Small Business Marketing: Google Analytics Beginners

3 Things to Look For: Basic Metrics for Google Analytics Beginners Google Analytics is a great tool for anyone with a website. Rather than hoping that your website is doing “OK,” you can actually track details about your website’s performance and make updates and changes accordingly. Good metrics are vital to attracting traffic to your…

Small Business Marketing: Writing A Google Places business description that will drive traffic

3 Easy Steps: Writing A Google Places business description that will drive traffic One of the most important parts of any business listing (including Google Places) is your business description.  This is exactly what it sounds like: a description of your business and what you do, in just 200 characters. Yes, that’s pretty short, and the…

BizPlanit Reviews Jian SmallBizCRM (Contact Management Solution)

Review: JIAN SmallBizCRM with Email Marketing A CRM, or customer relationship management solution, is a must for any entrepreneur or small business owner. I am sure this statement does not come as a surprise to you. However, finding the right CRM solution is not easy. Whether it is too complex, too expensive, too feature rich,…

Small Business Marketing: Use your CRM to build loyalty

What is Email Drip Marketing Drip Marketing is a system that uses emails to steadily “drip” out information to a list of prospects and customers over time. Typically this is done through a service such as constantcontact (for larger organizations) or through a Small Business CRM (Customer Relationship Manager / Contact Manager) such as JianSmallBizCRM…

8 Steps to a Successful Google Places Listing

Tips for Making the Most of Your Google Places Business Listing Create a Places listing for your business. Answer all Questions on the questionnaire – These include hours of operation and methods of payment. Make sure to double check answers as any misspellings or incorrect information may affect your listing visibility. Main Phone – This…