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  1. Stats & Facts: Reasons to Use Social Media

    Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest – these are but a few of the myriad of social media sites used today. As a perceptive business owner, you are already using at least a couple of these-right? After all, social media sites provide you with an inexpensive and simple method of letting people know who you are and what your company does.

    But in using social media, do you keep up with the latest statistics and updates that can help you better use your various social media accounts? If not, no problem! In this post, we will recap some of these, as well as mix some tips for making the most of social media sites.:

  2. 40 Easy Ways to Build Your Email Marketing List

    In our last posts, we talked about the importance of e-mail marketing and how to put together an effective e-mail marketing campaign. However, there is one vital factor every e-mail marketing campaign must have. No, it is not graphics or unique content, nor is it having eye-catching headlines and a Call to Action, although all of those are important. Rather, it is having people to receive your emails.

    This may seem to be an obvious element, but it is often one of the more difficult ones to do. After all, thanks to spammers, many people are not as willing to hand out their e-mail addresses, as perhaps they once were. Consequently, it can be difficult to build up an e-mail marketing list. To help out, here are 40 inexpensive, and relatively simple, ways to build your list thus making the time spent on creating those newsletters worth it:

  3. 15 Tips for Effective Autoresponder Campaigns

    In our last post, we discussed the merits of using an autoresponder for e-mail marketing to help boost your sales. But, now that you know the benefits of using an autoresponder, how can you be sure that the campaign(s) you design will be acknowledged and read? Here are some tips for a good autoresponder campaign.

  4. Using Autoresponders to Promote Sales

    Staying in touch with your customer base, as well as keeping the name of your company in front of potential customers, is an important part of any effective sales strategy  However, many of us don’t have time to send out e-mail series or spend time working on extensive e-mail marketing campaigns. Yet, it is vital that one take the time to send out e-mail campaigns, as they are a prime way to keep your brand out there, build trust, send targeted information, support sales efforts and increase the client base.

  5. Gravity Forms for WordPress = Win

    If you run a WordPress website and you wish to be able to collect information from your clients, members or customers, then you will benefit greatly from the Gravity Forms plugin. Here at Page Progressive we believe, as do many others, that Gravity Forms is the best data collecting option out there for WordPress if not THE WORLD 😉

    Not familiar with Gravity Forms? Allow us to explain. Gravity Forms is a full feature contact form that allows people to send you information and even publish content directly to your website if you set it up to do so. Used in its simplest manner, Gravity Forms lets you create basic contact or a support forms that collects information such as name, e-mail, phone number, address, website and an assortment of other information. You even have the option to set up notifications based on conditional rules, create pre-populating fields and, because it has captcha as an option, you can even prevent spam!

  6. How to Build Your Internet Presence

    As a business owner, you recognize that it is vital that you get the word out about your company. Perhaps, you take out ads in the paper, have a coupon in those monthly coupon mail-outs or even have a paid spot on television or radio. These can all be effective. But what about the Internet? Do you realize that one of the most effective things you can do to build brand awareness for your company is by using the Internet? In fact, as more than 70% of the population uses the Internet to locate businesses and products, it is vital that you think about what you can do to promote your business online.

  7. New Facebook WordPress Plugin

    By now, you are well aware of Facebook and its plethora of cohorts like Twitter, Google and other social media sites. And, if you are an avid user of Facebook, you also know that Facebook is always changing or adding features-some of these are loved, and others, maybe not so much. 😉 But recently Facebook has released a plugin that, as a business owner you will want to take advantage of – the Facebook Plugin for WordPress.

  8. 10 Must Haves for a Real Estate Website

    Location, location, location! This a perhaps the most well-known phrases in real estate, regardless of whether you are the buyer or the seller. This is because buyers will go from place to place looking for that perfect location for their home or business needs.

    Today, however, the search for the perfect location can be easier, thanks to the Web. With just a few clicks of the mouse, buyers can find the locations they wish to see and, in many cases, sellers can list their property as well. This real estate location system is a huge time saver. Consequently, if you are a real estate agent, it is vital that you have a usable, findable website.

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