SEO, or Search Engine Optimization is the practice of enhancing a website’s visibility in a search engine’s organic (unpaid) results. The goal is to draw more traffic to a site by making it appear high on the list of results returned by a search engine. It’s crucial for increasing visibility, gaining credibility, and understanding user behavior. […]
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Strategic marketing for small businesses involves the planning and implementation of marketing tactics in a way that aligns with the business’s overall goals, maximizes its resources, and provides it with a competitive edge in its industry. It’s about being intentional, proactive, and customer-focused in all marketing decisions and activities. Here’s a breakdown of some key […]
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Navigating the world of business profits can often seem like a complex maze. How can you effectively increase profits without sacrificing the quality of your offerings or straining your resources? The key lies in a concept that’s often overlooked – Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). This principle takes you beyond the transactional view of customer relationships […]
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In our last blog post entitled “Content Marketing for SMBs: Turbocharge Your Growth” we introduced you to the importance of content marketing. Now we’re following up with an article focused on presenting the top benefits of content marketing to show you how they can transform your business and increase your search ranking, with an emphasis […]
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If you’re a small to medium-sized business owner looking to boost your brand’s visibility, foster customer loyalty, and drive sales, content marketing for SMBs is the key to unlocking your business’s full potential. As a seasoned content marketing consultant, I’ve witnessed firsthand how a strategically implemented content marketing strategy can transform businesses and propel them […]
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What exactly is Vertical Marketing? Visualize your marketing model as the root system beneath a tree. The trunk is the broad category of your industry, which then gets subdivided into narrower branches. These branches might be your specific services or product categories. For each branch, you have an ideal customer. Vertical marketing targets these smaller […]
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There’s no easy answer to this question as the solution is different for every marketer. What is the composition of your target audience? If it skews to millennials, the answer is more often than if your target is skewed older. Is yours the type of product or service that needs to post more often? I […]
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When was the last time you didn’t take a positive or negative comment into account before clicking the shopping cart button or making a purchase of any kind? You’re not alone…93% of consumers say online reviews impact purchase decisions. Not only that, 63% of consumers are willing to pay up to 15% more for a […]
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The New Year is in full swing and entrepreneurs, business owners and strategists, are all looking to level up their goals, but it’s a struggle without the support of a solid team of employees. Work-life balance, flexible scheduling and company culture are cited as the top reasons people left their employment and/or changed their careers […]
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According to a Deloitte study, 60% of insurance consumers feel like their insurance agents don’t offer any value after the initial policy purchase. …but the average Independent Agency writes only 1.3 policies per client. On average, single-policy accounts stay with an agency for only three years. …but change that to two policies and they stick […]
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The word “valuable” best describes good content. Is your reader deriving benefit from your content? Look, there is so much content out there today delivered in so many forms, digital and otherwise, that your content just has to excel. And if you’re wondering about the type of content that will interest your readers, ask them! […]
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When it comes to increasing insurance revenues, make sure you pick the “lowest hanging fruit” first. The perfect opportunity exists to cross-sell or up-sell your present customers. All you need to do is implement a tactic called account rounding. What is account rounding? It’s one of the most effective, but underutilized sales and marketing tactics […]
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Last year I wrote about the importance of Account Rounding to increase insurance revenues. Since then we have continued to refine the idea of account rounding and we’ve learned valuable information regarding how you can best use account rounding to help build your book of business. To help you understand how this tactic can work […]
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How much is a single customer worth to you? Is retention as important as generating new leads? To answer these questions you need to consider the lifetime value of your clients. To determine Customer Lifetime Value means to calculate how much profit you can expect from a single client over their lifetime. Granted, there is […]
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To build Customers for Life, you need to start by creating Marketing Personas. The why? The how and some action steps. In short, it’s really all about the data – how you collect it, analyze it and use it. What exactly is a Marketing Persona? Think of it as a semi-fictional representation of your primary […]
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Strategies vs Objectives vs Tactics – knowing the difference can and will help change the equation. A common question that crops up all the time is “what the difference is between strategy, objectives and tactics”. Understanding both the difference, and how these factors dovetail, is vital given that the answer will likely determine how marketing […]
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How? Send welcome emails! So here’s the thing: Open rates for welcome emails are, on average, 50%. This means that, compared to standard email, they are 86% more effective. Why take advantage of this situation? Based on historic open rates, you know that your new customer is most receptive to reading and digesting your messaging at […]
Read Moreintouch relaunches intouchagent marketing program for insurance professionals Digital marketing agency helps insurance pros stay in touch with customers and prospects Los Angeles, CA – Today, intouch Business, Inc., a leading digital marketing agency announced the relaunch of their intouchagent marketing program for insurance professionals. Originally conceived over 14 years ago as an email marketing program, […]
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4 proven techniques to sky-rocket your email open rate Email open rates vary greatly for many different reasons, but most important the open rate is most impacted when the recipient of your email believes there is VALUE in the message you have sent. That ‘value’ is represented in four ways: Your From (sender) name. Your […]
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Cyber threats to both the health care sector and average Americans have surged as hackers look to take advantage of the panic and chaos caused by the coronavirus crisis. Major agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been targeted by hackers in unsuccessful but ongoing […]
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