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Yes, it’s still summertime, but after Labor Day folks shake off their vacation mindset and reapply themselves at the office. They get busy and before they know it, 2016 is over. Take some time now to plan the rest of the year’s content for your blog and social media.
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This month we’re celebrating a few things here. Here at Sprocket Websites we’re celebrating our 6 year anniversary! We’re also celebrating a great first half of 2016. To end the first half of 2016, we’d like to take a look back at our most popular articles so far this year. These are the articles that viewers have read and interacted with the most in the last 6 months. We love seeing the topics that interest you, so we can give you more of what you’re interested in. Happy Anniversary!
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You may already have a LinkedIn Personal profile. Most professionals do. You might also have heard that having a LinkedIn Company page isn’t going to inspire a huge influx of leads and business. While this may be true to a point, creating a Company Page on LinkedIn still has several benefits. The goal isn’t to replace your personal profile, but rather to give your customers or connections the opportunity to learn more about your company and about what you do.
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Experts emphasize the importance of graphics in your blog and social media posts and many options are available just for the googling. But where can you find images that won’t land you in intellectual property trouble?
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Whether consciously or not, “WIIFM?”(or What’s In It For Me?) is the question we all ask all the time. Some of the Sprocket team attended DNNcon in Baltimore last week, but why should you care? Read on for three actionable take-aways from the con for business owners and not-for-profit managers like you.
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2016 is the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac, so it seems like a good time to do a review of three online tools with monkey names that are great assets to the managers of small businesses and organizations: SurveyMonkey, PicMonkey and MailChimp.
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Running social media for your small business is no small task, but it also doesn’t have to be overwhelming. If you’re looking for some free, and reliable, tools to help you along the way – look no further. Once you decide who your audience is, what platforms you should be on, and what content you’ll be posting –you will need a little assistance putting your plans into action. Here are 5 free social media marketing tools for small businesses to execute their marketing campaigns.
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Driving traffic to your website should be the goal of every business and organization. But if you look at Analytics once a month and wonder why, even with all your marketing efforts, website traffic isn’t increasing, it may be that you’re sabotaging yourself.
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We started writing this post three weeks ago. Then Jim Davis’ recent article in The Daily Herald serendipitously dropped. It’s official news, folks! Everyone should measure their marketing!
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Post more professionally for greater engagement by following this step-by-step tutorial. Already a Facebook marketing whiz? Feel free to share your favorite tips in the comments section!