VIRTUAL SELLING FOR THE CREATIVE ONLINE RETAILER The news in recent days about huge online businesses shedding jobs can be a lot to take in. Meta and Amazon are just two giant businesses that have announced massive layoffs in the past few days. They attribute the staff reductions (at least in part) to changing shopping…Click to read more >
You Don’t Need an Audience – You Need a Community (Video)
Working hard to build your audience? Concerned about growing your follower count on (any social platform)? You don’t need an audience. You need a community according to social media strategist Katie Steckly. What’s the difference between an audience and a community? An audience is a one-to-many communication That communication is primarily one way.…Click to read more >
2022 Holiday Shopping Trends and How to Prepare – Flodesk Masterclass (Video)
The holidays are upon us and holiday shopping is about to begin. The team at flodesk has created an on-demand video – outlining the holiday shopping trends of the past couple of years. Are you ready with your holiday promotions, newsletters, and coupon codes? While time is short – there is still time to…Click to read more >
Yelp Fuses with MailChimp – Sharing Yelp Reviews with Email Subscribers
MailChimp users gained an exciting new tool today in a “Fusion” of the two products. Users are now able to add a “content block” into their email template – pulling in Yelp reviews, customer images, and ratings – directly into the email. Sharing Yelp content created by your community – with your community is a…Click to read more >
Abandoned Carts – Reducing Lost Sales
All those abandoned carts – just sitting there – if only the customer would check out, instead of clicking away. Abandoned carts are a huge issue for online retailers and we went looking for some ways to reduce the problem and recover some of those (what would be) lost sales. This article from BigCommerce helps…Click to read more >
Building Your Audience With Blog Hops
The most important asset we have as online (or offline) business owners is our audience. Our audience is captured in our email list. So … how do we grow our email list? One way I’m doing just that – is by participating in Blog Hops. WHAT ARE BLOG HOPS? A Blog Hop is an…Click to read more >
Attracting New Customers with Guest Blog Posts
I’ve approached guest blogging from two different viewpoints – both are effective in building backlinks to my site, attracting new audience members (customers), and increasing the exposure of my brand to people who are interested in what I offer. In this article, I’ll share both options – Guest Blogging and Blog Post Swaps. I’ll also…Click to read more >
The Complete Website Maintenance Checklist
Website maintenance – 20 Things you need to do this year to maintain your website. Website maintenance is something we all know we need to stay on top of if we want to keep our site healthy and working properly. Where do we start? What needs to be done – and how often do we…Click to read more >
Email Newsletters 101
We’ve all subscribed to email newsletters and browse through them when they hit our inbox. Businesses everywhere use newsletters to drive customers to make a purchase. As an online business owner – if you don’t already have a regular newsletter – you’ve probably been considering creating one for your own business. What’s holding you back?…Click to read more >
Writing Copy for Better SERP Results
As online business owners – we all write a lot of marketing copy. From landing pages and blogs, product descriptions, social posts, and “How To” articles. Every single piece of effectively optimized marketing copy we write has the potential to drive traffic and increased sales to our sites. Definition: SEO – Search Engine Optimization. SEO…Click to read more >