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Blogging: Where Do I Start
by Rahimah Sultan
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If you’re just now thinking of doing business on the internet, the best thing you can do is consider what platform you’re going to use. You have to start somewhere.
Even if you’re doing affiliate marketing, which does not require a website, eventually you’ll probably want to step up your efforts to make money online and have your own “place” on the internet to which you can direct people to buy your products, services, and the products of companies you’re promoting.
Having your own website is ideal. It’s a place to which you can direct anyone and do business.
So, where do you start with blogging?
You should immediately start building your list of possible contacts and build relationships with them.
You can do this with a blog and email marketing.
There are a few things you should do before you start blogging.
Read more…
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Beginner Blogger Mistakes to Avoid (Part 1)
by Rahimah Sultan
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When you tell people that you blog for a living, they think it’s easy, that you just sit at home all day on the internet writing. They say anyone can do that!
But, when they actually try it, they realize it’s much harder than they thought. At first, they make many mistakes like any beginner.
The challenges are pretty easy to avoid if you know they’re coming.
Below are some common mistakes most beginners make and some tips for avoiding them.
What is a blog?
A blog is short for weblog, a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. — Wikipedia
Blogs can help you establish authority in your industry, drive traffic to your website, convert traffic into leads, and grow your business.
What are the most common blog post mistakes?
1. You think of ideas that only interest you.
No matter how great you think your post is, you’re writing for other people.
Solution: Blog posts should reflect your company’s or your site’s larger goals.
You’re blogging to offer solutions to your audience’s problems and to grow your business. All of your blog posts should be written with these goals in mind and have a natural tie-in to issues in your industry while addressing specific questions and concerns of your prospects.
2. You forget about your persona.
If you want your blog content to generate traffic, leads, and sales, it must resonate with your audience and make them take action. You have to have an idea of the person you’re trying to reach – age group, interests, male, female, income range, etc.
Solution: Understand your persona’s problems and frustrations and solve them.
You can bridge the gap with your content by defining your buyer persona and the things that are important to them.
3. Your writing is too rigid.
You should write like you talk, in a style that is effortless to read.
Solution: Write blogs that are personable.
So, relax your style of writing and be more conversational. Use contractions. Throw in a pun or two.
4. You think people care about you as a writer.
People care more about what you can teach them than they do about you and your experiences.
Solution: Show your personality without obscuring the subject.
You can introduce parts of your personality in your writing to make people feel at ease. Some people crack jokes, some reference pop culture, and others use vivid descriptions in their writing.
The choice is yours. Make your tone personal and engaging, as if you’re in a face-to-face conversation.
5. You digress
Although you’re encouraged to let your personality shine through when you’re writing, don’t abuse the privilege. Don’t bring up too many personal experiences that bury the point you’re trying to make.
Don’t digress into these personal anecdotes and analogies too much — your readers aren’t sitting in front of you, which means you can’t guarantee that you have their undivided attention. They may lose patience and bounce from your article.
Solution: Assert your argument repeatedly.
Restate your point in every section of the article, to prevent your writing from losing its audience. Commit to an overarching message and deliver it gradually, repeating it several times throughout the post.
State your main point upfront. Don’t spend several paragraphs telling a story of how you came to do a certain thing before getting to the main focus of your post.
6. Not narrowing your topic.
Don’t use topics like:
“Internet Marketing”
“How to do Social Media Marketing”
“Digital Marketing”
These topics are too broad. To get the most short-term and long-term benefits of your blogging, you need to be very specific.
Solution: Start with a clear, concise idea.
A working title isn’t final — it’s just a solid perspective to keep your writing on track. Once you get this stage right it’s much easier to write your posts.
This is a link to some sources to get ideas. (I get no commission)
https://coursemethod.com/blog-topic-generator-tool.html
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What to Do Before You Start Blogging
by Rahimah Sultan
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If you’re just now thinking about setting up a blog, the first thing you need do is start building your list, on the first day.
