For kids of the 90s, the fashion, music and pop culture references of that time period can inspire feelings of nostalgia. But not everything that was cool in the 90s plays so well in 2016, especially when you’re talking about small business marketing strategies. Bonus...
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7 Simple Ways to Earn an A+ on Your Next Email Campaign
School may be out, but our small business email marketing class is in session! Today we’re focusing on eliminating the annoying email habits that can turn your campaign into a nuisance, or worse, get your accounts suspended altogether. Here are seven tips that will...
Online Marketing Doesn’t Take a Summer Vacation, But You Can
There’s no such thing as a summer vacation for small business owners. Even when you’re actually on vacation, certain aspects of your business have to continue in your absence. Online marketing is a prime example. Let’s look at how you can handle these five marketing...
Curl up With a Good Book and Improve Your Small Business
Attention, small business owners! Whether you’re an up-and-comer or an old dog in search of new tricks, cracking a book is often the first step on the road to newfound success. Here are five books every entrepreneur should read in 2016. 1. Stand Out by Dorie Clark In...
Top Subject Lines for Criminal Defense Attorneys
If you're a criminal defense attorney, staying in front of past clients is the best way to increase referrals. But figuring out an email marketing strategy can be quite time-consuming. If you want to increase email open rates, you’ll need to focus on writing stronger...
Top Email Subject Lines For Automotive Businesses
Carefully crafted subject lines mean higher email open rates, and email opens directly impact the amount of business your auto shop does. But many automotive shop owners don’t give this much thought and instead default to a standard email newsletter format with...
Understanding the Anatomy of an Email Newsletter
An email newsletter should provide unique value to recipients while keeping the sender top of mind for repeat and referral business. Unfortunately, that’s often easier said than done. Let’s look at the anatomy of an email newsletter and identify the components...
A Summer Content Calendar for Insurance Agents (Top 10 Topics)
Summer is almost here! It’s time to pull out your content calendar and get it ready for the upcoming season. Newsletter topics that are seasonally appropriate (be mindful of holidays too) will keep you relevant and your readers engaged. Getting into the nitty-gritty...
Are You Expert Status? The 2016 Email Marketing Quiz Results Are In
Small business owners wear many hats. In fact, it’s reported that the average business owner ends up doing three to six extra jobs outside of their main role. And often, marketing falls onto their plates. Knowing this, we challenged our blog readers to test their...
Building Value and Relationships: Insurance Marketing Musts
It’s all about building solid relationships and providing value to policyholders. That’s what any successful insurance agent will tell you. But just because the approach hasn’t changed doesn’t mean you can’t add a few new tools to your marketing arsenal. Brent...
Social, Wellness and Passion for What You Do: Meet Entrepreneur Marlow McShan
Marlow McShan, the owner of Marlow’s Fitness, attributes a big part of his business’s success to word of mouth on social media. And with his studio recently receiving Austin Monthly’s 2015 Best of Austin Readers’ Choice Award, we’d say he’s doing things right....
Turn Business Cards Into Opportunities With OutboundEngine
This is a story about a box full of business cards and how those cards (pictured below) went from collecting dust to generating leads for one OutboundEngine customer. There’s little we won’t do to put a smile on a customer’s face. Our Customer Success team is beyond...
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