Jan Kearney -Your Local Business Marketing Consultant
Business is booming online according to Barclays Online Business Outlook 2013. Isn’t it refreshing to see the words UK, business and booming all in one sentence? The report found that online businesses are growing at a rate 57 times faster than the UK economy. That’s amazing news. Of course, there’s a downside. Despite a rise [...]
I had my first business coaching session with Sharon from SLJ Coaching and Training on Friday. I thought I would share my experience. Before I do… The difference between business coaching and mentoring People often use the words coaching and mentoring interchangeably, but there is a distinct difference between the two. Business coaching is very [...]
Yesterday, I had a lovely coffee and brainstorm with a local business owner. We sat chatted about the joys of getting found online, online advertising, social media, email and more. We touched briefly on pricing and markets – and dogs too… But, the crux of the matter was, while she was trying hard to be [...]
Many local business owners I speak to assume that online marketing is a one-off task. You build a website, or claim your Google+ Local page and that’s it, your job is done. In reality, like everything online, a consistent effort is needed. While you may not have the time to devote hours every day to [...]
I love that Google have started to produce videos over in their Webmaster Academy. This particular one is basic SEO in 10 minutes. Don’t be fooled by the “for startups” line, these SEO tips apply to all business websites. Basic SEO in 10 Minutes Basic SEO Takeaways 301 redirect (permanent redirect) www or non-www to [...]
Like everyone who uses the web for business, time can fly in a blink. There you are, expanding your reach, increasing your online visibility and making new connections. Before you know it you’ve spent hours doing nothing much of anything… Well, nothing productive anyway. It’s easy to get wrapped up in tools and the [...]
An odd match you may think. What has your online visibility got to do with parking cars? No, I haven’t partied too hard over the break! I was sat here, wondering what can I do for my first blog post of 2012. Staring at a blank page and waiting for inspiration to hit just wasn’t [...]
Social bookmarking has been around for a few years now. I am guilty of simply saying bookmark it or share it – without thinking that some people haven’t been online for quite as long as I have and really don’t have a clue what I am talking about. I didn’t realise how often I said [...]
Easy Online Visibility – Do What You Already Do… When you think about online visibility it’s easy to get wrapped up and overloaded with what you should be doing on the internet to promote your business website. So wrapped up in fact, that using traditional techniques to build awareness of your business website is often [...]
I'm really pleased to have Evelyn Cucchiara as a guest blogger today. I met Evelyn through the … [Read More...]
The 30 Day Facebook Fanpage Challenge started on Monday in a flurry of activity and mad clicks. One … [Read More...]
Facebook Graph Search is rolling out to users as we speak. Unfortunately, small businesses simply … [Read More...]
“Being novices to IT, we hired Jan through a recommendation to help us with our web site(which is brilliant). Not only did she build the web site but she as mentored us through every step of the way, navigating the internet, encouraging us to joining different social networks. With out her help we would have been really struggling to cope with the requirements of a modern day business.
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