We sometimes think digital marketing is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, add a piece here, move one around there, and eventually you’ve got a big picture marketing campaign. Here are some of the pieces you might want to put in place.(more…)
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True Creativity – It May Not Be What You Think!
What do you think of when you hear the word, creativity? Do you think art, music, style or aesthetics? While these are all important elements of creativity it is not a complete picture of what it means to be creative. Wikipedia tell us "Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created" As business owners we all need to be creative thinkers. We need to provide value to our clients and customers. We need to create new methods for attracting more leads and sales to our businesses. We need to move beyond the aesthetics when we consider creativity. It's about how we do business, what methods, systems and ideas we can introduce in a creative way to produce a better outcome.Let's get our creative thinking caps on and ask ourselves these two
Start an Online Marketing Strategy
In this new online marketing world, businesses sometimes worry about being left behind, and then they try to do everything at once. That’s generally not the best idea - quality before quantity is likely to be much more successful when it comes to online marketing. Make a start with the key foundations, and you can build on them as you go along.(more…)
The Most Important Marketing Question Ever
Marketing tips and tricks abound on the internet. We could talk to you about logo design strategy and website goals and objectives and the value of using persuasive colours in your marketing, all of which are valuable tools for getting the most out of your promotional activities. However, when clients come to talk to us about website design at our Williamstown office, or any of our other services, we don’t focus on telling them how wonderful we are (although we hope they’ll notice!) we ask the single most important question…(more…)
Achieving Website Goals and Objectives
Your website is a vital tool when it comes to marketing your business. So how can you make sure your website is helping to drive your business forward? Here are some tips.(more…)
How to Commercialise Your Blog?
I’ll probably get a lot of hate mail as a result of what I’m about to say. Blogging can be a powerful profit generation tool. When you have a large blog following and attract a lot of traffic from search engines why not cash in on it. Just be careful if you plan to take your blog and commercialise it. You need to get the balance right. Beware, you will lose a few readers in the process. If your content is high quality and you have built strong connections with your readers, you can introduce lead generation strategies with minimal damage. These are the three options I would suggest considering.(more…)
Focus on Benefits and the Features Take Care of Themselves
Having good features associated with your product or service is great however, benefits are what customers buy. Most business people agree that being benefits focused is the key to marketing however it can be difficult not to slip into a features focus.(more…)
Market Research for Entrepreneurs
Large corporations are able to allocate huge amounts of money for market research. They understanding the importance of understanding your target market in order to successfully communicate with prospects and customers. For most small businesses, this level of research would send them broke before they even get started. This is not to say the same principles can’t be achieved in a smaller scale.(more…)
7 Things to Consider Before You Launch an Online Business
Even today when many entrepreneurs start online businesses, getting everything done from branding, web design, development to search engine optimisation isn't always easy.(more…)
How Responsive Web Design Can Make Your Site More Accessible
When it comes to websites, user experience is everything. A website that is cluttered, poorly designed or hard-to-navigate is likely to lose its audience. After all, competition is high, and people can always go elsewhere to find what they are looking for. (more…)
32 Reasons Why You Should Contact a Graphic Designer
There are many reasons why people contact graphic designers and web designers. Here are just a few reasons. If you think of any others, just add them to the comments below.(more…)
The Value of Investing in a Quality Website
A website is more than just an advertisement that displays what your business sells, and where it is located. A quality website is a powerful interactive marketing tool that spurs users on to take action, and generates sales for your business. Investing in your website is an essential part of your overall business success. (more…)
Creating a Sales-Generating Website
If you own or run a Melbourne bricks and mortar store it’s likely you go to a lot of effort to make your shopfront look as attractive as possible. After all, window-dressing is important, and you want people to be drawn inside, to browse around, and to buy. (more…)
The Importance of Setting Website Goals and Objectives
In this era of reliance on web search to find goods and services, it’s pretty much expected that every business should have a website. This applies to small or even micro-businesses as much as any large corporation. (more…)
The Customer-Centric Website
I recently read this blog post and it got me thinking about customer-centric companies and website design.Becoming a customer-centric business is the only way to succeed online in a competitive marketplace. Always consider the benefits of your product or service, not just the features. Perhaps your market is interested in statistics and interesting facts. Maybe they engage best with interesting stories or testimonials. Whatever you do, your customers must be the priority in your website. It's about them, not you.