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Should You Market Your Small Business to Gen Z?

September 10, 2024 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably wondered about Generation Z’s potential for your business— and with good reason. This generation is growing in number and buying power. But are Gen Zers a good market for you? And should you spend time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketing Strategy, Social Media Marketing Tagged With: growing a small business, marketing for home service business, marketing for small business, small business marketing strategy

Top 4 Review Sites for Our Contractor & Home-Service Biz Clients

July 14, 2023 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Trust. You might think it’s a mushy or over-hyped concept, but it’s vital to the success of your business. It’s also not easily won. In a 2021 survey of consumers, only 34% said they trust the brands they use. Yet more than 80% of them said trust … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local Search Engine Optimization, Local SEO Tagged With: marketing for contractors, marketing for home service business, online reviews for businesses

Have You Checked Your Marketing Results?

May 4, 2022 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

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As we set our business goals each year, it’s a good time to see just how well our marketing worked last year. Have you checked your results recently? In small business marketing, it’s crucial to see whether or not you’ve reached your goals. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy Tagged With: growing a small business, marketing for contractors, marketing for home service business, marketing for small business

Seasonal Marketing: It Makes Your Small Biz Garden Grow

November 10, 2021 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Smell the pumpkin spice in the air? Yes, it’s that time of year when many consumer product brands jump on this holiday flavor. It’s so prevalent now we all joke about it, but they still do it. And there’s a good reason for that. It sells. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketing Strategy Tagged With: growing a small business, marketing for home service business, marketing for small business, small business marketing strategy

How to Build Online Marketing for Small Business Success

October 14, 2021 By Kelly Butcher 1 Comment

When a friend mentioned her husband was starting a small business during the pandemic, it didn’t sound like a good idea. I figured his timing couldn’t be worse. Well, that was a year ago and I've been proven wrong. His business is doing well. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Marketing Strategy Tagged With: growing a small business, marketing for home service business, marketing for small business, small business marketing strategy

8 Ways to Shoot Better Photos and Boost Your Marketing

September 29, 2021 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

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How do you make your brand or company stand out on social media? One way is to use great photos or videos. Take a cue from businesses that are successfully using good images to gain followers and visibility. It’s something you can do too.   Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Social Media, Social Media Marketing Tagged With: marketing for contractors, marketing for home service business, marketing for small business, small business marketing strategy

Video Marketing 101 for Small Biz & Contractors

August 25, 2021 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

Video Marketing Tips for Businesses

Video content is great for engaging with fans and getting more eyes on your business. The problem is knowing what kinds of videos to create. Should you show work behind-the-scenes? Talk about your product or service? Do something more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Contractor, Social Media Marketing Tagged With: marketing for contractors, marketing for home service business, video marketing

Don’t Get Social Media? Steal Our Top Post Ideas for Contractors

June 29, 2021 By Kelly Butcher 2 Comments

Know why people like social media so much? Because it gives them a sense of belonging and connectedness. This is from a study by the University of Queensland’s School of Psychology. Yet many contractors and small business owners avoid social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Contractor, Internet Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Marketing Tagged With: marketing for contractors, marketing for home service business, marketing ideas for home service businesses, social media

3 Key Steps to Getting Leads as a Remodeling Contractor

May 25, 2021 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

What does it take to get leads online? Wish we could say it’s easy, but that wouldn’t be true. It isn’t hard though, if you focus on 3 key elements. To get leads online, make sure your remodeling service website: Can be found in an online … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, General Contractor, Local Search Engine Optimization, Local SEO, Search Engine Optimization, SEO Tagged With: lead generation for small business, marketing for home service business

Why Your Small Business Website Isn’t Bringing in Leads

January 26, 2021 By Kelly Butcher Leave a Comment

You’ve spent hundreds or even thousands on your business website and you’re proud of it. Problem is… it’s not bringing in leads. What happened? Like many small business owners, you have a website that includes the right information: what you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategy Tagged With: growing a small business, marketing for contractors, marketing for home service business, marketing for small business, small business marketing strategy

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