Your prospects are bombarded with messages and distractions like never before –
Can anyone simplify all that’s happening online and produce effective marketing? You know, marketing that brings-in new clients day-in and day-out.
Frantically posting to Facebook, LinkedIn, your blog, your YouTube channel, Pinterest, Instagram and tweeting whenever you get a chance will make a small business owner go crazy.
Google is changing their algorithms every week. Google is hiding more and more keyword data from us every day. And Google is reducing the number of websites it shows on first page results. If you rely on Google search for most of your lead generation, it’s time to add some more tools to your toolbox.
Stop. Take a deep breath. Then …
Turn off your iPhone or Android for a second. Step away from Facebook and everything else you’re doing. Stop and think. Let’s find a common denominator among all this clutter.
The Common Denominator
First thing in the morning do you check your email? Do you check Facebook? What do you use to check your email or Facebook? Where are your contacts? On your smartphone, right?
If you’re like most business owners, you check your smartphone several times a day.
The Fastest & Easiest Way to Get Your Message in Your Prospect’s Head
The easiest way into a person’s smartphone is through email or Facebook. And email is still the most used “app” on smartphones.
When someone reads an email, they usually hear themselves speaking the words in their head. The voice from an email is their voice, just like their own thoughts. What a great spokesperson for your business; your prospect.
- Email is still one of the most popular online activities: 92% of U.S. adults online use email (Pew Research Center 08/09/2011).
- 86% of people 18 and over share content via email (Marketing Profs October 2010).
The statistics above were taken from Email: The Forgotten Social Network
You Probably Already Have What You Need to Start Your Own Email Marketing Program
There are a lot of good email marketing solutions available today. But I want to show you a very simple solution for integrating email into your marketing efforts immediately. If you have a website built with WordPress you’re already able to start email marketing quickly and easily.
Install the MailChimp Plugin for WordPress
If you have WordPress then add the MailChimp plugin. MailChimp has great set-up instructions and MailChimp is free as long as you have under 2,000 subscribers and send fewer than 12,000 emails per month. If you want us to help you, call DSC Web Services, Inc at 918-409-2372
Automatically Email New Articles and Blog Posts on a Regular Basis
As long as you add articles and blog posts, MailChimp will automatically email your subscribers updates. It’s that simple. But you will have to post new content on a regular basis to your website or blog.
You’re also able to have your articles/blog posts feed your Facebook page with Networked Blogs.
If your website or blog isn’t built with WordPress, I recommend you change that as fast as you can. There are too many advantages to using WordPress as your website’s content management tool. If you want help, we can help you at DSC Web Services, Inc.
Website Success – Video Tutorials and Tips
In the next few weeks we’re rolling out an online video training service. We’ll teach you a successful system for marketing your business successfully online. We’ll teach you about local search engine marketing. We’ll teach you step-by-step on how to set-up MailChimp and Networked Blogs for yourself. We’ll also teach you how to use WordPress to promote your business across the internet.
The first tutorial will be free. We don’t have an official sign-up page yet. But you can shoot me an email at websitesuccesskit@dsc-webservices.com
Sincerely,
Doug Stewart
“Giving You the Power to Fight the Big Boys”
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