Hi everyone Just started looking around this forum, trying to branch out. I run a number of different online businesses......yeah the usual, SEO, google places, SMS and mobile marketing, facebook fans, facebook ad campaigns, youtube video creation & optimization....and the list goes on. Seems I usually end up with local clients and then start with a few services, and after they make more money we reinvest into more marketing. I belive its key for a small business owner to see results in their marketing investment so we usually start off with something they can see immediate results in. Whats hot now? Google places listings and SMS/Text marketing. What is SMS marketing? Basically its fully automated, people text a number and they are on your list. You make one click and send a message out to all of them. Open rates are 97% vs 2% in email and people open it right away since most people are never more than 3 feet away from their cell phone! For some of my bar clients, its working well for happy hour notifications and special events like reserve tables for UFC fight, etc. Google places: one of the best ways to move up on google without piles of SEO. With the right work, more people are looking on google on their phones and getting your google places ranked quickly helps this. We started an offer for new clients, free google places listing and then offer more services after.
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