Consultants to local businesses often use a printed (or downloadable) report on a facet of online marketing as a tool to get new local clients. James Allen has created a new version of this tool that will attract attention from your prospective clients, a set of infographic reports he calls Local Lead-gen Infographics. These infographics explain some key online concepts that local marketers will find intrguing: • Google Plus Local • Facebook business pages • Foursquare • Pinterest • Mobile text Marketing • Mobile Optimized Websites In each of these infographics, you... [...]
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If you work with local clients, you now can make their online presence look professional without any graphic expertise yourself. Matt B has released a new Social Media Graphics Bundle that provides a professional appearance for five niches. These graphics let you provide an attractive coordinated look for: • Their Facebook timeline, with matching tabs • Their Twitter background • Their YouTube channel background • Their Google+ These attractive niche-specific graphics are included for these five niches: 1. Locksmiths 2. Roofers 3. Auto repair shops 4. Pizza shops 5. Hair salons You... [...]
DareDevil Marketing has been receiving a calendar full of clients through the marketing efforts of other companies, who do the prospecting and pre-selling at no charge. All DareDevil does is take the order. They know that the best clients are people referred to you by satisfied clients. So they find a business already serving the clients they want to attract. They build a relationship with that business by helping it at no charge, Then they suggest that business mention this same service to their clients (and add a “little special something” to that suggestion.) The end result is that... [...]
Many consultants use the technique of giving out a report to potential clients. Now, if you are looking for local clients, there’s a new tool available, James Allen’s Local Gead-Gen Infographic. This infographic introduces local businesses to Google Plus for Local Businesses. It’s attractive, well-written and holds your attention. And you get it in high-resolution form, ready for you to add your company name and contact details. This infographic educates the business about Google Plus Local and warns them that they might need a professional (like you) to help them do it right. Use... [...]
Many consultants use the technique of giving out a report to potential clients. Now, if you are looking for local clients, there’s a new tool available, James Allen’s Local Gead-Gen Infographic. This infographic introduces local businesses to Google Plus for Local Businesses. It’s attractive, well-written and holds your attention. And you get it in high-resolution form, ready for you to add your company name and contact details. This infographic educates the business about Google Plus Local and warns them that they might need a professional (like you) to help them do it right. Use... [...]
If you plan to go into consulting for (and marketing services to) offline merchants, you need at least one service in your repertory that is easy to sell (because it has irresistible appeal to business owners) and easy to deliver. SMS lead generation for local businesses is a growing opportunity. With SMS, you can deliver instant results to impress your clients. Once you have impressed them, you have many opportunities to upsell other services to them. Mark Helton has just released SMS Hot Box [...]
Your clients are looking to a way to place them ahead of their competitors in the eyes of their clients. They want their clients to look first to them when seeking a service or product. One good way to do that is social proof: show prospective customers who is already a happy customer. Jason X has just released the WPMapFolio WordPress plugin to provide this social proof. Business owners are becoming jaded as phoney internet consultants have taken their money and provided little value. You need to show them you can give them valuable services. With WPMapFolio, you can build a custom Google map... [...]
A new product is available starting at Noon EST to help you build a business as a marketing consultant to local businesses. Local Sniper is online software, created by Adeel Chowdury and Jason King, that allows you to earn money right from your PC at home, with very little work. You can make just enough to go shopping when you want or possibly you can make a full income, depending on the time you want to invest. Jason King, the product promoter, says that its work has been automated so you don’t have to have many skills to use it. All you need is a computer and the ability to navigate the... [...]
People trust online reviews. Because of this, before a purchase of any significant size, they seek out reviews so they can form their opinion and make their decision. This is a business opportunity for us. We can become consultants helping local businesses to improve their review success. We can deliver a reputation management system that will improve their reviews so their reputation will soar. Dave Iago has just relaunched SMSchema, a system for soliciting good reviews that get posted on the business website and for handling bad reviews privately. When you think of how many restautants there... [...]
Restaurants are constantly looking for ways to increase their customers. Although the owner may not realize it, repeat customers are the best kind, typical advertising focuses on getting new customers. Repeats are ignored. With the Fast Start Toolkit, you can solve this problem for them. All restaurants need loyal customers for profitability, but many have no way to earn that loyalty. You can provide them a program that builds the loyalty that will increase their income. It’s good for them, for for their customers and it may just provide you a good income, too. You help the restaurant set... [...]