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4 Effective Marketing Strategy Changes

The way you market to your customers says a lot about your business and can completely change the dynamic of how you interact with your customers. It is also the first impression customers get of your business. Marketing is the way you keep old customers and find new ones. But how can you be sure …

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Marketing tips for small businesses

Let’s face it. Small businesses are at a disadvantage when it comes to marketing. Large businesses have more resources at their disposal to stay on top of current trends and to stay on top of all the different methods of marketing. But small businesses may not have a huge budget or a lot of people …

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Mobile marketing strategy ideas

Every marketer knows that mobile marketing is essential to reaching customers in this day and age. Technology is everywhere, and this is mostly due to accessibility with smartphones. It allows you to get your advertisements, literally, into the pockets of all your customers. But this strategy is being used by your competition as well. Here …

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Facebook and Google: Powerful mobile marketing tools

Marketing is a tricky business because you need to balance your need for getting more customers with the customers’ need to buy your product or service. Many approach marketing as a method of tricking customers into buying something they don’t need, but the truth is that customers want to buy your product or service. Sometimes, …

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Eight reasons to have a mobile friendly website

Smartphones have changed the way we do just about everything—and that includes surfing the web. Before smartphones, you could be sure that just about everyone surfing the World Wide Web was doing so from the comfort of their home or from their desk at work. With the explosive popularity of smartphones, however, the average person …

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Tips for a successful SMS survey

As a business owner, you know that success of your business depends on knowing what your customers want. It’s impossible to know enough about your audience. In order for businesses to survive, they need to constantly gather information about their audience, discover their likes and dislikes, and adapt to reach their needs. There are several …

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SMS: For more than just marketing

It wasn’t long after texting became commonplace that businesses began to use it to market their brand. Today many businesses big and small are using SMS as a marketing channel. But there is a more recent trend developing within the SMS channel. Businesses are finding new ways to use it that don’t involve marketing. Businesses …

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Crafting the perfect text message

While text message marketing is far from the most expensive marketing channel, it isn’t free to text your customers. You are paying a few cents per text. If you’re texting hundreds or even thousands of people. Each text message you send can represent a significant investment. If you want to see a profitable return on …

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Mobile marketing strategies: email vs. text

Today, more than half of Americans have a smartphone. Of those, nearly all of them are checking their email exclusively on their mobile device as opposed to their computer. It’s safe to say that email marketing can now fall under the category of mobile marketing. For businesses thinking about which marketing channels to use, there’s …

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Black Friday – Mobile taking over

The “leaked” Black Friday ads have shown one thing this year: people can now get mobile devices for cheaper than ever before. In fact, the costs have dropped significantly over last year on similar items. It looks like retailers are more prepared than ever to sell off a lot of mobile devices because people are …

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Five keys to a successful SMS marketing campaign

The marketers of decades past would be jealous if they could see the marketing channels and tools that marketers today have at their disposal. Until recent years, advertising required a lot of careful planning and an extensive waiting time between the launching of an advertisement and any kind of perceivable response. Today mobile marketing channels …

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Tips for reaching your mobile marketing goals

As a small business owner, you’ve surely heard all of the hype about mobile marketing—and text message marketing especially. If you’ve already decided to give it a try, you may have been disappointed by the contrast between promised results and actual results. Before you write off mobile marketing altogether, however, consider these tips for getting …

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Six components every SMS campaign needs

The popularity of SMS marketing has exploded worldwide. AS is already happening with social media marketing, many businesses are adopting SMS marketing simply to keep up with everyone else without first understanding proper strategies. If you’re new to SMS marketing, or if you’re thinking about getting started, here are some things you’ll want to know. …

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Surveying the marketing channels: Choosing the best marketing channel for your business

There are countless ways to market your small business. If you’re new to the business world, you’re probably wondering which marketing channels you should utilize. There isn’t one right answer. The answer will vary depending on your business’s niche and the goals you’ve set for your business. Regardless of what type of business you’re running, …

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SMS marketing: old but not outdated

Before there were smartphones, mobile marketing was a very different industry. When cellphones were a lot simpler, text messages were virtually all a marketer had to work with. Now mobile marketers have dozens of mobile channels at their disposal. Not surprisingly, SMS marketing is often forgotten amongst all of these other mobile marketing tools. What …

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Use mobile marketing for lead generation

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably been exposed to some form of mobile marketing. If you have any kind of mobile device, it’s unavoidable. If you’ve been considering mobile marketing for your own small business, you may be under the assumption that mobile marketing comes down to having a mobile app. Nothing …

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Seven mobile marketing facts business owners need to know

If you own a small business, you can’t afford to ignore mobile marketing any longer. If you still need some convincing, consider these seven mobile marketing facts. Smartphones are mainstream Some kinds of mobile marketing, like SMS marketing, are applicable to all kinds of mobile phones. Others, like mobile apps and QR codes require smartphones. …

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Five mobile web design myths

Not too many years ago, if you designed a website for your business, you could be sure that everyone that viewed that website would have a similar experience. That’s because everyone who accessed your website would be doing so on a desktop computer or laptop. While screen sizes might vary slightly, the experience would be …

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Taking your marketing mobile

Next time you go out, look around you. Tally in your head just how many people are on their phones, either talking on them or using them in some fashion. You might be surprised just how many people are on their phones, and just how often they’re on them. If you’re like the average person, …

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Four social media marketing tips to improve your results

Social media marketing has grown to become one of the most popular marketing tools. It’s not surprising when you consider that social media marketing is free to get started with and relatively inexpensive should you choose to invest. Though it can be such an effective tool, social media marketing can still be a waste of …

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