Thursday, April 1, 2010

Helping Small Businesses Save with Savvy BlueSky Deals!

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How can email marketing help small businesses grow thier customer base?


What is email marketing? 

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It's the easy, effective, and affordable way to keep your audience coming back!

Email marketing helps you keep customers and prospects coming back—by using attractive, professional-looking email communications to stay in regular touch with them and build strong customer relationships. It's better and more effective than regular email.

  • Boost customer communication

    Email newsletters are fast and inexpensive to create. So you can send them more regularly than paper ones. And email marketing puts you in customers' inboxes more accurately than regular email. So you'll avoid spam filters and be seen by more people. And you'll stay top of mind with people who want to hear from you.

  • Talk to them with targeting

    Want to increase the impact of your email newsletters Segment your database and create smaller customer lists based on their interests. Then send more relevant and targeted messages to them. They'll be more likely to respond – and more likely to act on your emails.

  • Get more referrals, more easily

    Email newsletters are easy to forward to other people. So your loyal customers can give their friends – new prospects for you – a risk-free peek at your business or organization. It's easy for these prospects to sign up for your mailing list when you put our "Join My Mailing List" button on your web site. And through regular communication, you'll turn those interested prospects into additional loyal customers.

  • Get immediate response and action

    It's quick to send emails, and it's quick to see results with real-time reports. You can even schedule email delivery for when your audience is most likely to check email, so you'll increase the likelihood they'll read it and take action.

  • Track who reads and responds

    See who opened your emails, who forwarded them to friends, and even who you need to resend them to. You can also tell who clicked on which links in your emails, allowing you to understand what people are interested in reading about, and tailor your content to get the best response and most business.

  • Save on paper and postage

    Constant Contact Email Marketing is affordable for any small business budget — prices start as low as $15/month! You can send as many permission-based email newsletters as you want. It's still the same low price. There's nothing to print, no stamps to buy, no envelopes to stuff, and no paper cuts.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Promo Deals at Target on Books!

 Awesome deal through promo link for 50%-30% off Books, e-Books at Target. Click for link!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Get on the "Brand Wagon" with the Google Talk Gadget & Chat!


By now you all have heard about Google but how many have hear about the "Google Talk Gadget"? It's hard to believe that just 10 years ago while I was working at Sandy Bay Networks; an e-marketing service provider we used to joke in the office and say "Have you heard of that Google thing"? Too Funny! Less than a decade later, they are definitely in the forefront and driving the Brand Wagon for Search Engine Technology. It has only been 10 years, not a 100 and yet we have learned so much from Google in terms of gaining access to the world with just a click of a mouse and instantaneously finding information on virtually any subject. From Gmail connections, maps and driving directions, business directories, Google Ad words, Google Picasa, Google  and to now Google Talk, Google is always one step ahead of the web world. For those of those of you following the trends of Google then you may know about the new "Google Talk". For those who haven't been "pinged" yet, Gmail's Google Talk is an instant messaging service, which is integrated with Gmail or available as a separate download. Windows users can download the Google Talk application, and Mac and Linux users can use many other instant messaging applications with their Google Talk accounts or message directly from Gmail. Google Talk also supports PC-to-PC voice calls.

Google's chat features and the downloadable Google Talk application are very similar in functionality. Both Gmail and the Google Talk client let you connect to the Google Talk network, which is made up of millions of people who use the Google Talk IM product, or a service that supports open server-to-server federation.

Google Talk offers some additional customization options, including making Gmail the default mail handler and providing notifications of incoming mail to Gmail. On its own, Gmail chat allows you to talk to people from directly within Gmail. If you're signed in to the Google Talk application in the background, Gmail will also allow you to make free voice calls from your friends' profile cards. Features that Gmail chat has but Google Talk does not offer are video chat, invisible mode, and group chat.

With all the small businesses I have been working with I communicate the importance of getting on the "Google Brand Wagon". It is a strategic marketing move that allows businesses to access the online tools that Google has developed and leverage the ability to connect to their target market.  You can connect with your customers by starting Google talk today at http://www.google.com/talk .Feel free to watch the video below for more info.


This is another amazing resource that keeps "The Chi" -Customer Happiness Index, flowing for your business...yes it is a dual term.

If you want to learn more about how to integrate Google with your business, simply email info@blueskymktg.net and I'll show you how.