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Online Marketing Tactics for Small Businesses

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">&NewLine;<p> Is your Online Marketing strategy setup with the latest trends&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">It is a juggling act maintaining a successful business while learning about all the necessary marketing updates&comma; trends and tricks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">In this article&comma; we’ll go over some of the most recent and popular tools&comma; strategies and content that might help with your online marketing efforts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><b>Video and Broadcasting<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">This is one of the most important and current tools for your business&colon; video or video broadcasts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;">Youtube<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;"> is definitely the most important video tool and you MUST learn it and use it as well as optimize it in order to be found on search results&period; Since it’s a Google product&comma; you have double the opportunity to be picked up by search engines&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;">While YouTube is the ruler of video&comma; <&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;periscope&period;tv&sol;">Periscope<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">Meerkat<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;"> are a close second and have become some of the most useful apps for quick updates&period; Not only convenient for on-the-go business owner&comma; but also connected and streamlined with Twitter and Youtube&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">They allow you to live broadcast updates&comma; usually announced via Twitter or through the app infrastructure&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;"><b>The Power of Personality and Emotion<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">It’s important to keep in mind that most of your viewers&comma; no matter their demographic makeup&comma; tend to interact with content that speaks to them on an emotional level as well as content that conveys an opinion or personality&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">Therefore it’s important to generate creative&comma; emotive and personal updates throughout your social networks and blog&sol;video updates&colon;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">• Quotes that relate to your industry<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Inspirational&comma; how-to and quick guides with images<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Polls and contests that can be posted throughout your social networks<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Asking for feedback on products and services<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Featuring employees and other staff<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;"><b>Hashtags&comma; hashtags&comma; hashtags<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">What are hashtags&comma; exactly&quest; This is a question many of my clients have asked me before&period; For practical purposes&comma; I’ll go over a quick list of what I consider hashtags to be in the Online Marketing Sphere&colon;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">They are&period;&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">– Searchable keywords<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>– Trend representations<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>– Mood manifestations<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>– Current events and news updates&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">They can be used on basically all social networks with the following format&colon; keyword &plus;hashtag&period; You want your keyword to represent the subject you’re talking about&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">While many make valuable connections by using 10&plus; hashtags&comma; I highly recommend using only<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>3-5 max&period; Why&quest; I think it feels a little spammy otherwise&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;"><b>Tune into Live Events<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">This goes hand-in-hand with using hashtags&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">Twitter and Facebook are great platforms to use when commenting on live or current events&period; Are you attending an industry conference&quest; Why not research the event page for a hashtag of think of a relevant one like <b>&num;DenverPharmaConf2015<&sol;b>&nbsp&semi; or <b>&num;AustingComicCon2015<&sol;b> &lpar;capitalizing isn’t necessary&comma; but I always recommend it&rpar;&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">Most sponsors or event organizations will include a hashtag on their promotional materials&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">Want to take it one step forward&quest; Take photos of the conference along with a little opinion or blurb about key points or favorite subjects along with the hashtag&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;"><b>Leveraging the Power of Relevant Networks<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">Many businesses are quick to adopt the Social Media basics&period; Not knowing much about them&comma; their real purpose and whether or not they’re relevant to their industry&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;meerkatapp&period;co&sol;">While most eCommerce businesses can greatly benefit from <&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;">Facebook&comma; <&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;instagram&period;com&sol;">Instagram and YouTube&comma; they might not necessarily find it profitable to invest much time and energy on LinkedIn&period; Same goes with a law firm&comma; that might actually greatly engage on platforms like <&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;in&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;">LinkedIn provide valuable content updates about the latest employee insurance changes&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;in&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;">Consulting with a Online Marketing expert might help making this decision easier as well as helping small business owners&nbsp&semi;create a laser-focused content strategy incorporating the most essential and profitable networks&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;in&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;">It’s important for your business to have a personality &OpenCurlyQuote;behind curtains’ in order to relate to potential clients or customers&period; By using the most relevant and up-to date tools &nbsp&semi;as well as creating engaging and targeted content&comma; you can reach many more potential leads and continue building your online engagement&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;in&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;"> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;in&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;">Authored by <&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;in&sol;anabalp">Ana Rodriguez – Founder of <&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;anabalp&period;me&sol;">anabalp&period;me<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;anabalp&period;me&sol;">&num;Periscope &num;eCommerce &num;socialnetworks &num;linkedin &num;Youtube &num;broadcasting &num;Hashtags &num;LiveEvents &num;video &num;AnaRodriguez &num;Instagram &num;onlinemarketing &num;Marketingstrategy &num;smallbusiness &num;Meerkat &num;twitter &num;anabalp &num;Networks<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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