Content Marketing Is Still a Thing - and Worth Your Efforts Content Marketing Is Still a Thing - and Worth Your Efforts Here's why: The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, August 3, 2021 0 1748 Article rating: 4.0 Nobody wants to be pitched to, sold to, or advertised at. We know what we want and we will go find it for it ourselves, thank you very much. Enter: Content Marketing. Read more
Create Your Own Eye-Catching Infographics for Easy Sharing Create Your Own Eye-Catching Infographics for Easy Sharing Yes, you can! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, July 6, 2021 1 2034 Article rating: 4.0 While the craze for infographics peaked a few years ago, their appeal is still strong enough that you should consider creating your own. Here are a few tools to help you get started: Read more
Lead Your Web Visitors By the Hand with a Clear Call To Action Lead Your Web Visitors By the Hand with a Clear Call To Action Never leave them wondering! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, June 8, 2021 0 1457 Article rating: 3.0 Your business is not a part of some top-secret society. If you’re selling purses, go ahead and ask people to buy purses. Still, a surprising number of websites forget to include a specific Call To Action. Read more
Experiment with Facebook Ads to Boost Your Business Brand Experiment with Facebook Ads to Boost Your Business Brand Get in front of new eyeballs The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, May 11, 2021 0 1676 Article rating: 4.0 Back when I had only a few weeks’ practice doing Facebook ads, I remember being impressed by the results. Since then, I have racked up years of experience creating and running Facebook ads for clients, so let me tell you what I have found: Results. Read more
3 Networking Tricks that Don't Depend on Shaking Hands 3 Networking Tricks that Don't Depend on Shaking Hands Less stressful ways to connect with people The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, April 13, 2021 0 1695 Article rating: 3.0 Networking is vitally important to the growth and success of our businesses. But since not everyone is comfortable networking or has a flair for it, here are three ways to “fake it till you make it.” Read more
Stressed at Work? Tips to Handle the Strain BEFORE You Explode Stressed at Work? Tips to Handle the Strain BEFORE You Explode Save yourself and your colleagues! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, March 16, 2021 0 2165 Article rating: 3.0 Seven years ago we wrote an article about handling stress in the work place. After an entire year of COVID-19 living, it’s amusing to think how innocent we were in 2013 and how the need to handle business stress is more important than ever. Read more
5 Signs That You Should Hand Off the Management of Your Social Media 5 Signs That You Should Hand Off the Management of Your Social Media And sooner rather than later! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, February 16, 2021 0 2414 Article rating: 4.0 Whether we like it or not, social media is here to stay. Small business owners should definitely make use of this opportunity for promotion and yet they aren’t able to do it on their own. If any of these signs sound familiar, then it’s time to get help: Read more
Facebook Is Re-Focusing on #Hashtags – So Should You, Too? Facebook Is Re-Focusing on #Hashtags – So Should You, Too? A trend to watch for in 2021 The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 0 2374 Article rating: 4.5 3 minute reading time In the second half of 2020, you may have noticed that Facebook was promoting the use of hashtags on posts by offering predictive text suggestions. Are you watching to see if it will take and wondering how to do it right for your business? Read more
Weigh Social Media Platforms for Best Business Boosting Weigh Social Media Platforms for Best Business Boosting The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 0 2506 Article rating: 4.0 Social Media for businesses has been around long enough to become an obvious marketing tool. We have written about it for years, but the platforms keep changing and overworked business owners are still wondering how to do it right. Read more
Face-Palming Tips of Successful Small Business Owners Face-Palming Tips of Successful Small Business Owners The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, November 24, 2020 0 2410 Article rating: 3.0 What’s the magic trick that gets all the balls rolling in the right direction when you are launching your small business? The trick is: There are no tricks. Read more