Are You Wasting Precious Money On an Seo Company?
Not sure if your SEO agency is doing any good? Not sure if it's working? In today's blog I'm sharing some thoughts from my recent experience of saving a client from a $700 a month SEO contract.
5 Ways a Small Business Can Use Messenger Chatbots
Facebook Messenger Chatbots are the newest way to talk to customers and they're about to EXPLODE. Find out what a chatbot is, how a small business can use it, and which platforms you should check out for yourself.
Why Autolinking Facebook to Twitter is Hurting Your Brand
Like any busy small business owner, I like to find ways to save time. I batch process work. I find tools that make life easier. I automate mundane business tasks like sending out invoices every month. However, there is one area that I refuse to automate and that's content [...]
Why You Are The Best Person To Manage Your Social Media Marketing
A few weeks ago I received a text message from a small business owner I had met a few times, but didn't know all that well. She was feeling overwhelmed and under-educated about social media and wanted to know if I would take her on as a management client. [...]
Top Social Media Trends to Watch in the Last Quarter of 2018
School is in and the last quarter of the year is bearing down on us at lightning speed! Are you on your way to meeting your business goals for 2018, or are you struggling to keep up? Whether you have time to look into something new, or you NEED [...]
How To Decide if You Should DIY or Outsource Your Social Media Marketing
Every week I talk to small business owners who are struggling to manage their own social media and some of them are thinking it would be better to outsource it. Sometimes there is a lot of pressure from those outsourced managers for everyone and their dog to outsource social [...]
How to Brand Your Instagram Stories Highlights
Have you noticed some Instagram profiles have a funky row of circles just under their bios, and if you click on them, they look an awful lot like Instagram Stories? Well, that's because they ARE Instagram Stories that have been saved to Stories Highlights. Unfortunately not everyone has access [...]
Ways to Be Creative with Text-Only Tweets
They say Twitter is alllllll about the pictures, but some people just won't give up their ASCII look! I've been collecting fun, no picture tweets for a while to inspire me to think outside the box when it comes to using my 280 characters. For example, did you know [...]
Top 10 Apps for DIY Social Media Video (Android edition)
Are you one of the 87% of online marketers who is already using video as part of your social media marketing strategy? If not, it's time to get on the bandwagon...and make a video about it! There are so many amazing apps and programs out there to help you [...]
The No B.S. Guide to Building a Social Media Strategy (Infographic)
Building a social media strategy for your business isn't rocket science. It's actually quite simple. But, just because it's simple, doesn't mean it's easy! The "meat" of your social media strategy is a content calendar--a plan for what and when you will post your content. Before you get to [...]