Why Build a List First?
You need to start building your list ASAP! It’s absolutely necessary if you want to run successful email marketing campaigns and reach people who are truly interested in your business.
Despite the popularity of social media channels, email marketing remains one of the most used digital marketing techniques.
If you want a successful business, you need people to market to.
What is Email Marketing?
Email marketing as defined in Wikipedia, is the act of sending a commercial message, typically to a group of people, using email… Email marketing strategies commonly seek to achieve one or more of three primary objectives, to build loyalty, trust, or brand awareness.
An email is often the first step in a customer’s journey with you, the initial communication.
What is the Connection Between an Email and Your Blog?
You can think of your blog as your main base of operation, the place where you send people for your products/services or any related information. It’s a marketing tool.
It is also the place you can acquire their information in order to begin a relationship with them so they can get acquainted with you, and begin to like and trust you.
These are the people who will receive your emails. This is a part of your list building. Once your blog is set up, you can strategically place opt-in forms on it asking visitors to fill in their information – full name and email address – so you can contact them. Stick to the basics, name and email. Nobody wants to fill out much more than that.
How Do You Get People to Give up Their information?
1. Pick an email marketing service. I use Host Then Profit (affiliate link).
If you’re just starting out and your budget is tight, you can use a free service. You’ll need to check around and compare the pros and cons so you can choose one that best suits your purpose.
2. Place opt-in forms on your blog.
3. Give visitors a reason to give you their email address. Offer them an ethical bribe (subscriber bribes, lead magnets, opt-in bribes, free offers, free gifts, and content upgrade).
Most people won’t give you their email address out of the goodness of their heart, even if they like you.
Freebies are proven lead magnets.
Give them a free worthwhile gift.
Your subscriber’s bribe should be simple.
Don’t fall into to the trap of trying to get too large and creative with your lead magnet, which could end up in you not creating one at all.
You can educate your visitors by giving away free downloads filled with actionable tips and helpful tools they can use.
Some things you can give away:
Free blog articles
Emails with coupons
Videos
Tutorials and courses
Templates
E-Books
You can start with a one-page simple short PDF checklist offering tips on a particular subject.
To build an email list from nothing you need:
1. To understand your audience
Decide who will be your audience — name, job title, work, demographics like age, gender, education, etc. In other words, create a persona.
You can find out a lot about people through social media channels.
2. A website
Your blog will, eventually, become your website.
In the meantime, you can use a landing page, a single-page website that contains your email opt-in form.
You can use any of the services below to create an opt-in form.
Some of them have free trial periods.
Landerapp.com
iContact.com
Hubspot.com
Leadpages.net
Wix.com
Note: Some advertising channels require that you have a multi-page website that includes pages such as Contact, Terms of Service, and Privacy Policies.
3. An email marketing service. I use Host Then Profit (affiliate link).
4. A great offer, a free worthwhile gift.
Now that you have some pointers on what to do before you start blogging, start building that list.
5 Tips for Starting a One-Person Business
by Rahimah Sultan
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Included in the abundance of business advice is the fact that you should delegate certain tasks so you can focus on your business rather than work in your business. This is sound advice, unless you happen to be the only person in your business or you’re just starting a business.
Can you run a small business on your own?
You can run a small business on your own, although it requires planning and lots of patience.
Following are 5 Tips for starting a one-person business from some entrepreneurs who have successfully done so. You can use your own plan, although this framework tends to lead to success.
1) Start as a Side Business
It’s going to take time to build your one-person business, and quitting your job will create financial challenges if you don’t have quite a bit of money saved.
For financial security, starting your one-person business on the side is often the way to go. If you develop a client base while working a full-time job over a year or so, you’ll be bringing in money and be set to grow an already established brand once you take your venture full time.
Starting your business on the side allows you the time and opportunity to see what challenges may occur or whether you should change course and choose another type business.
