Let me present to you the beginner’s guide to social media for small businesses, the one guide that will help lead you to understand how to make social media work for your business. Overused social media disclaimers of importance aside, social media is now an assumed...
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3 Ways to Fail at Marketing for Real Estate Agents [Infographic]
Real estate agents try countless marketing ideas to help grow their businesses, yet they continue to invest in expensive, low-yielding channels. After looking into the various ways real estate agents spend their marketing dollars, I had an “ah-ha” moment: Real estate...
9 Simple Email Hacks to Increase Open Rates
Figuring out email hacks to help increase open rates has turned into an art form over the years. No matter how strong your relationship is with the recipient, every time you send an email, you’re fighting for precious inbox attention. In order to give your message the...
OutboundEngine Startup Crawl 2014
We want to extend our gratitude to everyone who joined us at our ATX Startup Crawl debut. A lot of hard work went into making this event fun, and the event went beyond our expectations. Throughout the night people stopped by to play games, enjoy our signature...
Niche Product Distributors: Stop Leaving Money on the Table [3 Steps]
As a distributor in the promotional products industry, you have access to a huge, constantly expanding catalog of branded products from thousands of suppliers. However, many of your longtime customers might not know that. Many distributors specialize in niche product...
How to Make the Perfect Salon Email Newsletter [5 Steps]
Sending out a salon email newsletter is a great way to stay in touch with your clients. That occasional email into your clients’ inboxes is enough to keep them thinking about you in between appointments. And when done right, that email will be something they look...
13 Steps for Writing and Editing Your Own Work
You know you need to send out regular communications to your clients so you’ll stay top of mind with them, and you’ve decided it’s time. You’re going to start sending out a regular email newsletter. Then, you’ll post the same content on your website and share it with...
Real Estate Agents: Worried about the Zillow-Trulia Acquisition? Don’t Be.
The news that Zillow will acquire Trulia has many real estate agents worried that the combined company will drive up their marketing costs and make it harder to land new listings. Whether you’re using Zillow or Trulia already, or have stayed away from purchasing...
Real Estate Agents Make Bad Marketing Investments, but There’s Hope!
It’s tough trying to figure out what might be bad marketing investments, especially for real estate agents. That is, it’s tough without having any guidance or statistics to guide you. The long and short of it is this: real estate agents continue to invest in marketing...
The 5 Steps to Smart Real Estate Agent Marketing Investments [Part 2]
Yesterday, I posted the first two steps to making smart real estate marketing investments. That post covers two reasons the most common marketing activities real estate agents invest in don’t hit the mark. They are: Targeting the wrong audiences Investing in low-ROI...
The 5 Steps to Smart Real Estate Agent Marketing Investments [Part 1]
Real estate agents' marketing investments need to be smart and backed by statistics. However, as I recently discussed in a post, real estate agents keep investing in the wrong marketing activities that target the wrong audiences and have terrible return on investment...
How to Boost Orders: 6 Critical Elements for Distributor Email Campaigns
As a distributor in the promotional products industry, you naturally have an interest in building and maintaining relationships with your clients and prospective clients. How else are you going to drive orders? As e-commerce becomes more and more prevalent, the...
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