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7 Ways in Which an Influencer can Increase Your Brand Awareness

December 28, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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What is Brand Awareness? Brand awareness is the degree of familiarity that your brand enjoys among your target audience. Let’s say your brand is associated with e-commerce. When your target audience wants to buy something online, would your brand be at the top of their mind? If yes, then your efforts to grow your brand […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, Uncategorized Tagged With: boost your brand awareness, Brand Awareness, build brand awareness, influencer marketing, partnering with an influencer, strong influencer marketing campaign

How to Reduce Page Load time in 2022?

December 7, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

How to Reduce Page Load Time in 2022 OG

The ever-growing digital era has taken a sharp edge over the years. It is growing at a rapid pace. Every company, be it a start-up or a vast enterprise, owns a website. A website plays a vital role in converging the viewers towards generating leads that ultimately help in revenue generation.   In addition, there are […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: improve site performance, interactive web pages, optimize image, page load time, responsive browser, SEO

5 Areas to Tune Up Your Business in 2022

December 6, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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2021 has been quite a year. After a complete shutdown in 2020, we were fortunate to open our businesses for the entire year, but it was not at all ‘business like usual.’ With the ongoing pandemic causing financial stress and emotional strain, changes in the market, and problems with employment, it was a tough year, […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: boost your small business, small business finances, small business marketing, small business online presence, Tune Up Your Business, tune up your business in 2022

5 Small Business SEO Tips for Time-Strapped Entrepreneurs

November 30, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

5 Small Business SEO Tips for Time-Strapped Entrepreneurs OG

Search engine optimization plays a crucial role in digital marketing. In fact, if you decide to focus on any particular part of your digital strategy, it should be SEO. A well-developed SEO strategy is essential, especially for small businesses that are struggling to get the attention they need. However, not every entrepreneur or business owner […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: planning your seo strategy, Product-specific keyword research, search engine optimization, SEO strategy, SEO tips

What is Customer Perception and How to Improve it

November 23, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

What is Customer Perception and How to Improve it OG

No matter how awesome your product or service is, the success of your business is in the hands of your users, i.e., your customers. Businesses have finally started to realize that customer experience is a leading competitive differentiator between brands. And that customer perception towards their brand will always be multi-faceted.  Companies need to pay […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, Fix Your Business Tagged With: brand positive image, creating customer experiences, creating positive customer perception, customer experience, customer perception

14 Free SEO Tools to Boost Organic Traffic and Rankings

November 15, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

14 Free SEO Tools to Boost Organic Traffic and Rankings OPEN GRAPH

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should be part of your content strategy if you want to increase organic visibility and site traffic. And to achieve this, you need good SEO tools. There are various paid and free SEO tools that help you with keyword research, site audits, analytics and reporting, and backlink checks. In this blog, […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: digital marketing & seo, find keywords for your search campaigns, free seo tools, identifying current trends, new keywords for your small business

5 Must-Have Tools for Business Owners On-the-Go

November 2, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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It’s one thing to focus this article on the mobile entrepreneur in the title.  However, the fact is that all entrepreneurs need to stay mobile these days if they wish to keep their business competitive and stay in the know. It’s a fact that the majority of business owners are always on the go—meeting with […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: messaging apps, mobile entrepreneur, must-have tools for business owners, note-taking apps, password manager

10 Signs of a Great Site

October 19, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

10 Signs of a Great Site OG

It is said that a cautiously outlined homepage will encourage people to dig deeper into your business. But is it just the homepage that makes your site one of the best?  Needless to say, the homepage is the first notion of the brand on a client’s mind. But there are many more factors that go […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: branding elements, Call-to-action button, creating an effective website, success of your business online, website's functionality for mobile devices

How To Improve SEO On WordPress?

October 5, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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We started with one assumption while preparing this list of SEO strategies: you’re busy. So, these are approaches that you can use right now (long-term commitment is not required). Of course, there are many more techniques, but this is a beautiful place to start. Remember, you don’t have to utilize all of these (though you […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: internal and external links, Permalinks, rank higher in the search engines, search engine rankings, SEO technique, sitemaps, web hosting provider

The One Productivity Tip Every Entrepreneur Needs

September 14, 2021 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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I thought the project would take me two or three weeks to complete. However, once I implemented this tip, I finished that project in a single afternoon.  The key to productivity is focus. If you can completely eliminate distractions, it’s amazing what you can get done. But the truth is that the most common sources […]

Filed Under: Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business Tagged With: distractions, eliminate possible sources of distraction, focused work, power hour, Productivity

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Artificial intelligence is a disruptive technology that is shaking things up in business – even small businesses. Chances are you’ve heard some pretty cool use cases and are wondering if (and to what extent) you should use AI in your business. Can AI solve your customer service problems? In this article, I’ll tackle that question […]

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