When you’re growing your business, there feels like an endless amount of opportunities for you to pursue to further that growth. However for some, like Michelle Gamble of Marketing Angels, some opportunities aren’t quite the blessings you were hoping for.
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Michelle Gamble blogs about the impact Near Field Communications will have on the marketing landscape.
“NFC communication chips will make it just as easy for consumers to make that extra saving. If NFC chips were on everything in stores, consumers could swipe it with their phones and see if they can get a better deal elsewhere.”
Michelle Gamble blogs about creating a strong brand to better engage with customers.
“You don’t need a huge budget or long established brand to create raving fans.”
Michelle Gamble blogs about engaging your target market via social media apps.
“Giveaways, landing pages, competitions, polls and other engagement apps are cropping up across social networking and are looking increasingly impressive.”
Michelle Gamble blogs about getting your online form right and converting visitors to leads or sales.
“A bad online form can kill an otherwise great website. You need to balance the need to get more people to actually fill it out and build your database, with the need to get more insights about your potential customers.”
Michelle Gamble blogs about nurturing leads and using your database as a powerful marketing tool.
“Save the sales pitch to a small section of the newsletter and only let them know when there is something different happening- for example a new product or when you’re running a special offer.”
Michelle Gamble blogs about her up and down relationship with group buying sites.
“That got me thinking about the future of group buying. Surely I’m not the only one who has a love-hate relationship with the sometimes inbox clogging emails.”
Michelle Gamble blogs about successfully introducing QR codes into your business.
“From a marketing perspective, it’s a way to add value and enhance your customer experience, and connect to your audience instantly on another level.”
