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24 Jul Marketing and SEO Tools Worth your Time: Part 1: The Research Tools
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[/frame]Rich Stark, CEO of Stark Logic, gave a stellar webinar last week on 5 Tools you Need to Streamline your Online Marketing as part of our 5 Series. For those of you that missed it, a little recap is in order, and I'll be breaking down what you need to know about marketing tools over the next few weeks in the areas of:
Research, Social Media Management, Business Listings, Reputation Management and Web Site Analytics.
20 Jun The Do’s and Don’ts of Email Marketing
Email marketing can be tricky. The last thing you want to do is send something that is meant to promote your services and convey your expertise, but instead seems like spam or just another straight-to-delete junk email. Marketing your business through email blasts to potential...
13 Jun Does your Consumer Website Pop AND Rank High in Searches?
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[/frame]Business owners: These days, everyone has a website. From blogs to corporate sites to social media pages, there are millions of pages out there. So what makes a great consumer website that actually stands out from the millions? While ordinary sites abound, there are a simple steps you can take to make your consumer site pop out from the rest, while also ranking high so it's actually seen.
06 Jun How to Enhance your Franchisee Websites for Franchise Growth
Last week, Stark Logic President and CEO Rich Stark presented the first in a webinar series on Franchise growth. 5 ways to Supercharge your Franchisee businesses by using https://www.servicemax.com/products/field-service-scheduling software and also discussed valuable insider keys to pumping up these local websites, and for those of you that missed it, here is a recap.
23 May 5 Big Franchisor Challenges and How to Overcome Them
If you're a franchisor or have considered franchising your company, you understand what an exciting entrepreneurial opportunity looks like, and you also have inevitably experienced some bumps along the road. As with any business worth anything, there are risks and challenges that come with the job. It's how you face those challenges and overcome them that can make or break your franchise system.
16 May M-Commerce: The New Mobile Shopping Trend and What it Means for You
While the E-Commerce trend has continued to flourish, it's brought about the sub trend dubbed by some as "M-Commerce," aka, mobile shopping.
Web-capable mobile devices are everywhere, and people are using their smart phones and tablets more and more commonly to shop for anything and everything. Further, many cell phone and tablet users research products and prices from their device. I recently posted about the "SoLoMo Revolution" - Social, Local, Mobile search trends and how mobile devices are changing things. According to a recent report from Experian Simmons, at least 41 million Americans now report using their cell phones for shopping related activities.
09 May Are you Tracking Web Traffic?
What is driving visitors to your website, and how? Having a Google Analytics account for your website is great, but are you using it effectively? If you're not tracking your website traffic for each of your franchise locations or as a whole, you are missing a vital piece of the Internet marketing equation.
For better overall usability and conversion, it's crucial to know exact data for your websites regarding:
02 May How to Optimize Your Website
