Stop Hiding Your Online Store! Here are 5 Tips to Get Your Name Out There

If you’ve been running an online store for any length of time, you know that it’s not always easy to get your name out there. In fact, it can be downright difficult at times! You might be putting a lot of effort into your marketing and still not getting the results that you want. If … Continue reading

Developing The SEO Strategy Your Business Needs

Search engine optimization is something that your business needs to invest time and money in. Whether you are a small business that is just starting out, or you are running a big international business with a high turnover, if you are not putting time and effort into SEO, then you are not drumming up search … Continue reading

7 Simple Ways to Improve Your SEO Strategies

SEO strategies are on every business owner’s lips right now. SEO has been in style for years and it certainly isn’t going anywhere fast. You have spend a long time refining your business plan, whether you are checking that you’re selling your product for the right price or you’re carrying out market research. But have … Continue reading

Taking Your Business Idea From Home To Location

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Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith when it comes to your business idea. Many businesses start at home in a little corner of your living room, or an office if you’re lucky. Future success often starts with you implementing your business idea and turning it into action. You nurture it every … Continue reading

Online Marketing Campaigns to Consider for Your Small Business

Online marketing campaigns have risen to the top of our marketing consciousness. Myriad options provide opportunities but also confusion for the average small busines owner. So how can you cut through? Traditional forms of marketing, such as billboards, posters, and leaflets are all still alive and kicking. However online marketing campaigns are a serious and … Continue reading

Retail Marketing! Get On Board The Promotional Train

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Retail marketing isn’t simply opening a shop and hoping for the best. When you get on baord with some retail marketing ‘how to’ you’ll find more success than if you just cross your fingers and wait. When you walk into a store, what’s the first thing that you see? Is it the stack of jars … Continue reading

Customer Service Goals: 6 Ways To Get Repeat Business

customer service goals

Your customer service goals should always include gaiing repeat business. After al, it’s said that it takes SEVEN times the effort to get a new customer han to keep an existing one. Are you having issues keeping customers? One of the pitfalls of being an online store is the lack of face to face interaction … Continue reading

Product Shipment Problems Solved

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Product shipment has become a more logistical and strategic issue than ever thanks to the global market our world has become. These days, more and more companies are moving to online platforms. Even though your physical store might be very profitable, it’s also a good idea to join this exodus to online stores as well. … Continue reading

Proving That Your Business Is One to Be Trusted

Proving That Your Business Is One to Be Trusted

Proving That Your Business Is One to Be Trusted When marketing your business, one of the most important things you need to do is create a sense of trust. Nowadays, consumers are very sceptical when choosing companies to do business with. After all, they have watched the news; they have heard about numerous unscrupulous companies … Continue reading

Does Your Website Turn Off Customers? Find Out Right Now

Does Your Website Turn Off Customers?

When you’re running your business, you might find that your website isn’t seeing that much interest from customers online. Perhaps they don’t ever see your site, and this points to there being an issue with your SEO campaign. Or, perhaps they see your site and then click off. This is actually worse because if they … Continue reading

How Can Bricks-and-Mortar Industries Compete With Online Rivals?

online rivals

The high street and industrial parks in any major town or city are very different places to what they were just ten years ago. The Internet and online retailers have opened up a huge can of worms, and many bricks and mortar businesses are still struggling to adapt.   The likes of Amazon and eBay … Continue reading

Do Your Employees Need To Show Better Customer Service? Here’s How They Can

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In competitive times, better customer service will always keep you ahead of your competitors. If you want your employees to do more and achieve more, you should focus on how they deal with customers. After all, your customers are the ones that matter more than anyone else. If you can’t keep them happy, your business … Continue reading

Make Yourself The Middle Man: Create A Marketplace

marketplace

Where do you sit in the marketplace? How well-known are you? The modern world of online business is so fraught with competition that it makes it hard for new businesses to get a foot in. A lot of companies try and, ultimately, fail.   Unfortunately, most prospective businesses can’t see a way around this and … Continue reading

Selling Online Isn’t Hard – So Why Make Life Difficult For Yourself?

selling online

Selling online and running an online retail business shouldn’t be hard. But a combination of a lack of experience and sheer stubbornness can make it that way for the majority of entrepreneurs who start up in e-commerce. The main problem with selling online, as with so many retail businesses, is in managing the products. Often, … Continue reading

5 Smart Ways To Take Advantage of Smartphones

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Smartphones are becoming smarter because the global business landscape is in a constant process of adaptation. To be successful, companies need to keep up with the newest developments. New technology is always being introduced so smart businesses need to take advantage of the latest tech. One of the biggest technological developments of our generation is … Continue reading

Low-Budget, High-Impact Marketing For Small Business

Marketing for small business is always a challenge predominantly due to small budgets. However, another major challenge facing is how to spread the word. Marketing application covers different tactics so there’s no such thing as one method that trumps them all. Every small business is different, and so are the marketing needs of each of … Continue reading

Valentine’s Day Marketing Tips for Your Online Shop

I saw this article and wanted to share it with you. It has some great tips and also keyword phrases being searched for by both men and women for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy. #marketing #ValentinesDay #onlineshops #Etsy #onlineshopping Source: Valentine’s Day Marketing Tips for Your Online Shop