Sometimes it’s good to change up your marketing game and implement strategies that bring the customers to you instead of chasing after them. Let’s take a closer look at the concept of 'Inbound Marketing' for instance; essentially a strategy that focuses on getting you found by the consumer instead of shoving information in their face when they least expect it.
Traditional or outbound marketing is opposite to this. Outbound marketing uses various techniques that are often targeted...
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categories: Small Businesses, Marketing
3 tips to kick start your business in 2015!
December 03, 2014
As we close in on the final lap for the year, there are a few things we shouldn’t forget when it comes to the up-coming New Year. The chaos of the holiday season generally tends to take up a lot of our time as small business owners and we tend to forget that the New Year also requires some intensive planning so that your brand doesn’t get forgotten when January rolls in. Ideally you want to prepare for an even better year. Here are a few things you should start planning for now so...
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categories: Business Strategy, Small Businesses, Marketing
Keep Your Business in Form This Holiday Season
December 02, 2014
The holiday season is fast approaching and with it, the chance to grow your business. Due to the gift-giving nature of the season impulse spending increases dramatically and if you play your cards right, your business will experience a large boost to sales over the period.
Due to the potential for large sales growth over the period businesses often increase their marketing activities over this period. As a result your activities could be drowned out unless you have the biggest marketing...
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categories: Business Strategy
Swipe FOCUS: Grace Studio
December 01, 2014
Grace Studio, manufacturer of beautiful artisan-type soaps is based in New Zealand. These gorgeous soaps smell amazing, are soft on skin, and are especially hand crafted by Monique Brown - the creator of the label Grace Studio. Monique is passionate about good soaps, and can be found concocting new types each day. She attributes her creativity to God’s Grace, incidentally the inspiration behind the name Grace Studio. Her retailers can be found in Khandallah, Ngaio, and Churton Park,...
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categories: Payment Solution, Small Businesses
Tips on how to build a mobile friendly website for your e-Business
November 25, 2014
During the past decade e-business has boomed, with more and more people opting to shop online. This is partly due to the huge uptake in smartphones and tablets as well as the lowering costs of mobile data. This has led to significant traffic coming from mobile devices, which further increases during the major shopping seasons. More and more customers now opt to shop on their mobile device due to the convenience of being able to shop on the go such as while commuting to work. The market has now...
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