A Beginners Guide To Blogging For Business

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Today on our one minute tip we are going to start from scratch with blogging for beginners.

What is a blog post anyways and why would you want to start blogging as a small business owner who already has a million things to do?

3 reasons every business owner should be blogging:

You want people coming back to your website, you want people sharing your website on social media and you want your website to be found on search engines.

So one of the most effective ways to kill all those birds with one stone is to blog!

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A Busy Person’s Shortcut To Marketing Yourself On Twitter

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Today lets talk about how to use Twitter to get more credibility exposure and lead generation for your business.

If you are like most small business owners, you are avoiding Twitter because you just don’t see the point! It’s actually really, really simple, which is why most people find it complicated.

But, more importantly it’s an effective way of boosting your visibility and credibility by getting you exposure to your future customers.

Step One: just create a Twitter account. Step Two: Hashtags

Figure out how to use Hashtags, the pound symbol – the number sign, #.

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Pro Tips to Using Pinterest for Business

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Today in your one minute tip we are going to be talking about how you can use Pinterest to promote your small business.

Pinterest is a social media marketing tool that is free to use and really easy because its basically about collecting images and pinning them.

So why can this work for small business?

First, pins on Pinterest last a really long time on the newsfeed.

so if you pinned something 3 months ago that has the ability to stay in the news feed and get promoted, seen or shared for up to 3 months from the time you … Continue reading →

5 Quick and Easy ways to get more traffic to your website

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Let’s talk about getting more traffic to your website!

Here are 5 quick and easy ways to get more people to your web site.

1. Leverage your already existing promotional materials.

One of the easiest and most overlooked ways to promote your website and get more traffic to it is to mention your website address on your voicemail!

Also, don’t forget to add your website address to your email signature and any other promotional materials, and I’m talking any – vehicle decals, brochures, signage, anything else you can possibly add your website address to, go ahead and do it!

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The Top 5 Skills You Need To Rock Social Media

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cc Yoel Ben-AvrahamOn the surface, being active on social media seems like child’s play.

Indeed, it is the younger generations that have made these communication platforms a marketing necessity for businesses of any industry.

However, once you have spent some time on social media you soon realize that it takes more time, effort, and skill to be effective than you first realized.

There are five skills in particular that you need … Continue reading →

5 tips for troubleshooting website display issues.

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Troubleshooting Website Display Issues: Resolving Browser Issues

Your web developer swears the changes you requested to your website have been made, but you can’t see them!

Here are 5 step by step tips to troubleshooting website display issues.

Here’s how to refresh your webpage, clear your cache, tell what browser you’re using, what version of the browser you’re using and update your browser so you can troubleshoot browser issues with your website developer.

1.  Refresh your webpage

Clicking the refresh button will re load the website and often display the changes your web developer has made to your website.

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3 simple ways to get more leads from your website

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Let’s talk about how to capture more leads from your website!

Is your website your best producing sales person? If you’re not getting a steady stream of leads from your website, keep reading for 3 simple ways to get more leads from your site!

1. Have a call to action – clearly ask people to engage with you

An example of a simple call to action are “Call this number to get a quote”

2. Another thing you may want to consider is have an email newsletter signup.

You can offer an ethical bribe like, “sign up for our newsletter … Continue reading →

3 Proactive Steps to Protect Your Online Reputation

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Let’s talk about how to maintain a positive online reputation when it comes to your business!

The first thing you want to do is register your business domain name – .com, .ca, .info etc.

Make sure you grab your domain name and maintain it; register it through an email address you will have access to for years to come.

Don’t use your service provider email like shaw, but a personal account like gmail or hotmail. This ensures you will always have access to it.

Second – get accounts with all social media properties and claim your URL and business … Continue reading →

3 Tips for managing your email storage quota

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If you’re hosting your website with us, you get 25 email boxes, free with your web hosting.

However, these email boxes provide a limit of 1 Gig of space stored on the server. This includes all emails and attachments in all folders.

Once you hit your space limit, emails sent to you will bounce back to the sender. 

If you’ve received a notification from the administrator like the following message, there are 3 options for reducing your email size to below 1 Gig.

“Currently, incoming messages are still being delivered.In order to continue receiving email, you will need to work … Continue reading →

The 5 New Rules For Conducting Email Marketing in Canada

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Are you marketing to your Canadian customers and prospects via email ?

Did you know your business may be at risk of losing over 80% of your subscribers- or worse- get fined millions of dollars?

Since the AntiSpam Legislation in Canada was changed at the beginning of July, many business owners have found themselves unsure of how to protect their businesses from heavy fines, while ensuring their marketing efforts aren’t being crippled by the new law.

The 5 New Rules For Conducting Email Marketing in Canada:

The first … Continue reading →