If Your Website Is Annoying Mobile Users, It's Long Past Time to Fix That If Your Website Is Annoying Mobile Users, It's Long Past Time to Fix That The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1 1218 Article rating: 3.0 Everyone and their mother have mobile phones in their pockets, but judging by the number of bad mobile websites, it's hard to believe. Is yours one of the annoying ones? Read more
Look How Far Social Media Marketing Has Come in 8 Years! Look How Far Social Media Marketing Has Come in 8 Years! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 0 1600 Article rating: 3.0 Eight years ago, I wrote about what social media marketing trends were being predicted for 2016 and thought it might be interesting to see how much has – or hasn’t – changed since. Read more
If Pinterest Is Wildly Successful for Some Businesses, Could It Be for Yours? If Pinterest Is Wildly Successful for Some Businesses, Could It Be for Yours? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, November 21, 2023 0 1445 Article rating: 3.0 Read more
Facebook Updated Its Algorithm Again, so Make the Most of It Facebook Updated Its Algorithm Again, so Make the Most of It The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, October 24, 2023 0 2694 Article rating: 4.0 Did Facebook just update its algorithm? Maybe. Probably. And more changes will come. That’s why a Facebook page should be optimized just like a website. Is yours? Read more
Social Selling Do's and Don'ts for Small - Or Any Sized -Businesses Social Selling Do's and Don'ts for Small - Or Any Sized -Businesses The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 0 1735 Article rating: 4.0 Social Selling absolutely is not sales pitches on social media. Instead, social selling is all about building trust and relationships that lead to a purchase. Here’s what to do – and not do – for success: Read more
A Brief History of the Facebook “Like” Button and its Effect on Marketing A Brief History of the Facebook “Like” Button and its Effect on Marketing The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, August 29, 2023 0 6605 Article rating: 4.5 They used to say a “dog year” was equal to seven human years. I suspect it’s the reverse for “social media marketing years” because of the bewildering speed of updates. How much do you recall about Facebook? Read more
SEO, Social Media Marketing, and Content Marketing - Why Your Business Needs All Three SEO, Social Media Marketing, and Content Marketing - Why Your Business Needs All Three The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, August 1, 2023 0 1745 Article rating: 4.0 If you’re running a business, you have certainly heard about SEO, social media marketing, and content marketing. But how sure are you about what this means and what you should do? Read more
Forget What You’ve Heard – Email Newsletters Are Still Relevant Forget What You’ve Heard – Email Newsletters Are Still Relevant The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, July 4, 2023 0 1224 Article rating: 4.5 Newsletters have been around for forever and there’s a reason for that. They work. If you don’t have a newsletter for your company, it’s time to reconsider. Read more
Update your Web Content Because It's Always New to Someone Update your Web Content Because It's Always New to Someone The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, June 6, 2023 0 1606 Article rating: 4.0 Because content creation is important to both your website’s SEO and to your social media marketing, don’t hesitate to mine content you have already published. Read more
Head Off Punishment by the FTC by Following Their Social Media Marketing Guidelines Head Off Punishment by the FTC by Following Their Social Media Marketing Guidelines The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, May 9, 2023 0 1731 Article rating: 3.0 For the last twelve months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been considering updates to their Endorsement Guide, which I first wrote about in 2015. Here’s what your marketing team needs to know: Read more