that might appeal…Click to read more >
Are Facebook Groups Important to Your Marketing Strategy?
Meta has discontinued all third-party apps to Facebook Groups This change went into effect on April 22, 2024. At the moment this change only impacts Facebook Groups – not Business Pages or Personal Profiles. The change also does not include other Meta channels (Instagram, Threads, or WhatsApp). That could change at any time. Social…Click to read more >
Driving Results with Sponsored Ads on Facebook
FB advertising is alive and well – here’s why. Facebook serves more than 2.9 billion monthly active users, and that number is expected to grow by another 5.04% by 2028. Even more impressive (and concerning) is the amount of data the Meta (Facebook) collects on every user. Some of that data is available to marketers…Click to read more >
14 Steps to Ranking Higher on Google
While there are many factors involved in ranking higher on Google, a key point to consider is that websites don’t rank on Google – individual web pages do. That means we need to pay attention to every single page on our websites. Each has the potential to increase in rank and pull people in who…Click to read more >
Top 10 Marketing Tips for 2024
As we move through the first quarter of 2024 – it feels like a great time to take a look at how trends in consumer expectations impact the marketing of our businesses. The team at Constant Contact has compiled a list of the Top 10 Marketing Tips based on their analysis of the marketing landscape…Click to read more >
Using Memes to Extend Your Brand
We’ve all seen them, rolled our eyes at them, laughed at them, and perhaps even shared a few of them. What are they? Memes. Those graphic images with short, funny (often a bit sarcastic) messages poking fun at something. Memes are everywhere – particularly in our social feeds. There’s a good reason for that –…Click to read more >
Are Your Images Driving Traffic To Your Website?
We’ve talked a lot about the quality of our copy as a way to draw more people to our website. It’s important to make sure that we’ve used targeted keywords – in context. Our copy should be human-readable (and not read like it was written by a machine). It should also be helpful to the…Click to read more >
Important Changes to Google and Yahoo Email Sender Requirements – Are You Ready?
Some big changes are coming to the email sender requirements for Google and Yahoo. If you use an email service provider, they have likely sent you a notice about the changes, and what it means for your business. They are taking it seriously – and so should we. What’s happening and why? Both Google…Click to read more >
Directory Listings Essential For Your Business – the NAP Checklist
In a previous article, we looked specifically at Google Business Profiles and focused on the importance of having a complete and accurate listing for your business. That’s an important place to start – and if you haven’t made sure that your Google Business Profile is complete and accurate – do that now. The next step…Click to read more >
How to Generate Customer Reviews that Grow Your Business
I had the opportunity to sit in on a “Digital Drop-in” hosted by Sarah Benoit from JB Media Institute. The topic for the session was – How to Generate Customer Reviews to Grow Your Business. This is a topic that resonates with any business owner – online or on the street. Her guest for the…Click to read more >