1. Stay in communication with your clients via phone calls, emails, etc... When you have open communication with your clients it will make asking them to purchase with you or take the next step with you much easier. 2. Have valuable content to keep them engaged and eager to open your emails as well as answer your phone calls. Keep them updated. 3. Be personable by sending them correspondence throughout the year as well as holiday messages. This will show your clients that they are on the top of your mind and that they are a priority. Something personal in the mail speaks volumes over an emai. 4. Reward your customers by sending them small tokens of appreciation. This can be a thank you card, a text, a bucket of summer fun, send them a lead for their business, etc... Have gratitude for your customers and the relationship you are building with them. 5. Utilize their services, if they have a business make sure you are using their services or buying their products. 6. Keep you...

I have done 5k's in the past, straight 5k, the color run a couple of times but, this time was different. So... participating in a 5k that you have to run, duck, climb, and bust through obstacles is definitely not a normal Saturday morning for me. However, I am so glad that I did it... I made it!!!! Wahoo!  The emotions ran through me during the 5k, excitement, peace, exhaustion, tears, pain at times (lol), and then triumph and a feeling of great Joy when it was all said and done. I would encourage everyone to take the step and do something like this, even if it is just walking a 5k, Things like this has helped me to see that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to!

Your Social media gives you an opportunity to gain valuable information about what your customers are interested in and how they behave socially when you review your post reports and see what types of postings people are responding to.

Social media is used as a method of communication. When you have interaction on social media it is an opportunity to show the public your customer service level and enrich the relationships with your customers. Communication with your customers is important and when other people on social media see how you react to a post by someone else post it assist in converting them from a prospect to a customer.  ​

The more visibility you have on social media, the more opportunity you will have to Increase your inbound traffic. Without social media, your inbound traffic is limited to people already familiar with your brand or people that are searching for keywords that fit your brand. With every post, you create another path that  leads back to your website as well as another path to convert more customers.  ​

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the very best way to capture relevant traffic from search engines, but, staying on top of your SEO is getting harder and harder with all the SEO changes. It use to be if regularly update your blog, tags , and meta descriptions that search engines would pick you up. Updating your blog, tags, and meta descriptions is not enough any more... It is a MUST that you have to have a social media presence in the world today to really stay at the top of your industry.