Today’s businesses need an online marketing strategy to succeed. While every business’s strategy may look a bit different, there are some common threads that hold most of those successful strategies together.
Members of the small business community have plenty of tips to share when it comes to successfully marketing businesses online. Check out their top tips below.
Make Your Way with Social Media
Social media isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. You have to determine the strategy that is going to work best for your business, as Rachel Strella of Strella Social Media discusses here. And Strella elaborated on these suggestions in a conversation in BizSugar community here.
Super Charge Your Local Search Results
Even for local businesses, online marketing can make a huge difference. Local search, for example, can help to bring new faces to your store, restaurant or other local business. To make the most of your local search marketing, check out this Inc article by Small Business Trends CEO Anita Campbell.
Think About These Things for Your Website’s Social Sharing Features
Letting customers or followers do some of your online marketing for you can really help out and save you time. But you need to make sharing your content easy for them. So in this article at the Social Media Week, Larry Alton suggests some things you should think about when incorporating social sharing buttons into your website.
Keep Up with Marketing Technology Trends
Thanks to technology, online marketing is constantly changing. That means that you need to keep up with the new trends in order to stay relevant to tech savvy consumers. This article at Docurated by Angela Stringfellow includes some marketing technology trends that are poised to re-shape the world of marketing.
Grow Your Website Traffic
Content creation can be a key part of your online marketing strategy. But you need to build traffic in order for your content to be effective. This post on the official dlvr.it blog by Bill Flitter includes a playbook for growing traffic to your content.
Expect These Things When Joining Social Media
As a small business owner, the idea of joining various social media sites and regularly using them as part of your online marketing plan can seem daunting. But if you know what to expect, the process can be a bit easier. Here on NutsPR, Corina Manea shares some things you should expect when joining social media as a small business owner.
Use These Best Practices for Twitter Polls
Twitter’s polling feature can help you to gain insights and interaction from your followers on the platform. And the microblogging site has now revealed some of the best practices that people should use when running polls, which Matt Southern covers in this Search Engine Journal article. BizSugar members also chime in with their own thoughts here.
Consider Starting Your Own Podcast
Lots of businesses have websites and social media accounts. But starting your own podcast can really help you to stand out in today’s business world. Here, Ileane Smith shares some of the benefits that businesses could realize through starting a podcast.
Create a Content Anchor
When creating content for an online audience, the length and quality of your content can make a big difference in how many people see and interact with it. In this post on Blogger Sidekick, Will Blunt discusses the concept of a content anchor and how it could help your online marketing strategy.
Use Influencer Marketing That Works
Influencer marketing is a relatively new concept to a lot of businesses. But it can really jumpstart your online marketing efforts if used correctly. Here, Ann Smarty discusses how small businesses can use influencer marketing in a way that should work both now and in the future.
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shreek
Very helpful tips for small business.
Annie Pilon
Thank you!
Aira Bongco
Social media is no longer optional. Even big brands have gone into it for better exposure. After all, it is not as expensive as traditional media and you can immediately get started without the need for a website.
Annie Pilon
Very true – different brands can use it in different ways because it has so many different applications and benefits
Thank you for the tips. I can see how these can boost my online business. I am all for influencer marketing as this is the best form of marketing that I have found.
Annie Pilon
I’m glad you’ve found success with it!
It is crucial that small business owners only open new social media accounts if they can commit to keeping them current and post on a regular basis.
Joan J. Carrigan
Anie,
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I completely agree that it’s essential that businesses use online marketing. Not doing this is probably a big mistake. There is a good chunk of people who you can only read online. I also loved that one of the first points made were concerning social media. The possibilities concerning social media is probably endless.
Shaw
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Kuhu
With the use of these online marketing strategies one can surely get engagements.Among all marketing industries, I found Email marketing very effective regarding driving traffic to businesses.If multiple SMTP relays are use, then it is an add up the advantage to the user, with this one can improve email inbox delivery and enhances email open rate, which finally results in improved ROI on email marketing.I used a tool named Easysendy Pro which provided the same service.
Making sure that your content is easy for your customers or followers to share seems like a good way to help your online marketing. Having customers spread the word probably helps people see real life examples of your work. I would imagine that finding a professional who can help you create a better online presence would be a good way to boost your marketing as well.
Hello Annie,
Online marketing can generate results fast in terms of making your business successful. As a online business owner, you should know and implement the current online marketing methods to achieve your business goals.
Annie, I can see why local online search results would be a major area of importance for online marketing. It seems like such an excellent way to increase awareness in your local area. I’d assume that this would work better for smaller businesses.
Thank you for the mention, Annie! Much appreciated!