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Your Business Website Should Be Fully Optimized For The User Experience

May 30, 2019September 5, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, client retention, designing a website for marketing, small business marketing, user experience, UX, web design, website, website marketing

How’s your users experience?

If your company or business website hasn’t been updated, or there are no plans to update it, you should change that strategy.

User behavior is continuously evolving, and one of the most significant changes is that more people are using their smartphone devices every day.

If you have ever used your phone to browse websites online, you may have noticed that some websites are nearly impossible to read or navigate. The reason for this is because most websites are built from a perspective that someone on a computer will visit the site. The way users access a website has already changed drastically.

But design evolution isn’t only about having your website viewable on a mobile device. User optimization encompasses a lot of different factors. Some changes that have happened over the past couple of years include websites having fewer menu options, getting rid of the menu grid or ‘hamburger’ as it’s come to be known, getting rid of bad stock images, and moving the website to a more minimalistic design.

The majority of these changes came from designers and developers constantly redesigning and changing UX (user experience) elements to see how those new designs and changes worked. Big companies such as IKEA have moved to a more minimal design with fewer menu options making it easier for their visitors to quickly find what they need. But this optimization shouldn’t end there.

The future will likely bring more design trends making it easier for visitors to get what they are looking for quickly. After all, a good user experience drives conversions.

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Search Engine Optimization: What Are You Getting Out Of It?

May 23, 2019September 5, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, building your business, growing your business, online marketing, search engine optimization, SEO, small business marketing

Is your SEO strategy working?

Are you getting a return on investment on your search engine optimization campaigns? You’re not alone if you’re not sure how to answer that question. Indeed, 40% of marketers say proving the ROI of their marketing activities is their biggest marketing challenge according to HubSpot.

But measuring the ROI of your SEO efforts is possible, and we’re here to help you do just that.

Here are 3 things that need to be in place in order to calculate ROI:

1. The right attribution model. Attribution models are the basis for allocating credit to each marketing channel. There is no right or wrong attribution model. Each one is different and comes with its own strengths. We’ll help you find the model that’s the best fit for your business.

2. Google Search Console and Google Analytics. You may already have these tools in place for your website(s), and if so, that’s a great start. GSC is a key SEO tool for capturing and understanding website metrics. And the data from Google Analytics (GA) or a comparable website analytics package is crucial for understanding ROI.

3. Marketing automation and CRM. These tools supplement website analytics data by providing data on individual buyers. This helps you ascertain the lifetime value of individual customers, which in turn help you determine the lifetime value of a particular marketing channel.

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10 Easy Ways to Boost Your Business on Social Media

May 16, 2019September 5, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, marketing, online marketing, small business marketing, social media, social media marketing

Social media is a great way to boost your business.

Having social media accounts for your business is critical in this digital age. But are you getting the most out of them? Social media marketing works best when people are engaging with your business.

Here are our top 10 no-sweat tips to get more engagement for your business on social media.

1. Use attention-grabbing headlines. Why did you decide to read this article? It probably had something to do with the headline. Headlines that start with an exclamation, or “How to…” or “# Ways to…” or that ask a question that your customers might ask themselves tend to get the clicks you’re looking for.

2. Use images, animated gifs, and memes. Posts with visuals perform better, period. Memes and gifs can also bring humor into the mix and increase the chance that your audience will share your content.

3. Create and share videos. Over 100 million hours of videos are watched on social media every day. Get your piece of the pie!

4. Don’t only post your own content. Curate and share content made by others that you think your followers will enjoy. That way, with less work, you get more content and your audience gets added value.

5. Post more often. Making frequent posts boosts your organic growth.

6. Share an excellent piece of content more than once. That’s right: it’s okay to post the same material multiple times if you vary the accompanying message, and it can get you up to 31.5 times the number of click-throughs as posting once.

7. Use hashtags. They can double your #engagement rate!

8. Tag people and businesses you quote or reference. When you tag someone, like a guest blogger, they usually respond or repost, getting you more exposure.

9. Optimize your posting times. Schedule your social media messages to post at peak times to increase your reach.

10. Recycle your evergreen content. Some content doesn’t have an expiration date. If it’s timeless, share it again later!

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SEO Campaign Not Working? Is Your SEO Provider Doing These 3 Things?

May 14, 2019September 6, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, marketing, online marketing, search engine optimization, SEO, small business marketing

Your SEO provider should be doing these three things.

If your search engine optimization (SEO) campaign isn’t going as well as you’d hoped for, you may not have the right service provider for your business.

Choosing an SEO provider should be done carefully to ensure the long-term success of your campaign, website, and business. It’s important to find a provider that not only has a strategy but who utilizes a strategy that is specific to the needs and goals of your business rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The industry is constantly changing. What works today may not work six months from now. Finding a provider who customizes their services for your business will ensure that you won’t get left behind.

Here are 3 key things that the best SEO providers do for the businesses they serve.

1. Top providers perform SEO audits. These audits document baseline performance and analyze the impact and quality of previous work to ensure continued success.

2. Good providers provide SEO blueprints, which lay out a comprehensive plan designed specifically for your business. They establish benchmarks and goals, integrate a budget, provide strategy recommendations, and provide a backup plan in case things don’t go as well as they should.

