Advertising for your business does not stop even when you’re on the job.
There are simple things you can do to expose your business every single day when you are at a client. Here are our top 5:
We are now several months into 2016 and a number of marketing trends are making their mark this year. As most businesses have executed a good part of their marketing strategies, we now take a look what has been working and what could work for your business.
Building a solid client base is key to the survival and growth for most business owners, big or small.
To do this, requires having a strategy to find new customers as well as developing strong referral partnerships that can bring you more regular clients.
We list down three ways to grow your client base.
Successful marketing for small business is changing. From Google to Facebook there seems to be more emphasis on location-based marketing.
Why? Because locals love searching, buying and supporting local business owners mean conversions are likely to be much higher.
Even before digital technology, consumers were already targeted based on their location with letterbox drops and flyers. And in the digital world, it is no different in trying to find and market to your locals, whether you’re a tradie and local professional service provider.
Here are 3 ways how location-based marketing can help your business.
As a tradie, building credibility is essential in winning over new customers. And in addition, there is the added challenge of standing out from all the local competition.
And that’s where social media platforms like Facebook can give you the extra needed “edge” to get customers over the line.
It can also be a valuable lead generation platform in connecting directly with your local target audience.
So why use Facebook to grow your trade business?
Running a local business requires understanding what other businesses are doing online and simply keeping up!
So what are other local businesses doing more off right now?
We list three keys areas where there seems to be more focus on at present and so may be worth considering with your online marketing strategies.
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Have you ever wondered why some tradies are extremely successful in winning over clients and turning them into loyal raving fans?
Firstly, it is nothing to do with price! So let’s get that out of the way.
And I would even go as far as saying, it doesn’t have much to do with doing a “good” job. After all many high quality tradies still fail to leave customers thinking “wow”.
So what gets them talking and referring? It’s tradies with the “wow” factor! Read more
There are lots of online marketing options out there to choose from. It’s not something you can jump into without research.
Each marketing campaign is different in terms of approach, cost and effectiveness and your role is to make an informed decision on what is right for you.
We list 3 good questions to ask yourself when considering your online marketing campaign.
It’s true. And compare that to spending money on advertising your business which only has a trust level of about 14%.
According to numerous surveys, people are more likely to trust a brand or a business that someone has recommended. Why, because it’s credible, based on a real experience and at the end of the day, who doesn’t want a good trusted business in their home, business or life.
2016 presents a multitude of opportunities for small businesses to grow especially with digital marketing. There have been countless reports on the growing spend in online advertising buying, targeted mobile apps, branded content and publishing. There are also reports on big corporations investing in proximity-based marketing technologies.
So amidst the intricate world of digital marketing, where do small businesses like yours come in? Fortunately, there is plenty of space and opportunity even for small players to do well in the online digital world.
