You’re the owner of a small brick-and-mortar business and you have been operating the last several years just fine without a website or any kind of online presence, really.
You never felt the need to be online. You have some incredible customers who bring in their friends, who bring in their friends.
But with the turn of the pandemic, you’re starting to feel the loss of not being online. You are noticing that less people come in and less people call.
You start to wonder what you can be doing for your business that won’t break the bank.
Let me get really honest here and put it straight.
You need to be online.
You need to have a website.
Let me tell you why…
Small Business Help
What Size is Your Online Footprint?
When it comes to your small business’s online footprint, how much ‘ground’ does it cover?
It’s 2021 and you need to be online in some shape or form, ideally in more than one form. Why?
The online consumers market has changed!
When it comes to finding places to eat, brands they want to buy from, businesses they want to support, they go online. They look up your business, who you are, what you sell, and most importantly, what people are saying about you.
Depending on the cost of what you sell, people will wait longer and search for you on more platforms. And if you don’t show up and if you don’t tend to your online presence, they won’t buy from you.
Read more now about why you not only need to be online but also be on more than one platform. I’ll even help you out on where to start!
How Do You View Social Media Marketing?
How do you view social media marketing?
Do you post and ghost? Do you spend hours just trying to write a couple of posts?
Do you use it to promote your business and nothing else?
Don’t worry, I was guilty of doing all of this myself back when I wrote a blog. Trust me, the blog was great, my social media marketing skills were not *sweat*
If only I had of known then what I know now…
Don’t make the same mistake I did, invest in your social media marketing.
Read on to learn why!
Are You Utilizing Social Media to Grow Your Community?
Est Read Time: 3.5 Minutes Did you know that you can use social media to grow and nurture your community? If you aren’t already using …
Are Facebook Ads for Small Businesses?
So you’re a small business owner and you’ve been mulling over if Facebook Ads would be a good fit for you or not, and I am here to tell you…
YES THEY ARE!
Yes, yes, yes, 1,000 times YES!
Honestly, there aren’t any businesses that I can think of off the top of my head that wouldn’t benefit from Facebook Ads.
But before you start objecting, saying things like, “I can’t afford Facebook Ads.” Or, “I’ve tried boosting and that didn’t work, so clearly ads are not for me.” (Side note, boosting is NOT the same as Facebook Ads, but we’ll go into that next week!)
But Facebook Ads are for your business!
You Are Not What You Sell
Your business brand is based on your personal reputation, and your reputation is not what you want people to think about you, it’s what they do think about you.
5 Reasons Why You Need a Starting Ritual
Let’s be real, the hardest part of working from home (or anything really) is getting started. 😅
You look at your to-do list for the day and already you can hear in the back of your mind, that annoying little voice reminding you that you’re behind on laundry, and the dishwasher needs to be emptied, oh, and don’t forget to make that appointment, and on and on.