Starting your business from home on the side affords flexibility to make mistakes and fail without losing your only source of income.
2) Determine the Right Structure for Your Business
The type of clients or audience you want and your branding play a part in structuring your business.
The simplest forms of business available are sole proprietorships which offer a lot of flexibility. You can be an independent contractor, operate a small more traditional business or do freelance work.
Although this seems like a logical choice, you are solely responsible for everything including any potential lawsuits that may occur and any applicable employment taxes.
The usual advice is to form an LLC or incorporate the business. In doing so you, as the owner, are provided with liability protection.
If you’re a one-person business and operate as a sole proprietorship you can change the structure when you become a multi-person organization.
Click here for more information on choosing a business structure.
3) Prioritize Tasks
Since you’re the only one working in your business, it’s critical not to procrastinate or waste time. You need to prioritize your tasks.
Schedule your day and your tasks. You’re going to be pulled in many directions with phone calls and messages and such. You have to decide what needs immediate attention and what can wait.
Organize tasks with both a short- and long-term view. Block out times of the day to work on different tasks and long-term goals and projects. If your working only a few hours a day on your side business, there’s not a lot of time for tedious tasks and checking emails.
Help prioritize your tasks by setting long-term goals.
When working alone it’s easy to get off track and make little progress. Take a long-term goal setting approach, and hold yourself accountable to those goals. You can set long-term goals to accomplish in three-month increments.
Let’s say you’re just organizing a plan of action because you’ve not actually started your side business. Consider how you’ll get the word out about your business. Consider whether you’ll use a blog, social media or both. Then set target dates for having these in place. Set dates for when you want to begin posting to your blog. Decide how often you want to post and when you’ll write your posts. Setting goals helps you stay on track.
Although sticking to the grindstone and getting work done is great, you’ll need some help from other sources. Surround yourself with great people. That can be other small businesses and independent contractors who can provide a variety of services such as website development, graphic design, and video production. Working together and exchanging ideas and being flexible benefits you and your clients.
4) Community Supporters
Running a one-person business can be mentally tiring, so connect with like-minded people and build a community of supporters. Find activities that are not work related to get involved in like joining clubs and joint fitness groups for human interaction to allow time away the day-to-day office drama.
Connect with business peers for advice and to reduce business loneliness. Reach out to local business owners and entrepreneurs. Talk with experienced business people in your area and share advice and viewpoints with them. This builds connections and gives you a group of people to turn to for advice. LinkedIn is an easy way to connect with business people in your area and quickly build a network.
Attend SBA (Small Business Administration) events in your area that interest you and meet others who are experiencing what you’re going through.
As counter-intuitive as it sounds, it’s not wise to run a one-person business alone.
5) Growth Limitations
Your growth limitations are determined by your definition of success. You can grow only so large without a team. If you find the limit that you can get to on your own and are able to maintain, you can certainly sustain that as long as you desire.
If you have no goals of building any level of empire, you might be completely content to stay on your own. But if your definition of success involves anything more than that, you’ll need to start considering having a team.
So, write your business plan, with these five tips for starting a one-person business in mind, meet with a business advisor to discuss activating your plans, and be patient.
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Email Marketing is One of the Most Used Digital Marketing Techniques
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Although email marketing is over 40 years old, it’s as strong as ever. It may be even stronger since brands have shifted to digital marketing channels due the ever-changing marketing landscape.
What is email marketing?
Email marketing is a method used to send emails to your customers and prospects to get more conversions. The aim is to convert one-time buyers into repeat customers and to get prospects to make their initial purchase.
An email is often the beginning of a customer’s journey with you.
Two reasons email marketing works:
You control who to focus on, and
You get more conversions
How do You Succeed With Email Marketing?
To succeed with email marketing you must first build your list.
Use your website or blog to get people to sign up for your emails. Place a form on your site with a CTA (call-to-action) asking for your visitors’ name and email address. Add a sign-up form on your “about us” page.
