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If you’re currently taking the “name + contact info” dead-end approach when it comes to your email signature, you’re missing an opportunity. Change it up with Growth Tactic #88, Optimize Your Email Signature, the next tip in your 100-Day Digital Growth Plan. Don’t just end your emails on a good note–close them with a call-to-action.   OVERVIEW--Optimize Your Email Signature  You should always be selling. Even if you’re not the sales guy (or gal). Anywhere you can slip in a

You know that little bubble of excitement you feel when you discover non-bill-related correspondence in the mailbox? It’s time to pay it forward. Show your customers that you’re willing to go the extra mile, by sending a little something across the miles. Lucky for you, Growth Tactic #66, Gain Loyalty with a Personal Touch–Say Thanks, breaks down the old school “thank-you marketing” method for you. The newest installment of your 100-Day Digital Growth Plan awaits! OVERVIEW: Gain Loyalty with a Personal Touch--Say

Lead generation is how businesses take complete strangers and make them into fans. That’s quite a bit of magic when you think about it. Old school variations of lead generation usually involved interrupting someone in the middle of dinner with an unsolicited phone call. Today, organizations have more savvy tools at their disposal thanks to technology – ones that are less likely to annoy that fish you are trying to hook. Social media shares and likes take you places telemarketing

It’s just as true in business as it is in real life--take a good relationship for granted and the warm, fuzzy feelings may soon grow cold. So why jeopardize a good thing? No need for flowers and candy once the sale is made (unless you’re actually selling flowers and candy…). Growth Tactic #28: Nurture Customers through Email Queues, the latest in our 100-Day Digital Growth Plan series, explains why—and how—you need to handle prospects and customers with care using proven

TOP 5 EMAIL CONVERSION STRATEGIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS Companies with billion-dollar marketing budgets can afford to spin a few wheels, but when you’re a small business owner, you need to see results from every channel, including email conversion. Email marketing is a low-cost and mobile-friendly approach, but without sufficient ROI, what’s the point? The Radicati Group, a technology marketing research firm, reports that 205 billion emails go out daily, and that number is expected to rise. What this means for

We’ve launched a series of brief 100-Day Digital Growth Plan blogs, with growth tactics, tips and insights to keep you learning and your business growing well into 2017! Welcome to Tactic #1, a brief guide for showing off your expertise with a series of educational emails that will have prospects coming to you for more--more information, more advice, and ultimately, your services and products! Overview - Growth Plan Tactic #1 People love to work with companies that are prepared to help