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Creating a Customer Testimonial Program for Your Business
How to leverage loyal customers into your best advocates to help market your business and influence purchases from new customers Customers have the ability to...READ MORE→
A How-To Guide to Kicking Off Your New Business
Opening a new business is a lot of work, but if you want to sustain a long and successful company, then you need to get...READ MORE→
Review of VerticalResponse and Constant Contact Social Coupon Email Marketing Tools
How VerticalResponse and Constant Contact email marketing services can help you create coupon deals and offers for customers and prospects via email or sharing on...READ MORE→
Use Local Coupon Deal Offers in Email Marketing with Constant Contact
Constant Contact’s new SaveLocal tool combines local coupon offers and deals with their industry leading email marketing software for one easy-to-use online sales tool that...READ MORE→
Green Marketing Ideas to Promote Eco-Friendly Small Businesses
Show your business cares about the environment by focusing on green product advantages and eco-friendly business practices in your marketing messages and strategies Green marketing...READ MORE→
How to Boost Employee Productivity for Small Business
Business owners and managers can improve employee productivity by using motivation, training, prioritization and technology strategies The current economic situation including soaring prices of basic...READ MORE→
Selling Products on Facebook Business Pages with an Online Store App
Transform your Facebook business page into an e-commerce tool for your business with online store apps that let you promote and sell products directly on...READ MORE→
Pinterest Step by Step Guide for Promoting Small Business Brands
Simple and easy to follow instructions for small businesses to get set up to use Pinterest as a brand promotional tool to generate more exposure,...READ MORE→
How to Organize Business Card Leads and Contacts for Email Marketing
Improve sales follow-up with business card leads by using a smartphone scan app to electronically organize and integrate contacts into your email marketing software program...READ MORE→
How to Use Google+ to Create Targeted Circles for Business Page Contacts
Strategies to create and grow target audience groups for customer, product, service or geographic contact segments with Google Plus circles for your business communications and promotions...READ MORE→
3 Ways to Improve Targeting for Customers or Market Territories
From demographics to buying behavior traits and customer interests, learning more about your ideal customer and your target market will help you maximize your marketing...READ MORE→
5 Tactics to Improve Customer Retention
Studies show that a small increase in customer retention can increase profits by at least 25%. Learn how to keep loyal customers and boost profits...READ MORE→