Another way to get signups is by using a lead magnet. This offers something free in exchange for their contact details. This can be a resource guide, an ebook or something else. It must be relevant to your target audience.
Make sure your sign-up forms are not too long or complicated. People might just skip over them and move on. Limit the requested information to one field, an email address, or two maximum that includes a name.
Designing and Sending Your Emails
Designing and sending emails to your subscribers is probably the most important part of the total email marketing process. You can create them yourself, which can be very time consuming and expensive or you can use templates from third-party websites.
A lot of sites provide free email templates that you can customize and use. As a business, there are different kinds of emails that you might want to send to your subscribers.
You’ll certainly want to send a transactional (confirmation) email that goes out immediately after someone takes action on your site. You can also use these to sell, upsell, and boost engagement.
Then there will be follow-up emails with relevant and timely information regarding what you’re offering.
Here are some things you’ll want to do:
— Use attention-grabbing catchy subject lines
— Use action words and verbs that encourage people to take action
— Add a stat or number to subject lines to add credibility and create curiosity
— Keep subject lines light and creative by adding an emoji
— If possible, personalize your email subject lines with their names to grab the target’s attention
— Remember your mobile readers and keep your email subject lines short and simple
One important thing you should NOT do is use words like “free” or “deal” that may trigger filters to send your email to spam folders.
Give your customers a good experience by putting them first throughout their journey with you. Email is often the beginning of their venture with you.
When you use a human-centered approach and put your customers and their needs first, you’ll be rewarded with their loyalty.
Email marketing continues to be a mainstay in the marketing world, and email marketing is the perfect marketing channel for relationship-building.
It’s a simple, direct and cost-effective way of connecting with your leads, and is still one of the most used digital marketing techniques.
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Insurance for Your Home-Based Business
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If you’re an entrepreneur with a home-based business, you may have considered getting business insurance. Well, hesitate no longer. The question is not whether or not to get insurance, but what type of insurance to get.
You definitely need insurance for your home-based business.
Just because you can run your business in your pajamas doesn’t mean it’s not a real business. So, it needs to be insured just like any brick and mortar establishment.
Your homeowner’s policy carries little or no coverage for a business and some insurance companies may even invalidate your policy if you file a business-related claim.
As a result you’ll have no coverage for:
Buildings used for business purposes
Loss or damage to business records or data
Loss of income that results from a business shutdown caused by physical loss to business property.
Why Do You Need Insurance for Your Home-Based Business?
Consider the following:
1) You run a consulting business from home, as an IT professional. If your home is robbed and all your expensive computer equipment is stolen, you may find that it’s not fully covered under your homeowners’ insurance because it is considered business property.
2) A business delivery person is leaving your home-based architect office and slips on some wet steps and sustains injuries. Your policy might not pay for these injuries because your insurance doesn’t cover business deliveries or any third-party injury claims.
3) If you run a landscaping business out of a building adjacent to your home and it catches fire and burns your equipment, you’re mistaken to think your homeowner’s policy covers such an incident.
4) As an accountant, you advise a client on a financial matter that ends up costing her money. As a result, she files a lawsuit. A homeowner’s policy won’t come close to touching that.
These are only a few reasons to purchase home-based business insurance.
Neither homeowners’ nor renters’ insurance policies cover home-based businesses.
The many types of business insurance include:
Business property insurance which covers any kind of equipment used to operate your business including your computer, printer, fax machine, furniture, etc.
Liability insurance that protects you and your business from being liable for damages caused to another person or property.
Product liability coverage to protect your business from damages to property or a person caused by a product you supplied, manufactured or designed.
Business automobile coverage which will provide coverage if you are in an accident while making pickups or deliveries, visiting clients or performing other business-related tasks. Your personal auto policy does not cover using your vehicle for business.
Here I have covered only a few types of insurance for your home-based business. There are many more for you to consider, depending on your particular business.
