Posts Tagged ‘marketing’
How To Attract Customers And Not Waste Your Marketing Budget
Ross | April 25th, 2013Should you invest your marketing time and budgets in social media, inbound marketing, content marketing, banner ads, pay-per-click advertising or customer service? Investing in the wrong marketing channels will do little to help your business grow but can quickly challenge your team and waste your marketing dollars. A new digital marketing report from Forrester surveying [...]
Five Branding Mistakes That Will Cripple Your Small Business
Ross | April 23rd, 2013I am fortunate to meet thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners every year. Many ask how they can improve their small business brand. This is not surprising – successful businesses avoid making branding mistakes that cripple other businesses. If your branding is confusing, inconsistent, generic, or otherwise sub-par, you can easily undermine your business’s [...]
Twitter Link Roundup #175 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More
Ross | April 18th, 2013Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and [...]
Twitter Link Roundup #174 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More
Ross | April 12th, 2013Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and [...]
Twitter Link Roundup #173 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More
Ross | April 5th, 2013Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and [...]
Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue
Ross | April 4th, 2013A few months ago, we highlighted the best times and days to send email for opens and clickthroughs. A new study from Experian offers a different perspective on the best days and times to send email. According to Experian, Saturday and Sunday had higher open, click and transaction rates than other days of the week. [...]
Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups
Ross | April 2nd, 2013It may seem obvious that consumers prefer better looking websites, but it’s clear that not all business owners appreciate the importance of design. After all, there are too many poorly designed websites (if you’re looking for tips to improve your website, we suggest you read web design best practices and tips and best practices and tips [...]
Lean Business: Do Unto Others*
Mike | April 1st, 2013The golden rule of word-of-mouth marketing: Be nice to thine customers and, lo, they shall be nice to you in return. The mechanical nuts and bolts behind this idea, in social psychology terminology, is represented by the concept of reciprocity. In short it referes to how people respond to a positive action with another positive action. [...]
Twitter Link Roundup #172 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More
Ross | March 29th, 2013Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and [...]
Twitter Link Roundup #171 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More
Ross | March 22nd, 2013Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and [...]
