The goal for this site
is to provide tips, tools and techniques that can effectively support local small businesses
and/or the internet marketing affiliate. What works well has taken
a dramatic shift recently as technology enhancements have empowered
buyers. Reaching today's tech savvy information empowered consumer is a
never ending challenge. While small businesses can't afford to be on the
cutting edge, neither can they ignore the expanding source of buyers
reached through online marketing. Whether your customer is online or down the street
you need to find efficient and effective ways to promote your products.
The fear of technology and unknown cost of
participation has kept many small businesses from changing their efforts
in new customer acquisition and they continue to utilize offline
marketing to reach new customers. As a result they go completely unnoticed to
the growing pool of buyers ready to act immediately. Over 40% of
searches today are targeted toward the local search and more and more of
those searches are on mobile devices.
Putting it all together is not intuitive. Careful
planning, execution, testing and measuring results is necessary. The
advantages gained after designing and implementing an internet sales
funnel far outweigh the frustrations of making it work.
Every business has its own characteristics and there
is no one answer to the mixture of marketing and advertising that will
provide success. Additionally, each element of a marketing plan must be
blended and coordinated with other aspects. While cost is usually important, many
are well justified by their effectiveness measured against alternatives.
Today, internet services are readily available at reasonable
costs.