Finding Time To Market Your Business

By Author: Kelley Robbins
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Online advertising is a necessary evil for many business owners, many of whom are just too busy looking after their day to day operation. Ordering stock, invoicing, posting products, customer contact, dealing with company finances – just when should you find the time to do your marketing as well? Advertising your business online takes time and consideration, and an effective digital marketing campaign needs you to spend time learning about the many facets that can be applied, and the best ways in which to approach them. Failure to do this means that you could be wasting your time.


It’s no surprise therefore, that many businesses owners turn to professional Marketing companies to do this for them. Typically, the equivalent of an hour a day would propel your business up the search rankings, thereby improving your online profile and increasing your visibility. This in turn, will provide more website traffic and, potentially, more customers.


However – it doesn’t just stop there. Marketing only drives visitors to your website. It is then up to the website to act as your senior salesperson. ...
... Take a minute to look at your site and ask yourself –

Is it user friendly?
Is your key information easily found?
Are there links within the written content to other pages of the site?
Is the website mobile friendly? That is to say, does it resize to fit a smartphone or tablet, and allow for a good mobile user experience?

If the answer to any of these is “No”, then you need to be looking into the possibility of redesigning your whole website. The good news is that most Marketing companies also offer Web Design services, and a better price can be obtained for purchasing the two services together.


Digital Marketing covers SEO (search engine optimisation), on page and off page marketing, SMM (social media marketing) and paid advertising campaigns, such as Google Adwords. Adwords is separate in a sense, as it requires its own budget. A marketing agency can manage the campaign for you, but you need to set a daily or monthly budget that is paid directly to Google. You also need to decide whether you want to run a campaign that shows your advert in search results, or a banner ad that targets people who are interested in websites based on your products or services.


Five Rivers is currently offering a FREE one hour consultation – whether to discuss digital marketing, website development, or mobile app development.


Dial 0203 397 7545 or visit http://www.fiverivers.net/our-solutions.aspx to find out more.


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This article is produced by Kelley Robbins, professional writer at Five Rivers to provide basic information about Online Marketing. For more information you can contact her.