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July 19, 2024 By yclmanager5

Should You Market During the Summer?

A client last week told me they didn’t want to do their  July eNews because “It’s summer. It’s hot. People are busy. Sales are slow.”… … …   I couldn’t convince them to change their decision but I hope I can convince you not to follow their example. Stopping your advertising in slow times whether it’s a Depression, Recession, or July in Arizona is the wrong decision.  Of course, have a budget. Watch your costs. Look for good value.  But don’t stop advertising your business.

Read this marketing story from the Depression era and think
about the impact it is still having today inKellogg ad 2017!

Kellogg’s vs Post

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July 10, 2024 By yclmanager5

11 Powerful Examples of Dynamic Email Content [+ Guide]

“Not all email personalization is created equal. 

There are varying degrees, from the basic “Hello, %%first_name%%” that many email service providers (ESPs) offer using merge tags, to more advanced methods that go beyond these standard methods—like email elements that are dynamically personalized at the time of open (think: live polls, countdown timers, and Interest Signals).

This raises the question: if a majority of marketers are using basic-level personalization—like a subscriber’s first name, subject line, or preview text—how personalized is it really?

If you’re looking for ways to personalize beyond the standard email practices, read on for 11 ways to create personalized inbox experiences, with examples from brands like Ted Baker, Kate Spade, and more.”

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July 3, 2024 By yclmanager5

Email Personalization: How to Find Better Data

“Yes, email personalization like this is simple and easy to do if you have the right ESP. It’s become a popular tactic because we know email marketing personalization is good for business. 71% of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized experiences, according to McKinsey.”

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June 19, 2024 By yclmanager5

9 Expert Tips to Improve Email Marketing Performance

As email geeks, we love to obsess over exciting email designs and funky new coding tricks. But the real reason we send emails? To build relationships that drive business results.

To make email marketing work as a channel, you need to perform in three main areas: Deliverability, engagement, and value.

That’s why we hosted a Litmus Talks webinar called “Embrace the Email Performance Trifecta and See Major Results.” Together, we honed in on the elements that have the most impact when it comes to reaching the inbox, encouraging consistent engagement, and sending relevant emails your subscribers actually want to read.

Read on for nine ways to improve your email performance, and catch all their insights on-demand with the full webinar.

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June 17, 2024 By yclmanager5

Grow Your Email List In Order To Grow Your Business

It is CRUCIAL that your email list consistently grow and that it stay up to date. 

Your new clients will quite possibly make a second purchase or give a referral if you reach out to them while you are fresh in their minds and build the relationship. 

For an older client, an email might be just the nudge they need to turn “thinking about” into “doing!” 

Your email list will get smaller as people change companies, change emails, move, etc.  So you need to be adding new people to replace them. 

This infographic has great suggestions!  You won’t implement all of them or all of them at one time but make a plan!!  Your Computer Lady will help you if you give us a call.  

Click the image to view a full size checklist.

 

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June 12, 2024 By yclmanager5

Word count and SEO: how long should a post or page be?

We often get the question of how long an online text should be. As this often depends on different factors, it’s difficult to give just one answer. But looking from an SEO and user-oriented perspective, there is a rule of thumb you can follow. We advise writing more than 300 words for posts or pages, while product descriptions should be over 200 words. Why? Because a higher word count helps Google understand what your text is about. It also gives you the room to give enough information on the topic being discussed, which is helpful for your site visitors. However, we don’t advise adding more content for the sake of it. Quality and readability always come first!

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June 10, 2024 By yclmanager5

Why Your Website is Valuable

This headline recently appeared in Tech Crunch. Read the full article here.

“Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray”

Once again, with no notice or explanation, Facebook changed the rules on how you can use Groups.  Users have no voice. They have no alternatives. They have no control.

Any social media platform can change their software, their function, their pricing, etc. at their discretion.  You are using the software at their pleasure.  It’s irritating if they are PART of your marketing plan. It can be devastating if they ARE your marketing plan.

A safer process is to make your website your marketing hub.

