May 3, 2023 | Marketing, Marketing Automation, Simplify Social Media, Social Media
Small business owners have many uses for artificial intelligence, from customer service to sales, inventory management, and accounting. You may already be using AI without even realizing it. AI is also a valuable tool for marketing your small business. ChatGPT, an AI...
Apr 13, 2023 | Blogging, Websites
Google announced it will replace its current Universal Analytics with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) on July 1st, 2024. This means that Google Analytics will only collect website visitor data after July 1st if you have a plan. So what is GA4? GA4 isn’t just an upgrade to...
Feb 3, 2023 | Branding, Social Media
If you’ve been in business for a while, you may feel that your business’s brand story is already written. However, brands are living, breathing entities. They aren’t static. As a business owner, your brand’s story is yours to continue to tell. What...
Aug 9, 2022 | Accessibility, Websites, WordPress
In the US, most of the us are aware of The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This civil rights law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, and public places or...
Jan 19, 2022 | Marketing, Reviews, Testimonial
Will Rogers famously said, “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” Of course, it’s true that your business will never have the chance to make another FIRST impression. But if you make a bad first, or tenth, or twentieth impression because of...
Nov 19, 2021 | Marketing, Social Media
The “COVID Years” have presented a huge challenge to many small businesses as well as non-profit organizations (understatement of the year…). Besides looking for employees, both are often struggling to gain back the business and donors they had prior to...
Oct 19, 2021 | Marketing, Social Media
Most businesses cannot survive long without a team. Business owners that spend too much time in the business rather than on the business often find themselves unable to keep up with the varied demands and are unable to grow. In the same vein, keeping all your...
Jul 9, 2021 | Marketing, Social Media
When businesses go through lean times, owners and leaders often trim or even eliminate the marketing budget and activities. While understandable, research has shown that there are benefits to advertising during a recension or downturn. In fact, a report from the...
Nov 27, 2020 | Marketing, Social Media
It is an understatement to say that this year has NOT been business as usual. In any other year, most business owners and leaders would be looking at their last year’s marketing efforts for the holiday season to evaluate and make a plan for this year. However, in this...
Apr 21, 2020 | Marketing, Simplify Social Media, Social Media
I woke up this morning to a bright sun and the promise of warmer temps. And thought, “Ugh. The beach parking lots are closed. I can’t really go anywhere. I’m tired of thinking about wearing a mask everywhere I go.” And continued to gripe a...