The value of software tools to make your business life easier
In the face of the day to day challenges of getting your 'business-brain' back into gear after the Christmas and New Year hiatus. I thought…
Get your business off to a great start in 2020
Happy New Year! Along with Easter and the Summer, New Year is one of the three times each year when most people take some time…
Marketing is an Infinite Game
Over the Christmas break, I have been reading "The Infinite Game" by Simon Sinek. The main message is that business should focus on long-term objectives…
Christmas Quiz 2019
It's mid-December again, and time for another round of our BSA Christmas Quiz. 12 general knowledge questions with multiple choice based on a festive and…
What makes a good client?
When you first start in business perhaps any client is a good client - so long as they pay! While this approach certainly has a…
Love your clients & they will love you back
Given this week's focus on relationships and the importance of finding a good fit between yourselves and your clients, I thought it would be worth…
Know your markets – Serve their needs
In this week's podcast, we touched on the importance of knowing your markets. Looking back in our archive, I realised that we have never really…
Do you believe in your business?
Why do we do what we do? I don't know about you but I kind of fell into running my own business. I didn't make…
The Power of Dashboards
Marketing data is everywhere these days and allows deep insight into the workings of your marketing campaigns. With this plethora of data comes the issue…
Joined-up marketing with PIMMS – A practical approach
In most SME businesses, marketing is either focused on planning or doing. Rarely is it focused on both. Why is this? I think it is…
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Are you looking for ways to grow your small business? Want to know how to improve #customer experience and your own reputation? ow.ly/yd6N50y2ScG via @Red_Web_Design #strategy
Many small businesses don’t have the time or the wherewithal to manage social media accounts—let alone the budget to hire a dedicated social media manager. But that doesn’t make social media management any less important. ow.ly/VSGj50y2RyO via @hootsuite #SocialMedia
How can you increase your organic traffic? Blogging.
There are many ways to increase your #organic traffic besides #blogging. Improving the blogging game by releasing regular, high-quality blog content, can increase #traffic by 110.04%. ow.ly/4sjv50y0Jz0 via @LBVmagazine
Brands have a dizzying array of options to improve their content marketing programs — almost too many, in fact. But at the end of the day, they need to prioritize the strategies that are sure to drive ROI. ow.ly/xXx550y0Pcn via @Skyword #ROI
Do you share content on #LinkedIn? Wondering how to publish LinkedIn content that gets more #clicks and #engagement? Here's how. ow.ly/B05Y50xWZRk via @SMExaminer
After all the meticulous work of crafting an #ecommerce #email #campaign, the landing page that your email directs folks to has a high bounce rate—or worse, a low conversion rate.
What gives? ow.ly/I7OE50xWZ5H via @unbounce #BounceRate #ConversionRate
Great businesses are driven by a #vision & one aspect of a true vision is that it should be open-ended rather than achievable in its entirety. The aim of the business should be to continually move towards their vision. ow.ly/s4fL50xTERa #MidMorningMatters #TheInfiniteGame
Writer’s block is a real struggle and concern, especially when you aren’t used to creating #content on a regular basis. To help you get past this all-to-common obstacle, here's some easy & proven ways to help get over writer’s block.
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