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We say it all the time.  Your website has two purposes, and two purposes only: To ATTRACT visitors To CONVERT visitors into followers, leads, and/or customers If you’re like most businesses, you probably focus a lot on the first one (via PPC, SEO, Email, Social Media, Blogging, etc.), and very little on the second. ButRead more

Remember the episode of Seinfeld where George decides to do “the opposite”? George: “No, no, no, wait a minute, I always have tuna on toast. Nothing’s ever worked out for me with tuna on toast. I want the complete opposite of on toast. Chicken salad, on rye, untoasted … and a cup of tea.” Well,Read more

Online marketing is an integrated medium. That’s worth repeating: online marketing is an integrated medium where each part affects another. It’s kind of like a Rubik’s Cube.  Each move you make to align colours on one side will affect the colours on the other sides. And to truly be successful at a Rubiks’ Cube, youRead more

In the Small Business Tools Review blog series, we review and recommend apps, software, and tools that we actually use – and hopefully you will too! In this blog we review a video production marketplace called Wooshii. What is Wooshii? Wooshii is where to go when you need any type of video production, editing, or animation.Read more

Your online store is booming. You’ve got Pay Per Click campaigns driving traffic to your store. Your store’s sweet design is easy to navigate and has a simple checkout. You’ve even got your Facebook fans shopping. But even if your store is booming, it can always be better. In fact, if you’re not doing theseRead more

Your website is not a cost, a tool, or a “thing” you need to have “just because”. It’s a salesman. And just like a salesman, it should be prospecting, closing deals, and bringing you business.  Constantly. If your website isn’t helping to grow your business, it’s probably time to invest in a better salesman (orRead more

It’s mid-way through Q4, do you know where your 2013 budget is? Hard to believe, 2012 is nearly behind us and it’s time to start looking ahead. Here’s 5 tips for planning your 2013 marketing budget: 1. Get Your Website “Responsive” There are almost 1.2 billion mobile Web users in the world. That means yourRead more

You’ve paid a lot of money to attract traffic to your website (PPC, SEO, Email Social Media, Content Marketing, etc.) and now it’s time to convert those visitors into customers. Converting visitors into prospects could mean any number of things, including: A newsletter sign-up Sharing a piece of content via social media Downloading a whiteRead more

This is the third instalment of a series we call “Critiquing Your Google AdWords Campaigns”. We Google a search term and evaluate the top 3 Google Ads as well as their landing pages for their ability to ATTRACT and CONVERT visitors. We grade each campaign out of 10: 5 Points ATTRACT: the actual Google Ad 5 Points forRead more

59% of B2B marketers say email is the most effective channel in generating revenue (Hubspot) What that means for you: Despite all the hype of social media, mobile, apps, etc., email still seems to be the most effective channel for generating revenue.  You should use email to get traffic to your site, and keep yourRead more