Brandanew

AUGUST 13, 2015

With clients , one of our consistent discussions is this: we have a small digital marketing pile (=budget), where can we start? And with so many digital channels, platforms, and opportunities, this is indeed a recurring worry, especially for small businesses and startups. More specifically, start with a blog!

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

If we’re a B2B company selling into brick-and-mortar retail environments, and we’re looking to find an audience of retail executives, we’ll start with a simple Google search. We’re looking for resources and publications that are directly relevant to our target audience (not broad business publications). Image source.

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Brandanew

JUNE 25, 2015

In a 2015 social media trends report shared by Social Media Examiner , tons of interesting information is available for marketers and brand owners. For those who don’t have the time to go through the 53-pager, here are the 5 social media trends for small businesses summarized for a review!

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Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

As an ongoing series called the Social Expert Speak , today we present insights from @KenHerron , an exemplary social marketer and a leading expert on content and social media. Ken believes that small businesses and startups can have an extreme competitive advantage in content marketing.

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Brandanew

MAY 6, 2016

The key reason was that in the B2B environment they were in, the buyers had changed. The way a new customer was acquired wasn’t just through a single channel but spread across. New Tasks For Salespeople In The Social Era. Perhaps the most significant change formed by the advent of social media is in customer expectations.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 11, 2020

Some 73% of Millennial workers are involved in B2B purchase decisions, and 85% of that group uses social media to research products and services for their companies. Still, Facebook (91%), Linkedin (80%), and Twitter (67%) are the most popular social media platforms among B2B marketers. That’s not a shock.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2014

Why Social Media is a Must for all Companies written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. While younger demographic groups are higher users, all ages are on social media. Social media is all around us and has become a daily part of people’s lives.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 19, 2019

Maybe startups and entrepreneurial structures will always trend as everyone wishes to initialize a small business for their passive income. Building for passive income is a good idea, but people can struggle and fail regretfully while developing their small or medium businesses.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. ABM is a full-court press to build powerful engagement with contacts on the channels that they’re most active. Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do. Targeting a Fortune 500 is very different from going after a small business. ABM isn’t a quick and easy win.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Social media isn’t a perfect source of market research: It’s not a representative sample and, for small businesses, it’s simply too small of a sample. Buyers report spending 20–40% more money on brands that have interacted with them on social media. Most in-app social media features (e.g.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 22, 2015

This optimism is often offset by the fact that there’s so many small businesses and Startups in competitive markets. And this is where as a business owner, you should consider hiring a marketing communications agency. Almost all of our clients have some social media presence, blogs and websites.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But there’s an important paradox facing small businesses and startups – effective content marketing requires the creation of consistent, high quality content AND a strategy for distributing/promoting that content across social networks and the Internet. How To Grow Your Business With Content Marketing.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 7, 2017

It is time to point out an ugly truth, and to be the brave person that you are, the intelligent rational assessor of reality that you are, and kill all the organic social media activity by your company. Win Big: Stop Posting Content for Organic Reach On Social Channels. + Life is short. Bottom-line.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 21, 2015

You have set up all your social channels and even spent money to advertise and build a fan base. Many businesses and Startups face the same scenario. Let us have a look at a few ideas that you can use to energize and drastically change the way your social channels work. But now what? Create a plan.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 6, 2015

So, you have your social media team in place. You have a strict schedule to regularly publish on all major channels. How do you know that your social channels are actually giving you leads? Is social media working for your business? Did you score any genuine business leads from that traffic?

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Brandanew

AUGUST 3, 2016

Social Media channels like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc. have become important channels of direct communication between brands and consumers. It’s equally true for your B2B customers. While you already have external social media policies, look inwards. Social Trends Show: Podcast LIVE here.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Gone are the days where social media marketing was merely an experimental marketing tactic. It has become a core part of any business’s marketing strategy, and it needs to support your business goals, and prove its value in comparison to other channels for resources, budget, and executive buy-in.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future. So yeah, I, there there's some confusion around these terms, partner, marketing partnership, marketing affiliate market, and you have influencer and B2B.

