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3 Easy Ways to Diversify Your Newsletter and Blog Articles!

2018-07-13T14:58:17-04:00

{2:30 minutes to read} When considering what content to highlight both in newsletters and blog articles, remember that you are not just going after “new business.” It is equally important to provide information to individuals who could / would refer you business, and almost as important — pass your newsletter along to others! Newsletter marketing efforts [...]

3 Easy Ways to Diversify Your Newsletter and Blog Articles!2018-07-13T14:58:17-04:00

Smile! A Great Headshot Is Great for Business

2018-03-27T07:42:02-04:00

{2:45 minutes to read} If you own or work for a professional practice, you need to be active on LinkedIn and other social media platforms. Our clients know the importance of publishing blog articles, developing educational content, etc.—and those article signatures need to have your headshot. There’s a myriad of places in the professional world in [...]

Smile! A Great Headshot Is Great for Business2018-03-27T07:42:02-04:00

Don’t Blast Your Sales Message to New Contacts—Try This Instead!

2018-03-27T08:04:21-04:00

{4:48 minutes to read} For the majority of professional service providers (like most of you), you should realize you cannot depend solely on your online marketing & networking efforts as your only means of marketing. Offline (in-person) professional relationships cannot be replaced by online efforts, but they can be augmented and reinforced. Keep in mind [...]

Don’t Blast Your Sales Message to New Contacts—Try This Instead!2018-03-27T08:04:21-04:00

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Being Reminded

2018-03-27T08:04:45-04:00

{4:15 minutes to read} How does phoneBlogger remind its clients of publication deadlines, approvals, and appointments? Like every business, we walk a fine line between being a nuisance and being diligent when communicating with our clients. I was speaking a week or so ago with one of our editors about reminding me, and other clients, [...]

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Being Reminded2018-03-27T08:04:45-04:00

7 Cross-Promotion Strategies to Boost Referrals

2018-03-27T08:05:10-04:00

{4:15 minutes to read} There are a lot of different ways in which you can engage others in your co-marketing. In the phoneBlogger.net world, we are, of course, focused primarily on blogs and newsletters. Cross promotion is the next level of marketing by utilizing these tools: Strategy #1: Quote Others Quoting others is the opportunity [...]

7 Cross-Promotion Strategies to Boost Referrals2018-03-27T08:05:10-04:00

3 Ways to Measure Results

2018-03-27T08:05:36-04:00

{4:00 minutes to read} There’s an old adage: “Only 20% of marketing works; 80% is a waste. We just don’t know which 80%!” Even worse, the 80% is a changing set: What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow, and so forth. Unfortunately, much of marketing is trial & error and A/B testing. Still, I find [...]

3 Ways to Measure Results2018-03-27T08:05:36-04:00

LinkedIn Publisher (Pulse) Article Posting: Pros & Cons

2018-03-27T08:05:58-04:00

{3:45 minutes to read} Breaking from tradition, we have been experimenting with sharing our client’s LinkedIn publisher or “Pulse articles” to their LinkedIn groups in lieu of sharing the external article. We are still doing blog articles for nearly all clients. We publish their blog posts’ excerpts and titles, then include links to the blog posts [...]

LinkedIn Publisher (Pulse) Article Posting: Pros & Cons2018-03-27T08:05:58-04:00

Do You Promote Your Articles Through Your Personal Networks?

2018-03-27T08:08:03-04:00

{2:05 minutes to read} Here at phoneBlogger, we work with most of our clients on promoting their original articles through newsletters as well as business & company pages on social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, or Twitter. Clients might also have accounts on community networking sites like Gotham, for example. Most clients also [...]

Do You Promote Your Articles Through Your Personal Networks?2018-03-27T08:08:03-04:00

We’ve Been Hiding Something from You:-) You’re Now Being Published on LinkedIn

2018-03-28T00:31:55-04:00

{2:15 minutes to read} phoneBlogger has begun publishing your blog articles to LinkedIn Publisher. This is part of a new feature available on LinkedIn. What is LinkedIn Publisher? Here’s what LinkedIn says: Your original content becomes part of your professional profile. It is displayed on the posts section of your LinkedIn profile. It’s shared with [...]

We’ve Been Hiding Something from You:-) You’re Now Being Published on LinkedIn2018-03-28T00:31:55-04:00

5+ Ways We SEO Your Articles

2018-03-28T04:44:08-04:00

{2:15 minutes to read} Recently a client emailed me to ask if we use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices to enhance the articles that we edit for her. At phoneBlogger.net, we are SEO-conscious, and we use this knowledge when editing our client’s articles. Here’s how we “SEO” our client’s articles: 1. WordPress comes optimized for [...]

5+ Ways We SEO Your Articles2018-03-28T04:44:08-04:00

Pay-Per-Click: Costly Mistakes to Avoid

2018-03-28T04:48:12-04:00

{3:55 minutes to read} If you are considering Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising, there are many providers to choose from including Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Google is the largest player in the game, raking in 80+% of the search market. Years ago, getting visitors by utilizing PPC was fairly easy, but today the competition is formidable. For [...]

Pay-Per-Click: Costly Mistakes to Avoid2018-03-28T04:48:12-04:00

2 New Cross-promotion Benefits of phoneBlogger.net!

2018-03-28T04:52:55-04:00

{Time to read: 3.5 minutes} Blogging is a means to an end. Our real focus of blogging is word-of-mouth marketing, to stay top-of-mind with referral relationships. One of the main focuses of phoneBlogger.net and working with us is to do what we’re calling “referral-centric blogging” – where we look to prioritize topics that are fine-tuned [...]

2 New Cross-promotion Benefits of phoneBlogger.net!2018-03-28T04:52:55-04:00

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