It is wise to work with an insurance professional who can furnish the details you need for the particular type of home-based business insurance that’s available for your business.
Based on the many potential business liabilities, you’re probably better off having at least a combination of a few policies, depending on your business needs. And that could be one less thing to keep you awake at night.
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Blog Article Marketing for Your Business
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Blog article marketing for your business is a cost-effective way to drive traffic to your website or blog. It’s also a way of acquiring potential customers, a way to get your website indexed on search engines, and a way to promote your site and to get backlinks.
Using blog article marketing for your business makes good sense. Since blogging doesn’t cost anything on most websites, you can choose a popular blogging platform and connect your blog with your other marketing campaigns. This lets you connect and have conversations with the people that visit your site and it’s a great way to engage customers.
Starting your own blog doesn’t have to be complicated. Here is an article that was written some time ago, but the information it contains is still current.
Once your blog is set up and you consistently write informative articles, your reputation within your niche will improve and this offers you a good way to improve your income.
A blog is an indispensable tool for your business.
Build Your Following
To build your following offer your readers important information that is helpful. Share useful and interesting content on a regular basis.
Use a warm, friendly casual style even when writing on technical subjects. You don’t want to be boring and drive away readers.
Get Found by Search Engines
To help your article get found by search engines, use your main keyword or keyword phrase in the title, header, sub-headings, and in the URL, which leads to more traffic and sales.
The first paragraphs of your article should be the best and very powerful. Include the best information here to grab the attention of both readers and search engines.
You want your audience to read the entire article so don’t give away too much at the beginning, just enough to grab their attention. Lead them down the page using your sub-headings under which you feed them even more interesting information.
Do Not Duplicate Content
For the best quality content, write your own articles. They should be original and fresh. Put forth your own spin and offer a unique outlook or suggestion to impress your readers. If search engines detect duplicate content you will be flagged and penalized, and your marketing becomes ineffective as search engines will not “pick up” your article.
Even though it’s true that the more people you have viewing your writing the better your chance of success, you don’t have to target large audiences with your article. You want the people that do read your articles to be those who are truly interested in what you have to say.
Never ignore your dedicated readers.
Blog article marketing for your business can be extremely lucrative. One of the most exciting parts about it is you’re building interest in you and your company and offers through unique and interesting articles.
Nothing is more important than drawing in readers and giving valuable information that will keep them coming back time and time again. The key to building long-term business relationships with your visitors and potential customers and clients is in providing them with valuable, quality information.
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How Does MLM Compare to Pyramid Schemes?
by Rahimah Sultan
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If you’re considering a multilevel marketing (MLM) opportunity, be very cautious. MLM and pyramid schemes can be very similar.
How does MLM compare to pyramid schemes?
What is MLM?
Some people like the MLM business model. You have the opportunity to become involved in a system for supplying products to consumers. MLM associates have the support of a direct sales company so they don’t have to start a business from scratch. Some of the companies train you.
When you become a MLM distributor, associate, consultant, or whatever term the company uses, you make money, by selling products to other MLM participants who are not already a member, when you sign them up.
You earn money on your sales as well as a percentage of the sales of the new distributors you bring in. The people you bring in are your downline. Sometimes you get bonuses after reaching certain milestones like bringing in a certain number of new people or selling a certain amount of product. You can also win cash, trips, and automobiles.
MLM can be a legitimate business opportunity, but not always. MLM is legal in Canada and most of the United States, whereas pyramid schemes are not.
What is a pyramid scheme?
If you’re looking for a legitimate business opportunity, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between an MLM opportunity and a pyramid scheme.
A pyramid scheme also offers the opportunity to make money by signing up others and achieving certain levels.
Unlike MLM, a pyramid scheme exists solely to get your money and then use you to recruit other distributors.
Ask yourself the following questions before signing on:
Do you have to invest a large amount of money upfront to become a distributor? MLMs do not require large startup costs.
