The terms “social media marketing” and “social media selling” are often used interchangeably, leading to confusion among small businesses looking to leverage social platforms to grow their brand and boost sales. While both are crucial components of a comprehensive social media strategy, they serve distinct purposes and require different approaches. Understanding the key differences between […]
Is Your Brand Strong Enough to Support Expansion into New Markets?
Expanding into new markets is a thrilling prospect for any business. It offers the opportunity to reach new customers, increase revenue, and enhance brand visibility. However, entering new markets also comes with significant challenges, and one critical question that businesses must ask themselves is: “Is our brand strong enough to support this expansion?” This blog […]
18 Ways to Go From Running Small Business to Building a Brand
Many small businesses become successful at selling stuff but can’t seem to take it to the next level. Why? They have yet to build a brand. Building a brand is what all small business owners need to strive for to get noticed, gain recognition, repeat business, and enjoy the next level of success. Merely selling […]
7 Ways in Which an Influencer can Increase Your Brand Awareness
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 […]
5 Ways TikTok Can Help Your Small Business
TikTok has been around for quite a few years, and it has reached an unprecedented level of success and popularity. Based on publicly available data up to 25 January 2021, TikTok has 689 million monthly active users. But how can TikTok help your small business? Reactions, challenges, tutorials, lip-syncing videos, pet videos – you choose! […]
How to Spur Your Brand Visibility with Social Media
According to Statista, 2.82 billion people are active social media users and we will have around 3.1 billion social media users by 2021. That’s a third of the world’s population. Over the past decade, social media has turned into a gold mine for brands. If used aptly and judiciously, brands strike gold. There have been […]
7 Powerful Retail Marketing Ideas
You’ve developed your business ideas. You’ve created a suite of products or services that stand out from the competition. And you’ve assembled a basic outline of how you’re going to meld your brand to the minds of consumers around the world. And that’s all good – but what happens from there? If you’re like most […]
Five Reasons Your Company Should Have a Platform
These days, you can’t go five minutes without hearing someone talk about platforms. The term is almost a buzzword. As I explain in The Age of the Platform, a platform is merely a structure made up of “planks,” or integrated features. For instance, Google in 1998 wasn’t a platform; it was a really neat search engine. By adding planks […]
