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New Year, New Rules: Your 2025 Email Marketing Wake-Up Call

January 23, 2025 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Are you still emailing like you did in 2015? Or even 2022? If so, we’re sorry to inform you that your emails are living their lives in spam city – a land where much time and money goes to waste. There are new email rules and updates that have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing Tagged With: marketing for contractors, marketing for small business

How Should You Use Reviews in Marketing & Do They Still Work?

February 28, 2024 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Can we have some real talk about reviews and testimonials? No one denies they help sites like Amazon or Expedia. But are they still useful for regular businesses like yours? If you run a small business, you may be wondering: The short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing, Marketing Strategy, Websites for Small Business Tagged With: growing a small business, small business marketing strategy

Are You Sending Lead-Nurturing Emails for Your Small Business?

June 22, 2023 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Technology is a wonderful thing. We may have a frustrating relationship with it, but it’s an entrepreneur’s best friend. Because tech tools can save us time and money by handling daily tasks, and many marketing tasks. Like staying in touch with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing Tagged With: marketing for small business, marketing ideas for home service businesses, small business marketing strategy

10 Email Marketing Mistakes Every Small Business Should Avoid

June 7, 2023 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

The war going on in email inboxes can seem challenging. Subject line too vague or confusing? DELETED. Use the wrong words in your email and look like spam? SENT TO THE SPAM FOLDER. Too long since your last email and they forgot who you are? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing Tagged With: marketing for small business, small business marketing strategy

How to Start an Email List That Boosts Leads for Your Small Biz

February 23, 2021 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

How to start an email list

Updated October 16, 2024 When you compare all of the different marketing tactics you could use to promote your small business, email wins. Yes, email. You might be wondering: What about ads, social media or SEO for Google ranking? Yes, they’re … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing

Email Marketing for Home Service Businesses: Turn the Oldest Tool on the Block into Your Best Marketing Tactic

April 21, 2020 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

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What’s the most overlooked tool in the marketing toolbox? Email. It may be the “old kid on the block” and it’s not as sexy as video or Instagram Stories, but it’s still the most effective way to stay in front of clients. Which is why email … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing Tagged With: marketing for home service business, marketing ideas for home service businesses

5 Simple Reasons Why Email Marketing Is Not Dead

June 6, 2014 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Have you heard the phrase “email marketing is dead”? I have. I have to say that I don’t believe it’s true. I know from personal experience that I am more apt to make a purchase from information in an email offering a discount or advertising a special … [Read more...]

Filed Under: E-mail marketing, Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing: How to Drive Traffic to Your Website

January 23, 2014 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

My definition of internet marketing refers to the delivery of promotional material via the internet to increase direct sales of goods and services both on and offline. Internet marketing includes email marketing, search engine marketing, social media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging, E-mail marketing, Internet Marketing, Local Search Engine Optimization, Local SEO, Social Media, Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing

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