• How To Improve Your Conversion Rate

      First off, do you know what your conversion rate is? If your marketing is to be effective you not only need to know your conversion rate, you must also understand your conversion goal. Everyone’s conversion goal will be different. It could be: Newsletter sign-ups Brochure downloads Sign-ups for a free trial Email enquiries Phone […]

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  • Writing Press Releases With Clout

    Press releases are a valuable marketing tool for any business. So how come so few businesses use them? They are fairly easy to write, you can even publish them online so avoiding the impenetrable newspaper editor. Yet many companies turn their backs on them in favour of other forms of marketing. Whether you write them […]

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  • Using Social Media Effectively

      Once upon a time, customers could only get in touch with you by telephone, letter or by visiting your premises. If they were unhappy, they’d probably moan about you to a friend or two and you’d be non the wiser. How times have changed. Now, if they’re unhappy they’ll tweet about it or post […]

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  • Social Media–Connect, Don’t Spam

    Everyone uses social media these days – or at least it seems like it. As a copywriter I use it a lot. Whether it’s tweeting for help (usually IT related problems), offering advice, promoting my blog posts, or just general chit-chat, I love using it as a way of connecting with other people. Did you […]

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  • Don’t Be An SEO Black Hat

      Are you being tempted by the dark side? Are you looking for great results without the hard work? If you are, you are heading for a very big fall because the grass most certainly isn’t greener on the dark side. As an online marketer, search engine optimisation is vital for your survival. But the […]

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  • Social Media–The Internet’s Marmite

      Most people will either love social media or hate it – with the odd few thrown in who simply don’t ‘get it’. But the problem is for those who hate or don’t ‘get it’, social media is here to stay and it will continue to grow. We’ve already seen Google join the party with […]

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  • Market Research

      Finding out what they really want There is one sure fire way of finding out what your customers are looking for – ask them. They can tell you if your products/services are providing what they’re looking for, whether your customer service is hitting the mark and how they would prefer to interact with you […]

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  • Email Marketing Tips

      What kind of success rate are you getting with your email marketing at the moment? Pretty good or could do better? Your electronic marketing strategy should be constantly evolving – test, test and test again until you create the optimum format and content strategy for your audience. Just in case you’re looking for inspiration […]

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  • The Value of Internet Marketing

      Internet marketing is vitally important for your business. Not convinced? OK, utilising activities such as article marketing, social media, blogging and other content creation will have a dramatic effect on your business’ online visibility and exposure. Just in case you are still sitting there shaking your head, take a look at a few facts […]

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  • You’ve Got Traffic…

      This is amazing. Your search engine optimisation strategy is working. Targeted traffic is flooding to your website and your professional copywriting is converting them because they are going straight to your contact form. Fantastic. So what happens next? Getting traffic that converts is one thing but does your customer service match their expectations or […]

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