Today I read an interesting post on the Neuromarketing Blog that asked public speakers about their Q-Ratio. Taken from Eric Bergman’s Five Steps to Conquer 'Death by PowerPoint' , the Q-Ratio is calculated by dividing the number of questions received from the audience...
Content marketing is hot topic these days. Content is essential for small business marketers looking to move from the old, interruption based methods of marketing to the modern marketing methods that revolve around inbound marketing and other methods that strive to be...
Webinars are a great vehicle for providing marketing materials that educate. There are a lot of technical issues that go into creating a great webinar and because we spend so much time trying the get those right, it is easy to overlook the “little things” that can...
Installing and maintaining a small business marketing system is comprised a series of projects. As marketers, we manage two main types of projects – 1) get things “up and running” projects and 2) “ongoing work” projects. Take blogging for example. You may have one...
Small business owners using (or planning to use) social media channels for marketing need to be able to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns using those channels. Tools like Google Analytics can give you some insight into your social media campaigns...
Do you have a social media strategy for your business? As small business owners are becoming more comfortable with social media, many want to know how to create strategies and plans to use social media tools to drive business results. I would recommend visiting this...
When we help small businesses create their content plan, we talk about building three different types of content: Content that builds trust Content that educates Content that helps close or make the sale As we create this marketing content, we want to have systems in...
One of our main jobs as small business marketers is to build trust, as in Know, Like, and Trust. One of the ways we do this is to help minimize risk in the mind of our prospective customers. Most of us are resistant to change, but that resistance must be overcome if...
Press releases can be a great tool for promoting your small business. Don't let poor formatting choices detract from your message. Once you have crafted the content for your release, use this 9 item checklist to make sure it is properly formatted. Use “Title Case” for...
Google recently rolled out an update to their search engine called the Knowledge Graph. The knowledge graph aims to improve a users experience by helping them discover new information quickly and easily. The knowledge graph takes into account the fact that when you...