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How to Effectively Handle Negative Business Reviews

Negative Business Reviews

As a business, negative business reviews are inevitable. It’s hard to please every single customer. You may try your hardest, provide great products and excellent customer service, but you’ll have to deal with a negative business review sooner or later. This is simply an organic part of any business as it grows. With the online world using reviews to make decisions on what to buy, where to eat and even which plumbing service to call, it’s important to handle negative reviews in the best way possible. You cannot simply ignore these reviews. Here are five effective ways to handle negative reviews about …

Does your Company’s Website Need Professional Photography?

When you create a website for your company, every element needs to serve a purpose. Whether it’s the way visitors navigate or the design, it needs to have a specific focus and serve your company. Often, companies refuse to invest in key elements, which make all the difference. Did you know, about 65% of the population is visually inclined when learning? Most people visiting your website will get so much more out of the visual elements than the words on the page. The words are very important, but the pictures are even more important. Outdated, stock or poor photography simply …

What Oddities & Embarrassments Come with Working From Home?

Working from home provides all kinds of freedom and may not seem like it would provide much embarrassment. However, there are some things that can happen to cause embarrassment and some freelancers have admitted to some very odd things. While you may get to set your own hours and have full control of your schedule, there are some things you should be aware of. The reality of working out of your home is full of potential mishaps, anecdotes and other oddities. Here are some of the awkward moments you might face if you work from home. Scatterbrained is a Way …

Do You Really Need a Privacy Policy?

If you run a website, you need a privacy policy. It may be easier to make money from a blog and website compared to a traditional business, but you still have to follow specific legal requirements. You won’t need to check the zoning laws or get any time of building permit. However, you will need to take care of some legal things for your blog and website. Even if you’re not making any money from your site yet, a privacy policy is necessary. When you start collecting any type of information from visitors, display any type of ads or track …

5 Signs You’re Not Investing Enough in Social Media

investing in social media

There’s a good chance your business isn’t spending enough on social media. Because social media is a relatively new specialization area in marketing, many businesses simply aren’t doing it right. They haven’t learned the best practices and are skeptical of spending too much money on something they consider a risky investment. Is your company focusing enough attention on social media in its marketing plan? Try our 4 step litmus test for your social content if you’re not sure. If you’re not investing enough in social media, it will be apparent in your engagement rates, follower and fan counts, and amount …

Why Customer Service is the Most Effective Marketing Tool

When we think about marketing tools, chances are, customer service isn’t one of them. Instead, we’re thinking about web-based tools that are pretty complex at their core, but exist to make marketing our business easier. We don’t often picture customer service as a ‘tool,’ per se, but that’s exactly what it is. Webster defines tool as “a device or implement used to carry out a particular function.” Good customer service will help with several of your business’ marketing functions; removing sales barriers, connecting with customers, answering questions and solving problems, and most importantly, driving sales. So what defines good customer …

What’s it Take to Own a Successful E-Business?

E-Business

If you want your e-business to be a thriving success, you have to get educated on how others have found success. There are several steps involved that have to get done in order to have a chance at success. Neglecting to pay attention to your site design is one way you will hinder your own success. Some business owners take all of the appropriate steps but neglect to promote the site through marketing campaigns, online advertising, or social media. If you haven’t followed the guidelines to rank higher on search engines, you are going to be harder to find as …

Do you Know Which Hosting Plan is Right for Your Business?

Web Hosting for Business

When it comes time to choose a web host, you may feel overwhelmed by the multitude of options. Your business depends on your ability to access the internet and to keep your website up and running. With the wrong web host, you could experience downtime leading to missed traffic and lost customers. Selecting the perfect web hosting plan is vital to your business website because website’s have become one of the most important parts of a business’s success. Your website acts as your online identity which means that you can’t put it in danger of being unavailable to customers, running …

What Should you do After Taking your Business Online?

Taking your Business Online

When you run a business online, there are many considerations involved in order to be successful. You have to have your online presence through social media, you have to have a reliable website for your clients, and you have to find ways to market yourself. You have to be capable of being accessed on mobile devices too. For some, an e-commerce online store is needed to get the product out there and for bloggers, some freebies like e-books might need to be created. A great deal of work goes into running your business online but once it’s all setup, it …

4 Ways to Use Infographics to Market Your Business

Using infographics to market your business

Are you using infographics to market your business online? If not, you’re missing out! Infographics are one of the best ways to market new content and repurpose your older content. They are bite-sized pieces of content that really pack a punch and engage your audience. Infographics are highly visual, so they’re widely shared. They make the best information easier to digest and drive visitors to your website. Visually appealing infographics provide so many benefits for a small business blog, so take a look at these 4 ways you can use infographics to market your business! 1. Use infographics to market …

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