Website Tick, Facebook Page Tick - that’s all I need, isn’t it? What more could there be? Well, turns out quite a few more items..

We are living in an age of unprecedented online opportunity. It has never been easier to start or continue to grow a business, yet in many respects, it has never seemed so hard. So why are you making it even harder by not creating the thing you need to help secure success?

So what can we do to minimise the chance of people unsubscribing from our lists early in the piece? How can we maximise the outcome that our emails are not mistaken for clutter and need to be purged.

One way to do this is to create a simple sales funnel process from this first email sign up. 

Sick of all those messages about the GDPR? Sick of a constant stream of emails?

Me too! Why are we getting them? What is this GDPR thing? Should I be paying attention?

1998 or 2018. Are you really being a smart digital marketer or do you have your head in the sand?

There are loads of reasons why your business should be advertising on Facebook, but I have limited this post to my top 5. Is your business using the larget advertising medium on the planet as yet?

Stop boosting your Facebook Posts. Just stop doing it. Find out why you should stop just boosting posts inside Facebook ASAP and what you should be doing to market your business instead. 

Looking to save some time in your business? Looking for that magic productivity wand? Well, I can't provide that, but I can share with you my top 10 tools that I cannot live without. Scheduling, Project Management, Accounting, Proposals, Graphics & Content Creation.

What are your top 10?

If I was to ask you what are the key features that ANY website needs, what would you say?

You might be surprised at what I think the key elements actually are.

Are you sure you have them?

The Ernst and Young Digital Australia - State of the Nation report is out. I urge you to read it. Things have changed, the world has moved and established small business owners like you need to shift now to maintain your position in the marketplace, let alone grow.

So what are the key takeaways from this report for 2017? 

Rant coming.

A big problem I see with small business is the slow uptake of effective digital marketing techniques. What is holding your business back from having a digital strategy in place?

When you can simply learn everything you need to know on YouTube for Free.

That's right you can learn everything you need to know online for free.

So why work with someone to help you do it?