4 Alternative Types of Content for Your Business If You Hate to Write
Content is essential to your business becoming (or remaining) an industry leader. It’s fast becoming a differentiator as more and more customers do their research online and make purchasing decisions long before they speak with one of your sales people. If you hate to write, but don’t want to pay someone else to do it for you, you don’t have to give up on content. You shouldn’t. There are other forms of content production that are as effective in helping you become a resource for your customers as the
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Avoiding Life’s Ruts
Early pioneers who helped settle and tame the Wild West had to overcome many challenges as they made progress toward success. Planning enough food and water, avoiding wild animals, maneuvering through Indian territory, overcoming disease, and arriving safely and successfully before inclement weather hindered their progress, were just a few of the factors to consider before loading up the wagons and heading out. Those who headed west were driven by the desire for opportunity and were inspired by the dream of
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10 Easy Ways to Increase Sales
One of the most obvious ways to boost revenue in your business is to make more sales. Here are ten ways you can start doing that today: 1. Do You Have A Sales Strategy? Most businesses think they have a strategy, but they don’t. Now is a good time to develop one. You need to consider who your ideal customer is and what are the products and services that provide the best return for you.
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7 Numbers You Should be Tracking in Your Digital Marketing
Digital marketing, or web marketing, and social media have a very low cost to entry but that doesn’t mean we should ignore tracking our investment and return. While ROI is not entirely possible when it comes to measuring the success of a relationship and loyalty, it can be applied to the proof of such – gaining more new customers and retaining the existing ones. You need to continue (or enter into) digital marketing and social media regardless of what your initial attempts are producing. To throw away the
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Build your Online Digital Presence and Build your Business
It’s officially holiday crunch time! With 50% of holiday shoppers browsing and shopping online this year, there’s no better time to pump up your online marketing on Save Local Now! Make sure your business is found: Claim Your Business: sign in and update your business profile. Boost your localized Search Engine Optimization by adding a detailed business description and keywords. Hint: a keyword is anything a consumer would search for to find that specific business. Visit your local Shop Local Now page to
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Announcing Save Local Now- your solution to building an internet presence
We are thrilled to announce Save Local Now, our newest FREE member benefit! We at chose to partner with Save Local Now for many reasons. Here are the top three: Save Local Now brings our community a proven “Buy Local initiative. Save Local Now provides our members with free digital marketing tools. Save Local Now offers our members effective time management solutions.
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Three Leadership Principles from the Revolutionary War That Still Apply Today
On Sunday, January 21, 1776, in a small New England church, Pastor Peter Muhlenberg delivered one of the most dramatic sermons of his career. Muhlenberg’s text for the day was Ecclesiastics 3 where it explains, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.” Coming to the end of his sermon, Peter Muhlenberg turned to his congregation and said, “In the language of the holy writ, there was a
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Annapolis Fitness
Annapolis Fitness, which opened in 2012, is a fitness studio that caters to its clients health, fitness, and well being. The studio offers both group classes and personal training, and featured classes include BodyPump, BodyCombat, TRX, HIIT, Velocity, Barre Worx, BodyJam, Step, RPM (Cycling), Transformation Challenge, Zumba, and Yoga.
Elizabeth Doll
Kelly's Cafe & Expresso
Teresa Baker and her husband own this month’s member spotlighted company, Kelly’s Café and Espresso. The local restaurant has two branches. In Gig Harbor, the first storefront was opened in 2006, after Teresa worked under her brother at his Seattle restaurant, igniting her restaurant bug.
Matt
Everybody's American Cookhouse
Everybody’s American Cookhouse is a local restaurant centrally located at the top of Mile Hill. It features Northwest comfort food made from scratch, with homegrown recipes. The owners, Barbara Meyer and her husband, seek to make Everybody’s a gathering place for… well… everybody (with an emphasis on Port Orchard’s residents)! Barbara is proud to call her restaurant team members “family,” and looks forward to being a vibrant part of South Kitsap for years to come.
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