If you have to pay for inventory will the company buy back unsold product? Legitimate MLM companies offer 80% buyback.
Does the company offer actual products or services? MLM companies depend on an actual market for products and services. Don’t sign up if the company doesn’t seem to have any interest in consumer demand for its products.
Is the focus more on recruitment or products and services? Pyramid schemes focus on fast profits from signing up people and getting their money. If this seems to be the case, run.
How to Determine the Focus.
The pyramid scheme focuses on fast profits from signing people up and getting their money.
If the emphasis is on recruitment rather than on selling the product or service do not sign up.
Another trademark of the pyramid scheme is the offer of commissions for recruiting new members. This is what matters in a pyramid scheme, not the products or services being offered.
When you’re deciding on a business opportunity thoroughly check out the company. Get all the information you can on its products and operations.
Check out the business or marketing plan. Talk to others who have experience with the MLM company and its products. Determine if there are real products being sold and the quality of these products or services.
Check with the Better Business Bureau to see if there are any complaints against the company.
When attending recruitment meetings, listen very carefully for claims of you being able to make amazing amounts of money. That should set off the alarm bells for you.
Although being part of a successful multilevel marketing company can be both profitable and fun, unfortunately, some supposed MLM opportunities are just cons designed to flatten your wallet and trash your dream of running a business.
So, How Does MLM Compare to Pyramid Schemes? MLM is a legitimate business opportunity, whereas pyramid schemes are scams to take your money.
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4 Main Types of Email Marketing
by Rahimah Sultan
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What is email marketing?
It’s basically self-explanatory. The Wikipedia definition is:
Email marketing is the act of sending a commercial message, typically to a group of people, using email. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. It involves using email to send advertisements, request business, or solicit sales or donations. Wikipedia
Email is one of the most trusted communication channels available to marketers. You have to have an email address to perform many things online including online banking and opening a Facebook account, so just about everyone with internet access has a valid email address.
The most successful email marketing campaigns begin with a targeted email list of qualified leads who are interested in what you’re offering.
What are the types of email marketing?
There are many. In this article I shall discuss four main types of email marketing:
Welcome
Email Newsletters
Transactional Emails
Behavioral Emails
1. WELCOME EMAILS
Welcome emails are the first communication you’ll have with prospective customers. You need to nurture your contacts and give them a chance to get to know, like, and trust you.
Welcome emails should offer a personal touch and introduce you without a sales pitch. You need to build a relationship and work on giving a good first impression. They should illustrate your knowledge and expertise and pave the way for future contact.
2. EMAIL NEWSLETTERS
An email newsletter works well for B2B (Business to Business) communication. You can use it as a method to educate customers and prospects about your products, as well as showcase employee profiles, company projects, and relevant graphics. Hubspot is a good marketing CRM (customer relations management) tool that’s free and you can upgrade later to grow your business. (I get no fee for this. It’s just a suggestion.)
When creating an email newsletter You should consider a variety of factors including:
Content length
Type of information
Placement of images and text
Design
CTA (Call to Action)
As you work on your newsletter layout and content creation, remember your goal and be sure you’re working toward it by prioritizing the design and positioning of calls-to-action.
The advantages of email newsletters are:
Creating Brand Awareness: A newsletter, like a newspaper, creates a certain anticipation in readers. They get into the habit of receiving it, so make sure you’re sending it at regular intervals, be it daily or weekly, thus building a habit in your email subscribers which allows them to recognize your brand and associate it with a positive experience.
Repurposing Content: A newsletter usually contains already published information. You can do quick summaries of your most popular blog posts and link to the articles from your newsletter. This will bring your subscribers back to the company website and connect them with more company content.
Diversification of Content: You can use an email newsletter to include different kinds of content important to your business or organization. That can be popular blog posts, new offers, upcoming events, discounts, etc.