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June 10, 2024 By yclmanager5

What Is Organic SEO? How Do You Maximize It On Your Website?

The goal of any search engine is to give the searcher the “best” answer quickly and accurately.  In a perfect world, the first listing on the search results would be exactly what you are looking for.  Repeat searches build income for the search engine.

So when a search engine looks at (indexes) your website, they are looking to see how many answers you have on your site. When you optimize your site, you put in lots of answers and make them easy for the search engine to find.

Another factor is that your answer has to be relevant time wise. Again, the search engine considers a perfect answer to be new.  If you wrote a great page of content one year ago about your primary service, it loses value because there is newer information out there on another site.

There are two types of SEO you can use to promote your website:

1. Organic SEO – You put content on your web pages and blogs containing information about your business. You use keywords and some coding tools to help search engines index your site. Keywords are the words or phrases someone would use if they were searching for your company or products.

Keyword Examples

BUSINESS     KEYWORD
CPR classes      

CPR training, First Aid training, CPR training Phoenix, First Aid training Mesa

Website designer  Website design, small business website, Website design Arizona, Website development
Custom cabinets    Kitchen cabinets, Bathroom cabinets, Installation, Kitchen cabinets Scottsdale, Bathroom cabinets Gilbert

Your content should be building the amount of subject matter on your site. The custom cabinet company would write about how to select cabinets, kitchen trends, cabinet lighting, ageing in place tips for kitchens, etc.

The value of a blog on your site is that you can easily add new content that will show the search engines that you are on top of this topic. Your page content may be a little older but the blog posts are new and consistent.

2. Paid SEO – You can pay a company to do specialized SEO for your company. They will analyze the use of keywords on your site and by searchers. They will update your page(s) content to use a maximum number of keywords.  Then the company will put in a bid with a search engine, most likely Google, to show up at the top of the search results for that keyword.

 The bid amount is determined by the competition for that keyword.  A bid for “real estate Scottsdale” is going to have a big price tag!  A bid for “CPR training Mesa” will be lower because there is not that much competition for that word. If a new competitor moves into Mesa and starts bidding against you, the price will go up.

For paid SEO, there will be a set up fee to optimize your page(s) and put in your bid ($250 – 450). Then there will be a monthly budget determining how much you want to spend on your bids.  The minimum monthly budget is going to be $300. It will go up based on how competitive your keyword(s) is and what your goal is.  YCL can refer you to a company to work with.

How Can YCL Help with Organic SEO?

  • YCL can analyze the keywords on your website. Maybe you used only CPR training on a page and never added First Aid training. Maybe you only used CPR training once on the page.
  • YCL can add location content. We can add pages that talk about the work you do and emphasize that you work in Mesa and Gilbert and Chandler. (See an example at the bottom of this page.)
  • YCL can do basic optimization on your site by adding page descriptions, more keywords, page titles, etc. We will work on your main web pages and your blogs if you like.

Call today to discuss your best options!

 

 

 

 

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June 5, 2024 By yclmanager5

Commercial vs. Transactional Emails: 5 Powerful Ways to Optimize Your Message

What would your email marketing team do with $650,000?

Whether you’re a hundred-strong team or a scrappy team of one, that’s a lot of moolah.

That’s the amount of an FTC settlement against Experian Consumer Services for violating CAN-SPAM by confusing transactional and commercial emails. The issue was not that their emails included colorful designs or even that it included information about Experian products.

It was that they did not allow members to opt-out of their emails.

Don’t make the same mistake.

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May 29, 2024 By yclmanager5

Connecting the Dots: Uniting SEO and Social Media Strategies for Stronger Brand Identity

In the fast-paced digital marketing domain, search engine optimization (SEO) and social media represent two fundamental elements that shape a brand’s online identity. Each plays a pivotal role, yet when they converge into an effective seo strategy, the combined effect amplifies the brand’s visibility and influence. This harmonious alignment between SEO and social media paves the way for a more pronounced and compelling online brand identity.

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