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If you want to write content copy that leaps off the page, gets into the soul of your audience and compels them to really think about your offer – or at least give your message the time of day – you have to develop a skill that goes above and beyond a mechanical formula. And […]

The secret skill all great copywriters have

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Today marks three months of full-time entrepreneurship. Three months of doing something I’ve never done before in my 37 years. Three months that have felt more like three years. I can’t even wrap my mind around everything that has happened in a quarter of a year, but that’s what a blog is for, right? To […]

Thoughts after three months of entrepreneurship

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How to create content your target audience will love You have to create content your target audience enjoys in order for your marketing platforms (i.e. emails, social, website, blog, search engines…) to attract viable leads for your small business.  It’s not enough just to have a growing following. Within that following needs to be a […]

How to create content your target audience will love

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If I could sum up the primary fear small business owners have about their marketing, it’s not wasting money on ineffective ads or making content that doesn’t resonate with their audience or having a website that doesn’t convert well, it’s this: What if I send an email or post on Instagram or Facebook and I […]

What if someone unfollows or unsubscribes to your Instagram, Facebook, email list, etc?

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How do you start a small business marketing plan? I can tell you how NOT to start it – with marketing goals. Wait, what? I’ve seen many entrepreneurs, and even business coaches, start a marketing plan with marketing goals. Makes sense, right? But here’s the thing, your marketing goals should directly align with business goals, […]

How to start a small business marketing plan

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I know what you want tips on, friend. You want to know how you can triple your social media following in a month. Don’t we all!? While I can’t guarantee you’ll cream the complicated, somewhat unfair to small potatoes algorithms of Facebook and Instagram, I can give you  insider tricks to help your content be […]

Four tricks to increase your social media reach

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Are you wondering how long it takes before your marketing should be expected to begin boosting sales or lead conversion? Do you get impatient to see marketing results? I do!  As business owners, we should be interested in how our marketing is doing and regularly check performance, but I have also seen clients give up […]

How long it takes for marketing to work

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Email marketing makes small business better. In fact, it surprises me how little emphasis a lot of business owners put on growing an email list and sending that list regular emails. I think many entrepreneurs get distracted by the attractional qualities of their website, social media and ads, and neglect to recognize the conversion power […]

Six data-driven tips for stronger email performance

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I did it. I quit my full-time corporate marketing job and made the leap to full-time entrepreneurship as a small business marketing agency. Today, August 19th, 2019, marks my first official day as a small business owner. I honestly wasn’t sure what this day would feel like. The day I’ve had pinpointed between the proverbial […]

My marketing agency side-hustle is now my full-time small business! Cue the confetti!

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When I speak with small business owners, their main issue is not creativity, know-how or desire to run an effective marketing strategy. Their issue is time. Great small business marketing takes time and many preferred marketing methods like emails and social media can start to feel like full-time jobs if you’re doing them right. Every […]

Four ways to automate your small business marketing

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