How Mobile Devices are Changing the Way we do Business

| Jun 30 2015

Mobile

Want to share an image? There is an app for that. Want to check your stocks? There is an app for that too. Want to find a dog sitter or hitch a ride? Yep, there are apps for that too.

The average person under the age of 65 is glued to their smartphone and statistics show that over 94% of owners would feel nervous or panicky without being able to access their phone for a day.

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How to Keep Your Customers Satisfied Everytime

| Jun 28 2015

Happy

Are you spending more time on customer acquisition than customer retention?

If so, chances are you are missing out on valuable opportunities to make a sale and increase your profits.

Customers are the foundation to every business. Without buyers you have no business so therefore, keeping your customers satisfied is one of the most crucial steps to master.

It comes back to the old saying- “It costs more to acquire a new customer than to keep an existing one happy.”

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5 Tried and True Ways to Collect Leads

| Jun 23 2015

Leads

Looking to generate leads?

Going beyond social media and PPC campaigns there are many other ways to generate leads that can help bring a constant and steady stream of visitors to your site or landing page.

Here are 5 of the most tried and true:

1.) Infographics

Visual content is definitely the way of the future as more and more, internet goers are looking to access information quickly, easily and effectively.

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4 Rock Solid Reasons You Should Be Using Exit-Intent Popups

| Jun 22 2015

Exit-intent-popup

You’ve spent months, maybe even years tweaking your website, driving traffic and optimising your landing page only to have your customers abandon ship before they even reach the checkout page.

If this is the case, you are not alone.

An average of just 5.31% make it to the cart and even less actually checkout and complete the transaction.

All hope however, is not lost thanks to Exit-Intent Pop-Ups that grab your visitors attention and entice them to make an action before they abandon your website.

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Marketing Vs. Selling: Why They Are Not the Same

| Jun 17 2015

Marketing

What is marketing?

Ask a handful of people walking down the street and most will comment that it has something to do with advertising and sales however, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Marketing is really about telling a story and making a connection to the consumer and without these factors, it is likely that your marketing strategy will not stand the test of time, especially as technology accelerates.

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How to Choose The Best Traffic Source For Your Market

| Jun 11 2015

Traffic

Everyone wants traffic to their website and lot’s of it, but instead of going after quantity, what about the quality? Believe it or not, one traffic source does not fit all, instead you have to really go after the platforms that your target audience is spending time on. For example, it would be absolutely pointless running an ad for warm winter jackets in the peak of the summer in Mumbai, India. Just the same, it would be pointless running an ad for summer t-shirts in the peak of the winter in Anchorage, Alaska. (more…)

Why Visual Content is the Future

| Jun 09 2015

Visuals

There is no denying that online content is changing from the written word to visual content.

Whether it is videos, photos or infographics, trends are revealing that visual content is a preferred medium when it comes to browsing online.

Statistics show that:

  • 63% of content on social media is made up of images
  • 66% of updates on social media are visual content
  • 50% of users have re-posted a photo or video they have found online
  • 54% of users have posted an original photo or video that they created

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