Adventures In Visibility | Online Marketing for Small and Solo Businesses | Denise Wakeman
How to Get Better Visibility on the Web
Ok, that’s a big promise. In this post, I’m specifically referring to how I’ve simplified my email marketing workflow, which is reducing the time I spend sending marketing emails. Because I’ve been getting questions about what I’m doing, I’m sharing my experience with you because it may be something you’ve been thinking about doing too.
Here’s a look at the messiness behind the curtain…
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In this free Community Connect call, I share one of nine current trends in email marketing. The 7-minute clip is an introduction to the full one hour call focusing on 9 current email marketing trends. [Read more…]
This past week, May 9 – 16, has been National Small Business Week and today I finally had some time to read a new study by Cox Business, the 2014 Cox Business Barometer. They surveyed 601 U.S. small businesses in April 2014 and released the study in time for National Small Business week.
One of the stats that jumped out at me was that email trumps social marketing for customer engagement.
Many in the social marketing space tend to think that social media is the be all and end all for creating engagement. But truly, when you think about it, where do you get the most response?
When I want people to take action whether it’s taking a poll, reading a blog post, or registering for a program, a direct email always gets the best response.
Social media gets your small business visibility, creates awareness and allows you to connect on a casual basis, but the real, intimate engagement often comes after a customer or prospect receives an email from you. [Read more…]
When you want to get the attention of your ideal client, email marketing trumps everything else, including social media.
Think about it.