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Woeful Websites
Most businesses realise that the internet is the place to be these days. It is a vast market place scoured by millions of internet users every day. But that doesn’t mean you should dash out and throw any old website together. If you want a website it should for one reason only – to sell. […]
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The Secret to Email Marketing Conversions
If you get it right, email marketing can be one of the most effective marketing tools available to businesses today. Yes everyone’s doing it but that doesn’t mean it’s easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. If you want it to work you must give each email a lot of serious thought otherwise it will simply end up being deleted. Every […]
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How to Avoid SEO Penalties
Search engine optimisation is helping businesses, of all sizes, reach a wider online audience. If it is done well they can slash their marketing budgets because the need for ‘paid’ advertising can be greatly reduced. But because SEO takes time, many are still inclined to try to cut corners. Be warned, SEO shortcuts can, […]
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Email Subject Lines–How to Do Them Well
If you engage in email marketing you’ll know how difficult it can be to get someone to read your email. For your email to survive it has to have a strong, clear and concise subject line to make the recipient curious enough to open it. So all you have to do is come up subject […]
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The Perfect Marketing Email
Email marketing is cheap, quick and effective. Plus as most sent today are in HTML you have the added benefit of the hyperlink. This allows your reader to click directly through to your website or landing page for more information or to buy or sign up to your offer. But if you want that […]
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Copywriting–Is Your Sales Pitch Right?
Hey, I’m a copywriter so I know exactly what my audience wants, right? All they want is an incredible offer and they’ll be putty in my hands. If real life was like that it would be amazing and my job would be very easy. But sadly in the real life creating copy that sells […]
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Marketing for Eternity
Every marketer’s dream is to come up with a piece of collateral that markets their business forever. Wouldn’t that be amazing? Well, not only is it an amazing thought, it is also possible to achieve. Don’t believe me? Read on. Eternal online marketing In years gone by most of your marketing would have been […]
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Copywriting–Doing a 180
Writing your own copy constantly can lead to a problem—how long is it before you run out of things to say? Before you know it all your marketing materials look and sound the same. Customers start getting fed up seeing the same old messages again and again. So how do you overcome this? What can […]
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SEO Copywriting–A Simple Guide
Many people would have you believe that SEO copywriting is a mystical art that you can only do after many years of training high on a remote Tibetan mountain top. It’s not—but that’s not to say it is easy. It does take time to get to grips with because you have to learn how […]
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Newsletters–What Do You Put In Them?
You already know how important it is to maintain regular contact with your customers through a regular newsletter—but how easy do you find it to come up with interesting content? Whether you create your own content or hire the services of a freelance copywriter, your newsletter has to provide information that your readers want […]
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