Category: Blogging
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My 4 Most Important Digital Marketing Metrics
Are you wondering about how to use the internet and social media to start or grow your business? Do you have a healthy degree of skepticism about what works and doesn’t work? Have you come across individuals who claim to be experts and gurus in the area but you have your doubts? I have built…
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How I Sold 306 Kindle Books in 5 Days Last Week, and 3 Vital Lessons for Entrepreneurs
Stunned, I was. It was beyond my wildest expectations. And my birthday, too! 256 books sold on Monday 5th February, 2018-one day. Let me explain. I have a number of books for sale on the Kindle publishing platform. A few years ago I decided to take advantage of what Jeff Bezos has created with Amazon…
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The Simple Truth About Blogging to Grow Your Business Online
Let me guess.. You’re completely confused. Flummoxed. You’ve read the hype about online marketing, especially social media marketing. Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube. The whole world and his mother has heard about “having a conversation with a brand”. You’re probably frustrated too. Because it seems you can’t get any traction. Social media…
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The Biggest Obstacle to Selling Anything Online
The biggest obstacle to selling your goods or services online is not price, not technology, not lack of traffic, not paucity of Facebook fans or Twitter followers. There is one fundamental element necessary to persuade your visitors, followers, fans, random surfers to reach for their credit card and buy what you are selling. And that…
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The Zen of Blogging for Business
Do you have a blog for your business? Have you wondered about the most effective way of generating new clients? Are you confused about the best platform for you and your business? Nowadays there are many different places you could build a platform online, especially on a social media site. But, almost certainly, the best…
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6 Common Reasons Why Many Small Business Blogs and Websites Fail to Deliver Results
Is your business blog or website failing to deliver any concrete results? Do you struggle to attract visitors and traffic? Are your conversion rates poor? There are a multitude of reasons why many websites and blogs of small businesses fail to deliver any effective results. Here are 6 common ones that I encounter regularly: 1.…
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How to Generate an Endless Supply of Business Blogs that Will Grow Your Client List and Your Readers Will Love
It happens the best of us, you know. You’ve no idea what to write about on your blog. You’ve completely run out of ideas for your blog posts. Has your well of inspiration run completely dry? This has happened the very best of writers too, from time to time. It’s happened me too but what…
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What You Can Learn from Ernest Hemingway to Tell Your (Business) Story
It happens to the best of us, you know. Not too long ago I came across a group discussion on Linkedin in one of the groups of which I am a member-it’s for lawyers/solicitors. In his reply to the discussion, one of the members told a joke. It was about a lady who goes to…
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A Simple Blog is Probably All You Need to Promote Your Business Online
It’s hard to believe. But it’s true. Despite all the advances in technology, despite the growth in social media sites, despite the growth in the “guru” industry, all you need to promote your business online is a simple blog or website. It can difficult to persuade other small business owners of the veracity of this…
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How to Market Your Small Business Online with No Budget and No Technical Skills
Would you like to know how to market your business online with virtually no budget? It’s possible, you know. And this piece will tell you how. Digital marketing for small businesses can seem intimidating, complex, and expensive. It doesn’t have to be that way at all. Set out below is a simple but effective method…