Bid strategically on keywords that can convert for your business. September 19, 2018 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a business owner or marketer, there's no worse feeling than the sound of crickets. When there's a lack of contact form submissions, online orders or phone calls, you have to do something to fill your pipeline. Related: Use This Google AdWords Hack to Lower Costs and Increase Leads I recently read ...
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Increase your success with the press by following this advice on pitching your business story. September 19, 2018 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The following excerpt is from Jessica Abo’s book Unfiltered: How to Be as Happy as You Look on Social Media. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | IndieBound After spending so many years reading pitches from publicists, I can tell you ...
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Back to Podcast This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order John Jantsch: Would you consider yourself a protectionist? I certainly would not consider myself a traditional protectionist, but I wonder if there’s times when viewing my view of the world through other people’s lens has cost me, has held me back, has stopped me from doing what I was meant to do In this episode ...
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Marketing Podcast with Petra Kolber
Podcast Transcript This week on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I speak with Petra Kolber. She is an expert in positive psychology and fitness, and she uses this unique background to help companies and individuals find joy, passion, and productivity. With 25 years of experience in the fitness industry, Kolber has worked with the likes of Nancy Kerrigan, Dana Torres, and George Foreman. She has choreographed and starred in over 100 ...
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Just over two decades ago, search engine optimization (SEO) burst onto the internet scene and kicked the digital marketing doors wide open. Today, marketers consider SEO an effective and required part of their digital marketing mix — well, some of us at least. Many thought leaders, marketers, and brands have speculated that SEO is dead, but we’d argue that it most certainly isn’t. Rather, it’s being reborn. However, it appears to be fading as a ...
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When autumn starts, will you be ready for the holidays, having already created a gift guide, email and social media strategies and more? September 18, 2018 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. 'Tis the season for online shopping. Well, not quite yet, but it’ll be here before you know it. In fact, according to CPC Strategy’s survey results, 35.5 percent of shoppers surveyed planned on starting their holiday gift shopping ...
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Here are five quick or cheap tips you can use to gain an advantage. September 18, 2018 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Brands have multiple ways to market their services these days, and online methods are among the most effective. But with many different options available, it leaves many companies allocating (and wasting) their limited budgets toward campaigns that don’t produce a return. Small online marketing budgets are common among service providing brands, ...
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Behavioral marketing will be a key player now. September 18, 2018 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Facebook has been at the center of a scandalous storm about privacy manipulation issues and has made it clear that it is making changes to fix its reputation as well as its consumer reliability adequately. But will it be enough? We are all aware that Facebook is a company whose revenue derives from advertising, and ...
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When you think of your business’s sales strategy, you may be tempted to think of it as only relating to the actual transaction where a customer pays for the good or service you offer. However, businesses today can’t think of their relationship with their customers as a linear one. Instead, people have the opportunity to interact with your brand in a wide variety of ways: on your website, in-person, over the phone, via email, in ...
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