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Building up a social media following can be a very tedious affair. And thus, some new businesses and Startups end up committing the cardinal sin of purchasing more social media fans from dubious sources. It goes without saying but it is surprising that many businesses do not even utilize their own website fully.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Forrester Research estimates that the average B2B CMO invests over 24% of their marketing budget in live events. Whether you work for a corporation or for a small business, there is remarkable potential in event marketing. Social media engagement (this is useful during all phases of an event campaign).

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Campaign Marketing Social Media Software Review 73

Brandanew

JUNE 22, 2016

Building a social media presence is something that every marketer is concerned about. Social media creates remarkable value for your organization for the long term. How Do I Improve My Social Media Presence? The first thing you must do is to claim your social media accounts with your brand name.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2022

There is no one "right" answer to this question, but based on my years of experience consulting for small businesses, the best answer is - the job of your company website it to increase someone’s WTP (Willingness To Pay) or even WTPP (Willingness to pay Premium). Let's get into the ten things that will help drive WTP on your website.

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Mobile Video Audience Design 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media? As an advisor to many entrepreneurs and small businesses, I often get asked where to start, and how to proceed.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2014

Why Video Marketing is Underrated (and How to Use it to Your Advantage) written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Today is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is David Preston – Enjoy! Start a YouTube channel. Words tell the story.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So it's not Lululemon's Shop of Stuff, it's Lululemon's Events and Gathering and Slack channel and the place where they can connect with actual people. I think B2B companies in particular have probably been slower to come to this idea. B2B companies I think are probably the greatest untapped opportunity right now.

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Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 81

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Small Business Ecommerce: Lefty’s Sports Cards & Collectibles. What if you are a tiny local business in a narrow niche, should you use the same approach as Betabrand? For a small business Visits are an important metric, even 500 more Visits a week can be huge. B2B / Enterprise Sales: Salesforce.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Most marketers and small business organizations struggle in terms of data challenges. Are you tracking down what channels are providing you with what number of prospects? But the stakes are high for B2B tech start-ups whose operations can be ruined by connecting their wagon to a passing fad. Marketing and Sales Data.

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Brandanew

JUNE 18, 2015

3) Your existing state of Social Media. 1) Content Marketing and Branding : Branding of your small business, startup or your products can be in various states or positions on the S-curve. Most social channels provide very detailed level of analytics, so ensure you’re keeping an eye on what’s working for you.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The only reason I know loads of new people and brands is because of my subscription to their channels on YouTube. Some brands have channels with content that is rarely updated or it is just a digital repository of their TV commercials. In the Build stage we use YouTube as an media platform. #4. Owned Brand Channel.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

19:15] On SEO-related sites, how valuable are signals in social media — meaning people linking to you on social platforms like Twitter? [20:41] Use social media tools to schedule and publish updates, monitor terms and analyze performance. A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. So instead.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? Have an account?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

This post is about choosing the right sales strategy and channels for your startup from the start. It just so happened that I became the CEO of a B2B tech startup. Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an early-­stage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today.

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Product pages will never rank organically for content-related searches,” explains Aaron Orendorff , a B2B content strategist: When someone goes looking for guidance on terms associated with your product—“how to [blank],” “best [blanks],” “who uses [blank],” etc.—it’s You can build that relationship with content. Downloadables. Nurture emails.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I believe that every human with time to spare, and a connection to the web, should be on social media. Companies small and big? Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? Businesses were told: "The numbers are HUGE! Success Metrics.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

Many small business owners and young entrepreneurs are intimidated by marketing. We’ll look at relevant metrics to help you assess whether a specific marketing channel could work for you, and also highlight additional resources to help you get a better understanding of that channel. Social Media Marketing.

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Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2017

When personal computing first became a thing 30-something years ago, it was seen as a godsend for small business owners. Typing, filing, accounting, and marketing were just a few of the skills that small businesses could take on with greater confidence and professionalism. Finance and accounting. Quickbooks. Freshbooks.

Small Business 100

Small Business Social Media Software Email 100

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For a variety of reasons, some of which I’ll detail at the end of this post, I see SEO as an increasingly difficult proposition for both small business owners and agencies serving them. Unlike social media where daily or even hourly presence performs best, email allows you to duck in and duck out as you have time.

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