Writing and Editing for Small Businesses
Serving the Marketing Communications Needs of Small Business
Small business owners like us commonly fall into a trap of our own making. We are truly excellent at operating our companies and keeping our existing customers happy. That is nothing to be ashamed of. We are proud of the job we do and how efficiently we can do it. It does come with one... Continue Reading →
Some of the greatest marketing slogans of the last 70 years have stuck with us, despite the fact that they haven’t been seen or heard in many decades. If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the following: Clara Peller, asking in a Wendy’s commercial from 1984, “Where’s the Beef?” And no, this is not an ad... Continue Reading →
January is the ideal time to create (or reexamine) your small-business marketing strategy.
, very few of us can claim to be experts in purchasing new central air conditioning systems. If a company’s website includes good information on problems to avoid in choosing a new or replacement system, that’s worthwhile education. I appreciate informational tools that help me understand what size system best fits my home as well. And it keeps me on this one website longer. Importantly, if they are a local company, I’m almost certain to invite them to my home for an estimate.
New educational web pages and informative blogs fulfill two of my requirements for a service- or consulting-oriented website: (1) providing actual assistance to the visitor and (2) boosting its visibility on web search engines.
Taking the first step to developing new marketing materials can be daunting, but it need not be. Here is one tried-and-true approach that works in almost any setting
In digital or advertising, the most important metric is the number of impressions your ad receives. The number of eyes viewing your content will always be important, but just as critical is what those eyeballs will see once they click through? What is the impression left by your marketing program? This leads us to at... Continue Reading →
Writing and Editing for Small Businesses 