If your website was built some time ago and you are no longer in contact with your web tech, you should check to see if you have a Google Map and if it’s working correctly.

Marketing from one small business to the next is always going to vary a bit. With the ever-growing importance of incorporating paid advertising into Facebook strategy for your business, some businesses may be left wondering how to best market their products or services. For authors, there are tools in Facebook Ads that offer great ways to target your most relevant potential readers.

Google is not the only search engine, but it sure wields a lot of clout and it offers a lot of nifty services for business owners. The Google My Business listing is one of those services you should be taking advantage of. 

Many business owners, both large and small, have more than one location that they are managing. Having a social media presence is essential and having a social media presence on a local level for each location has become essential as well. So, what is the best approach? A separate business page for each location? That’s one approach. However now, with Facebook Locations, business owners are provided a way to provide a local presence for each location while managing from one central page.

It’s the small business owner’s dilemma: There’s no time for marketing when you’re making money and no money for marketing when you have time. How do you keep your balance when you're overwhelmed?

In any given business, there are common keyword phrases. Local bakeries pop up for “cakes” or “cookies”. Real estate agents will pop up for “real estate agent” or “home selling”. As a small business owner, it’s essential to brainstorm the search terms that will lead people to you. But when there is a lack of search results on a specific topic, can you jump in?

Summertime often means folks are out of the office or just plain distracted. It can also be a great time to find and fix inaccurate online profiles you may have overlooked during the rest of the hectic year.

Email marketing campaigns constantly run the risk of being redirected straight to the spam folder. Just as often, recipients will follow the steps to unsubscribe to messages that they don’t see value in and that they view as junk. The truth is –no one wants to be sold to. In addition, people want to be treated as an individual. Email marketing runs in dangerous territory as the majority of campaigns are selling hard and marketing to the masses instead of tailoring an experience to the individual.

July marks another deadline for your website – that’s the When. Discover the Who, What and Why you need to deal with this security issue NOW.

I saw an interesting graphic recently that outlined how long content lasts. It broke down several of the top online marketing avenues: a blog post, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. What did it find? That each of these marketing platforms have a different expiration date for content.