Every business wants to harness the power of Digital Marketing. However, one of the very first steps you must take before planning for any marketing campaigns (let alone digital) is a thorough self-assessment.

ESSENTIAL STEPS BEFORE LAUNCHING YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS

The most fundamental questions we must ask before planning for any strategic communication activities (online or offline):

What do you want to say, to whom and for what purpose?

  1. Who are you?
  2. To whom do you want to communicate?
  3. What do you want to say and how do you want to say it?

To answer this seemingly simple question, you must consider the following as a business owner or as a digital marketer:

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Just because Aweber is popular, it is not necessarily the best email marketing service out there. After being a loyal customer for over 3 years, I finally decided to change my service provider.
Email Marketing Service - Switched From Aweber To GetResponse - Reasons For The Switch Explained
The reason I signed up with Aweber is not that I knew a lot about email marketing. It wasn’t because I knew a whole lot about different companies either. I chose Aweber for my email marketing needs because it was the service so many online marketers were using and recommending.

People told me that Aweber was the “gold standard” in email marketing. And it worked. I was impressed and convinced!

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If you check into your Google Analytics, chances are that your About page (if you have one) is among the top 5 most visited pages on your website.
7 elements of a powerful about us page for your website whether it is personal or business website

Especially, for your first time visitors, it is the most important page. Any new visitor who lands on one of your pages through organic search or any social media channels, it is the About page that they visit next if they like your content.

I have talked about it in the past and I want to talk about it one more time. This time, I want to talk about it in detail because as I was doing analysis of my conversion rate yesterday,  I found something very interesting.

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When you think branding, do you think of a logo, an advertisement on TV, radio or on the internet? You are not alone if you do that because branding is yet another misinterpreted and misunderstood  word.
principles of successful brand building for entrepreneurs and companies
Branding is usually identified with the practice of putting a symbol on a thing to indicate ownership. Companies have used their logos on the products they sell and campaigned to imprint their logs in people’s minds.

Do You Need A Logo For Personal Branding?

Recently, a gentleman sent me a review of my blog design and proposed that he could give me a better design and a better navigation for about $500.

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The success of your email marketing depends on how many people open your email. Obviously there is no point in sending emails to those who don’t even open your emails, right?
Email Open Rates - How Accurate Are These Calculations
Email open rates seem to be an important metric for many internet marketers. In fact, I have been very diligently following email open rates for a long time.

But, it changed after my friend and a fellow entrepreneur, Adrian Jock helped me understand this correctly.

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Email marketing has been identified as such an effective and inexpensive medium of marketing that an entire industry has emerged to support it.

In today’s rapidly changing digital world, email is the place where most people spend the most of the time everyday.

Email Marketing - Nielson US Mobile Time Spent New Survey

It has the potential to be a very effective medium to share information, build relationships, and create credibility.

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Do you have ambitious dreams of growth for your business but a tight marketing budget? If you are that situation, you aren't alone. A lot of small business owners face this challenge. The good news however is – there are a few awesome and proven low budget techniques that can put your marketing efforts on the fast track of growth. 

 

Marketing Plan and Strategies for Small Business Owners

Here are five powerful and proven marketing tactics for you:

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