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Branding vs. Content: Why You Need Both to Attract Your Dream Clients

You can have the most impressive skills and deliver amazing results for your clients, but if your brand isn’t screaming “Here’s why I’m the one for you,” your dream clients won’t see (or choose) you. Instead, they’ll scroll right past, confused about what you offer or why you’re the perfect fit. As Dolly Parton famously […]

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How to Use Cognitive Biases to Create Attention-Grabbing Content That Stops the Scroll

Ever wonder why some posts make you stop in your tracks while others just blend into the feed? It’s not about being louder or more frequent—it’s all about the psychology behind attention. Your audience’s brain is making most of the decisions without them even realizing it. No seriously, 90% of all decisions are not made […]

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Social Media Tips For Service Providers: 4 Captivating Hooks to Boost Engagement

Social media has become an essential tool for small businesses to connect with their target audience, increase brand awareness, and establish authority. But with the ever-increasing amount of content available, it’s becoming harder to grab the attention of users and keep them engaged. That’s where captivating hooks and a few psychology-backed tactics come in. In […]

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From Barbie to Taylor Swift: Mastering 2023's Viral Campaigns for Small Businesses

When you think of the best viral marketing campaigns of 2023, you might instinctively think about the Barbie movie because, with a budget of $150 million, it was hard to miss. While marketing campaigns like these were epic, to say the least, it can feel impossible to replicate as a small business owner. So let’s break down a few key aspects of each campaign that you’re able to tap into in your own marketing efforts.

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Optimizing Your Online Presence As A Service Provider

Having a strong online presence is no longer optional. Whether you’re a small business owner or a freelance service provider, your digital presence is often the first interaction potential clients have with you. And as we all know, making a great first impression is crucial! In this blog post, I’ll be sharing some tips to […]

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Streamline Your Marketing: How To Craft Time-Saving Templates in ClickUp

If you’re a service provider or small business owner, you know just how important it is to stay organized and plan ahead with your business. Especially when it comes to staying active with your marketing. One way to ensure you never drop the ball on your internal marketing efforts again is to start relying on […]

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The Power of Brand Storytelling: How Emotional Marketing Connects with Customers

By telling a compelling brand story and using emotional marketing to connect with customers, you can create a memorable brand experience that differentiates your brand from its competitors.

In this article, we’ll be exploring the importance of brand storytelling, emotional marketing, and how combining these strategies can help you connect with customers on a deeper level to build a strong brand.

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Content Strategy vs. Content Planning: What's the Difference?

Content strategy and content planning are two closely related yet distinct concepts in the world of content creation.

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Tripwires: How to get customers tripping and stumbling into your marketing funnel

Have you been struggling to convert your leads into loyal customers? As an online business owner, using a tripwire in your marketing funnel can be an effective strategy to drive conversions and generate additional revenue.  And yes, even those “tripwire” sounds like bro-marketing hootenanny, its effectiveness is unmatched. What is a marketing tripwire? A tripwire […]

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Instagram Marketing: Decide on the Function Before The Format

Marketing your business on social media can be hard…especially when it seems like new features are being rolled out every few weeks. Constant updates and algorithm changes make it increasingly difficult to see the forest from the trees and ultimately harder to focus or determine what features are actually deserving of your time and attention.  […]

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Somehow, we’ve managed to make it to Q4 in a blink of an eye. And like most business owners, I’m sure you’re realizing you’re a day late and a dollar short when trying to plan a Black Friday promo. Not to mention any additional holiday sales campaigns you may want to run before the new […]

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How to develop shareable content for your small business

If you’re anything like me, you lived for English and Social Studies back in high school and HATED when the bell rang for Math or Science. While math is still on my “to-be-avoided-at-all-costs” list, I’ve come to love data and analytics. Show me the numbers…but only if I don’t have to mentally calculate something. If […]

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Small Business Marketing Tips

As a business owner, you should already know that marketing is key to your success. However, many small business owners don’t know how to properly market their businesses.  Are you ready for some small business marketing tips that will help you take your marketing to the next level? Let’s go! Small Business Marketing Tip 1: […]

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How to create content themes

Having pre-determined monthly content themes can make developing content as a small business owner, so much easier!

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Content Planning - Roadmap to strategic content

Content planning is the process of developing a strategic plan for the content you publish. This includes identifying what content will be created, on what platform it will be published, when it will be published, and how it will be presented.  Depending on the size of your team, your content plan will also include who […]

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how to increase social media engagement

Social media is a powerful tool for connecting with customers and promoting your business, although it can be tricky if you don’t understand your audience and share the wrong content. Here are a few tips to help you successfully utilize social media: 1. Know Your Audience Inside and Out When it comes to social media, […]

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easy content creation tips

As Stress Awareness Month is coming to a close, I felt it was important to talk about how to handle the stress of constantly being able to create content. Setting realistic goals is the best way to manage the stress of constantly creating content. First, make sure you are focusing on small goals that you […]

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