Small Business


 

Google My Business Helps Improve Local SEO

According to Sagapixel, 46% of the searches on Google have local intent. Many small businesses owners are struggling with how to find the right recipe to stay near the top of web results. Google My Business helps level the playing field. Google My Business is a free and easy-to-use tool for businesses and organizations to…

The 5 Most Common Digital Marketing Mistakes Small Business Owners Make

Today, having a digital marketing strategy is an essential part of executing any sort of marketing plan. When small business owners get started in their new endeavors, most of the time their priority is providing quality products and services. Digital marketing offers a lot of benefits, especially for small to medium size businesses and it…

5 SEO tips for small businesses

There is no use in investing hundreds, even, thousands of dollars on a brand-new website if it is going to result in zero sales. As much as we would like to think that building a website automatically guarantees us leads to our next customer, there is a lot more work that goes into obtaining traffic…

Social Selling: Building Real Relationships with Your Consumers

In the age of social media most everyone knows about social selling or have participated in it one way or the other. Social selling allows salespeople to laser-target prospects, establish relationships with their networks and seemingly make cold calling prehistoric. In fact according to The Harvard Business Review 90% of decision makers never respond to…

Why We Choose WordPress First to Build Websites

One of the questions that we often get asked is:  Why WordPress for my website platform? Isn’t my old site good enough to use for my website revamp project?  What is WordPress?  Is WordPress Free?  The answer is Yes to All. Let’s tell you why, to each of those top questions.  Is WordPress Free? Yes,…

Small Business Social Media Tips Moving Into 2021 & Beyond

Social media offers multiple benefits to a small business. You can reach more customers and engage with those customers on a deeper level. Effective Social media marketing should include  the planning, distribution, growth, and measurement of your content over social media publishing platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and more. While every business benefits…

Keeping Your Friends Close and Your Competition Closer

Knowing your competition is one of the most vital concepts in business, and in the data driven age we’re in there is always a way to learn more that can help you gain an edge. Below we will discuss a couple ways you can gain that edge. Gain the Competitive Edge When analyzing your competition…

What Are The Best Tools for Email Marketing?

Automated email marketing is a series of emails that can be sent automatically, triggered by the actions of your contacts in your customer lists. Newsletter Sign ups and/or popup module windows are a couple quick examples of how to build your customer lists and have an automatic “Thank you for subscribing” email. This is in…

How to land on Google’s First Page

Creating quality content is amongst the most important tips getting you to Google’s first page. The best place to put this content is on a well designed website. It is best to contract a reputable website designer to make your page because if you make it yourself on a cheap or on a free site…

Discussion on Authenticity

As the authors below indicate authenticity is a common topic among CEO’s, Other Executive and Marketing teams. I really like this statement from the authors in the article below as a way to really get to the real issue of authenticity for your company: “Managers should consider these patterns as they attempt to appeal to…

SEO from a Google Backend Perspective

Are you looking to improve your website’s performance on Google Search? It might seem like a daunting task, but with a little effort, you can really analyze and customize your site’s performance. The first step is to add your site to Search Console. From there, you can dive into understanding how Google Search works, and…

Crowded SEO World

Hey there! Today, I wanna ask you a question – what’s the best way to get a great online presence without being too greedy? I mean, there’s more than one way to get to the top, right? So, I was reading this article in the Morning Brew (btw, it’s a great newsletter, you should totally…

Learn from Full Scale Marketing at Starter Studio Lunch N' Learn Class 9

Starter Studio is a tech business incubator with multiple coworking spaces in Orlando and the surrounding areas. The space accepts hundreds of applicants a year that have an idea they want to turn into a great working full-time business. Out of those applicants, Starter Studio gives up to 10 bright idea every 6 months a…

Venmo Has Updated and Changed It's Policies

If you’re one of the millions of Venmo users, you’ll want to take note of some recent changes to the app’s User Agreement. As of January 24, 2019, Venmo will implement several updates that affect its users. While most of the changes are minor, there are a few key updates that you should be aware…

5 Awesome Marketing Resolutions for the New Year

Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a full cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze? Jean Kerr Are you feeling a little lost in the ever-changing world of marketing? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! As we move into 2019, Full Scale Marketing has put together a…

When It Comes to Work Ethic, Actions Speak Louder than Words

One of the best pieces of advice I received about maturity was a statement my dad made recently. I came back from a family vacation and told him how much I worked during the trip. We only managed to hit the beach twice out of the six days we were there. His response was simple:…

Facebook PPC Results For Small Business

Facebook advertising can be a powerful tool for small businesses looking to grow, even on a limited budget. Targeting the right demographics and using relevant keywords can result in clicks as low as $.46 per click, unlike irrelevant clicks that may cost only $.02/click. On the other hand, Google AdWords can be a more expensive…

SEO Tip of the Day: Backlinking Shared Content

A backlink is a link from one website to another. In other words, it is a link that leads from one website to another. Backlinks are important for small, local businesses because they help to improve the website’s search engine optimization (SEO) and increase the website’s visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). When search…

Starter Studio Lunch & Learn: Social Media Strategy with Chase Gregory

Details "Local social media pro Chase Gregory will provide an overview of how to effectively use social media as a startup or small business, to grow awareness and community for your products or services. Social media is an ever-changing landscape, so Chase will discuss the latest trends and tips for making the most of your…

Have website developers gone too far to improve search engine rankings?

How do you simply buy a product? Again…..”simply.” Example: You are at the grocery store and you need a specific product. There are isles that are labeled for you to find what type of product you need. The products are fairly organized but you still spend minutes looking through all the other products on the…

Social Media Day Orlando 2017

On June 30, 2010, Mashable launched Social Media Day as a way to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication. Today, social media is the heart of global communication; and since its inception, Mashable’s been using social media to connect with cultures, movements, and super-fandom. While every day is essentially Social Media Day,…

Are your Website, Marketing Materials, Ads, and Emails, Going Nowhere?

Even though many CEO’s tell us that they are seeing lots of good activity from their marketing department, they are not necessarily seeing the increase in brand awareness or sales they thought they would see. Often after digging deeper during a round of questions with the executives and marketing teams —we noticed one area that…

Starter Studio Lunch & Learn: Social Media Advertising with Chase Gregory

Starter Studio Lunch & Learn: Social Media Advertising with Chase Gregory When: This Wednesday April 19th at 12noon Where: Canvs "Downtown Orlando" Bring a laptop and follow along as Chase demonstrates what platforms work best for low budgets, how to work with your analytics from your campaigns, and use your future marketing budget in the…

Starter Studio Lunch & Learn: Social Media for Startup's - with Chase Gregory

Chase Gregory from Full Scale Marketing Inc. will be presenting this Lunch and Learn on Social Media for Startup’s (in tech.) These local startup events are hosted by Starter Studio (a non profit tech business incubator) and Canvs (a non profit coworking space). Free Entry! Address- 101 S. Garland St. Orlando Ave. p.s. bring your lunch…

Why your competitors are beating you online

Says Morgan Fraud, the author of The Thinking Corporation, “Given that we are all capable of contributing new ideas, the question becomes how do you successfully generate, capture, process and implement ideas?” Becoming an organization capable of answering this question can benefit in a number of ways