3. TRANSACTIONAL EMAILS
Transactional emails are usually initiated by a prospect or customer interaction with a website or an app. For example, password resets delivery information and receipts, email receipts, invoices, billing statements, and order confirmations.
Transactional emails are used to enable a transaction already agreed upon by a customer and shouldn’t market or promote any product or service or generate additional revenue.
Usually, transactional emails don’t require permission, whereas you MUST get customer consent to send marketing emails. And, with marketing emails, there must always be an unsubscribe option for the customer.
Be sure you’re compliant with email sending laws in all the countries in which you do business.
4. BEHAVIORAL EMAILS
Behavioral emails are automated emails sent to people who have given their permission to have emails sent to them that may contain advertising materials, offers, company digests, invitations to events, video reviews, and other content.
These emails are sent after a user interacts with a business on social media, the company’s website, email, and other channels. They help increase customer engagement and sales. With behavioral email, site visitors receive different types of emails, depending on their specific actions.
Email marketing principles are the same for anyone, not just big businesses.
Almost everyone who has Internet access has at least one active email address.
Email marketing gives you the opportunity to build personal relationships with your audience.
Email makes it easy to combine all your marketing campaigns.
Email marketing is easy to manage, gives you full control, and allows you to establish a direct contact with your customers.
Although there are more, these four main types of email marketing will help you with your marketing strategy.
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7 Reasons for a Digital Marketing Strategy
by Rahimah Sultan
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Your business needs a strategic marketing plan in order to remain ahead of your more digitally savvy competitors.
Take steps now to create, streamline, or optimize your marketing strategy and accelerate your results.
Digital and mobile channels are vital for acquiring and retaining customers.
What is digital marketing?
Digital marketing is the component of marketing that uses internet and online based digital technologies such as desktop computers, mobile phones and other digital media and platforms to promote products and services. — Wikipedia
Digital marketing is using digital technologies and media to achieve marketing objectives.
You can consider using the following examples of digital technologies and media options for your marketing campaigns:
Search engine marketing
Social media marketing
Pay-per-click (PPC)
Paid social
Online advertorial
Affiliate marketing
Organic search (SEO)
Organic social
Guest blogging
Co-branding
Backlinks
Sponsorship
Influencer outreach
You need a digital marketing strategy in order to avoid these common problems that arise when you don’t have one.
What are these problems?
1. Not having a clear goal of what you want to achieve online
You need a clear strategic goal for what you want to accomplish in terms of acquiring new customers and building better relationships with your current ones, and you need clear objectives in order to reach those goals.
2. Understanding your online marketplace
It’s important to research your online audience. The dynamics of using digital marketing will be different from long-established avenues which have different types of customer profile and behavior and marketing communications options.
3. Staying updated on the latest trends and innovations
In order to stay ahead of your competitors, you need to devote enough resources to digital to stay up to date with the latest trends and advances in your sector.
4. No strong value proposition
A value proposition introduces your brand to consumers by showing what you stand for and why you deserve their business. It should be persuasive and help turn a prospect into a paying customer.
5. Not knowing your online customers well
Know the sentiment of visitors and what they think. Use other forms of website feedback tools to help create a more customer-centered website and brand rather than Google Analytics and such, which only show volumes of visits and not the sentiments of visitors or what they think.
6. You’re disintegrated
You need an integrated marketing strategy. Digital media work best when combined with traditional media channels.
7. Avoid duplication
If you have a larger company, don’t waste your money and time by way of duplication. Don’t misuse your funds by having different segments of the marketing organization buying different tools and using other agencies for completing similar online marketing assignments.
Invest in a marketing strategy, that works for everyone, to plan, manage and optimize your digital channels and platforms.
Internet marketing using a digital marketing strategy can accelerate your results and increase your ROI.
Although these 7 reasons for a digital marketing strategy are not the only problems that may be encountered, you should keep them in mind when setting up your marketing campaigns.
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