3. The best providers maintain ongoing SEO monitoring and consultation. Providing ongoing monitoring and consultation ensures that your campaign is performing successfully and that you are seeing the desired results.

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Don’t Be Anti-Social! Putting the ‘Social’ Back into Social Media Marketing

May 9, 2019September 6, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, client engagement, growing your business, marketing, online marketing, small business marketing, social media, social media marketing

Be social on social!

If you’re among the business owners who are posting and sharing content through Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms, then you’re off to a good start.

But if you’re not getting the results you’re looking for, chances are that’s because your social media isn’t actually very social. Posting and sharing content just isn’t enough!

However, how do you put the ‘social’ back in social media and take your social media marketing game to the next level?

Here are four ways to create opportunities for your customers to get involved in the conversation and get to know you and your brand.

1. Post conversational status messages.

This will humanize your brand. Remind people that your business is run by individuals who care about their products and their customers, not by some faceless corporate machine. Allow your customers to connect with you on a human level.

2. Post videos of yourself talking to your target customers.

As a business owner, showing your face builds trust and, again, humanizes your brand.

3. Ask questions. Hear their story.

Ask about their needs and get feedback on your products or services. The exchange will benefit both you and your customers. You’ll be helping your customers feel like they are a valued part of your business, and as a business owner, you will gain valuable insight about your target customers.

4. Respond to comments.

Being social means engaging in a two-way conversation. When your customers reach out to you, make them feel heard and keep them engaged by responding thoughtfully to their comments.

Do these things, and your business will not only have gone social, but it will start taking off.

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Organically Building Your Brand Via Content Marketing On Linkedin

May 7, 2019September 6, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, building your business, growing your business, linkedin, online marketing, small business marketing

Sharing your content on LinkedIn is a great way to grow your brand.

LinkedIn has many marketing tools that can be used to grow your business. Using these tools to raise awareness for your business, its credibility, and its impact will put you on the path to building your brand in an organic way.

Here is a brief guide on some of these tools and how they work.

LinkedIn Company Page

Catch the eye of your prospective customers with a Company Page. It should be a place where you can engage your target audience with things relevant to them such as links to your best white papers, e-books, case studies, how-to content and thought leadership content. Your Company Page should spread your company’s overall message by publishing content you know your target audience will want to see.

Showcase Pages

You love your business and think of many different parts of it as equally important in their own ways, but does your audience know that? Showcase pages are for creating a distinct platform for each aspect of your business that has its own message to share with its own target audience. By giving each part of your business its own distinct voice, you can extend your LinkedIn presence to reach the audience it needs to reach.

Long-form Posts

Should you go long on LinkedIn? The answer is yes! Publishing long-form content can position you as an expert and thought leader on the subject, giving your business credibility and authenticity. Another benefit to writing your own posts is giving a chance for like-minded professionals to interact and contribute while simultaneously spreading your message. If your post becomes a hot topic of discussion it will be a trending topic where it can be distributed and recommended to a much broader audience, giving you even further reach than before!

These tools and more are part of a larger LinkedIn toolbox that can help your business grow in an impactful way.

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How To Beat Bigger Brands And Grow Your Business

April 25, 2019September 6, 2023 Nancy Boisvert Newsletter agapi marketing, building your business, growing your business, local business, marketing, online marketing, small business marketing

Looking to beat the bigger brands?

Are you a Small Local Business?

Being small doesn’t matter when you are offering bigger value and personalized services. What you need is to become more visible online to people looking for what you provide.

What are the advantages of being a small, local business that will enable you to compete with bigger businesses.

Here’s a short list:

Technology Tools

In no other time has technology made it easier for us to do business, communicate, promote, and expand our businesses on such a far-reaching scale. The Web, SEO, Social Media Marketing allow us to market our businesses in the same way bigger brands do.

Flexibility with Changing Conditions

Small business owners have way more flexibility to make immediate and necessary changes that are essential to dealing with changing local market conditions. Most often than not, observation, analyses, and recommendations go through many levels bureaucracy before decisions are made at the top. Execution suffers the same delays going down to personnel on the ground.

Personalized Customer Service

You have the opportunity to deliver personalized, unexpected and exceptional customer service.

How does it feel when you are served by the owner of a restaurant you often dine at, and get asked if the food is good and what can they do to improve their menu?

There is something very warm and fuzzy feeling about local interactions for both owners and customers.

Access to Digital Marketing Expertise

There are no longer barriers to access digital marketing expertise when you can hire an expert by the hour to oversee your marketing strategy and activities.

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How’s your users experience?

Is your SEO strategy working?

Here are 3 things that need to be in place in order to calculate ROI:

Build trust online using reputation marketing.

Social media is a great way to boost your business.

Here are our top 10 no-sweat tips to get more engagement for your business on social media.

Your SEO provider should be doing these three things.

Here are 3 key things that the best SEO providers do for the businesses they serve.

Be social on social!

Sharing your content on LinkedIn is a great way to grow your brand.

Here is a brief guide on some of these tools and how they work.

The BBB brand builds consumer confidence.

Looking to beat the bigger brands?

Are you a Small Local Business?

Here’s a short list:

What do you do to gain customer trust?