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How to survive seasonality as an entrepreneur

Running a small business can be an empowering experience, but also an unpredictable one. You have to work incredibly hard to make sure new business is walking through the door, but inevitably, you’re going to run into slower periods. Unfortunately, these are out of your control. Seasonality affects all businesses. (There’s a reason why unemployment […]

Chris Strode · 2 min
Expert

Getting started and keeping on track with a franchise business

Opening a franchise is an appealing option for those who want to own a business, but getting started can be daunting. With a franchise, you’ll receive the support of a franchisor so you won’t have to worry about starting from scratch or jumping over obstacles traditional startups face. Here are eight important tips to ensure […]

Raeleen Hooper · 2 min
Advertising | Marketing

6 Tips for building a successful SEM campaign

SEM, or Search Engine Marketing, has become an integral part of achieving success online. But with so many misconceptions floating around the web as to what SEM really is, it’s easy to understand why some businesses lack confidence and just don’t know where to start. What is SEM? In today’s digital world, a good-looking, smooth-functioning […]

Nital Shah · 2 min
Locked

Planning ahead the key to Christmas success

It’s nearly time to start putting out Christmas stock, and therefore important to start thinking about your holiday marketing now.

Gina Baldassarre · 2 min
Hot Tips

The need to know marketing trends of 2013

Marketing evolves as tactics and technologies change and improve – technological advances can help you understand which actions generate the best returns on investment.

Greg Butler · 2 min
Digital

SMS marketing could be just right for your customers

SMS marketing isn’t right for your customers; it’s invasive and people just find it annoying. Right? Wrong. When done properly, SMS marketing can be an extremely effective way to communicate with customers.

Matthew Johnson · 2 min
Hot Tips

How to make your marketing count

Societal norms dictate that people want to be with other people, doing what other people are doing. We fear ostracism and as such we seek to belong. It’s pretty ironic then, that in marketing, being successful requires you to stand out from the crowd, not be part of it.

Hamish Anderson · 2 min
Digital

10 steps to more powerful email subject lines

An email subject line is an invitation to communicate. Any email that doesn’t get opened is a message that has not been delivered. So to increase your chances of your emails being read and messages received, here are some important tips on the effective use of subject lines.

Gina Lofaro · 2 min
Digital

Tricks to make your eMarketing stand out in the inbox

Email marketing is tricky; open and click through rates can be demoralisingly low at times, leaving business owners wondering what else they could be doing to get customers to open their eMarketing. Here are some simple tricks to try today.

Matthew Johnson · 2 min