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Top Tips for Pinterest Marketing
Have you considered using Pinterest to market your business? With more than 100 million users, and over 50% of those outside the U.S, it's time you should. Especially with our top tips for Pinterest marketing.Especially as Pinterest is a social network geared more towards business and sales than almost any other. It's a pinboard for images ...
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New Study Shows Importance of Online Customer Service
We all know how good customer service makes us feel about a company. It's one of the experiences that can turn a problem into a positive, and help to keep us purchasing from a brand.It's something that's core to what we do at the Smart Domain Group - and is often mentioned as one of our most noticeable attributes in the feedback we get ...
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The 6 Big SEO Myths You Should Ignore
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) has been around a long time in internet terms. Website owners started exploring how to get their sites recommendation by search engines in the mid-1990s, even before Google launched (1998). It was 2002 before Myspace arrived, 2004 for Facebook, and 2007 for the iPhone to appear.That's one reason why so many SEO ...
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LinkedIn to Make All Groups Private and Launch New App
LinkedIn has become a valuable social network for recruitment and job searches. Since 2004 it has also had LinkedIn Groups which enabled professionals to network and discuss business and common interests. To make them more useful, a new iOS application will be released on October 14th, 2015, and on the same day all Groups will become private.The iO...
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Facebook Launches Business Page Verification
Facebook has launched a Business Page Verification service which will give you an official check mark of approval. The grey checks are then displayed next to your business name, and will apparently help you to appear higher in Facebook search results.It's a useful service as there are now 45 million business pages on Facebook, and there are oft...
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Small Business Marketing You Can Quickly Do Each Day
If you're running a small or medium-sized business, you're probably extremely busy. But while it can be hard to find time, you can integrate two or three quick and easy tasks to help your marketing become much more effective.You might manage all promotion yourself, or have someone like us to help you. But either way, the more you can build ...
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Top 10 Instagram Tips For Small Businesses
Instagram just keeps on growing, having now reached more than 400 million monthly active users. And it's become a great way for small businesses to build awareness and reach new customers - as well as helping to keep existing clientele entertained. So check out our Top 10 Instagram Tips For Small Businesses.It doesn't have to be ridiculousl...
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Why you should plan your Christmas Marketing early this year
The holiday season will see a big boost for businesses. Retailers will expect to see an increase in sales in the run-up to Christmas with new products and promotions aimed at gift buyers. And the seasonal weather also means potentially big demand for heating engineers, plumbers and other related services. Which is why you should plan your Christmas...
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Why You Should Tell The Story of Your Business
Starting your own business is tough. We've been there, and know the effort it takes to become established. It's one of the reasons why we like to work with small and medium-sized businesses - the respect we have for anyone striking out on their own. And it's why you should tell the story of your business.Some people are lucky enough to ...
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Defining Search Engine Marketing vs Search Engine Optimisation
The difference between Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) needs defining. The two terms are often confused for each other, despite meaning different things. In fact, Search Engine Optimisation is one discipline included in Search Engine Marketing.Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Definition:Search Engine Optimisation ...
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