Posts by Mike Brooks
How To Build Online Reviews For Your Local Business
You probably know you need to grow and manage online reviews already. If you don’t, you will the first time someone leaves you a bad review. And don’t be naive enough to believe you’ll never get one. You will no matter how good your product or service is. Bottom line is reviews are important for…
Read MoreCase Study: How Not Having Online Reviews Lost This Local Business A Job
This may be one of the most important podcasts/blog posts I’ve done in a while. Today I want to show you how a local business lost a job in seconds right on Facebook. But the worst part for them, not only may they never know why; they may never know they even lost it at…
Read MoreWhy Every Business Needs To Be On Facebook
It’s been a long time since I’ve released a podcast. A year and a half to be exact. So in this episode I will bring you up to speed on where I’ve been, what I was up to, why I am back and… We’ll talk about the importance of being on Facebook. It’s expected No…
Read MoreWhy Your Business Needs The Facebook Pixel
If you don’t know what the Facebook Pixel is or just have not yet installed it, this case study is for you. And if you’re already running Facebook ads WITHOUT having the Pixel installed, you’re wasting a lot of time, effort and money. This blog post could be the most important one you could read.…
Read MoreCan Social Media Marketing Really Get You Customers?
Before I answer this question, let me just say that there is more to social media than just selling stuff. Every business is different and I am a firm believer that every business needs a minimal presence on social media. Also, I’d like to mention I am hosted a webinar specifically on selling with social media…
Read MoreA Simple Keyword Research Technique For Small Business SEO
If you’re an SEO company or someone who is just really good at SEO, I want to save you some time and let you know you may find this article a little too basic. If you’re a local business who is confused by SEO and looking for some simple advice that works, this article was…
Read MoreHow To Become Stress & Worry Free (Thanks To Trump And Carrier)
In case you missed it, the Carrier company has been in the news recently. They planned to move jobs from Indianapolis to Mexico. Trump got involved and now (long story short) they are keeping a portion of these jobs in the US. Some Americans are thrilled with this and Trump in general. But to many other Americans,…
Read MoreHow To Write Blog Content That Gets Customers
I am going to give you a super simple method for writing all the content you’ll ever need. If you follow these basic and easy instructions you will become a powerhouse writer even if you’re terrible at writing now. But first, here’s who this is for: This is for you if you’re a business owner…
Read MoreThe Best Way To Get Customers (And How Social Media Makes It A Snap)
If you’re selling, marketing or running a business, you probably already do and should have many channels and methods for getting customers. The best ones connect the dots from their ads to website to social media to everything else they do to get attention and move people to buy. It takes from 7 to 12…
Read MoreWhen Is The Best Time To Post On Social Media For Business?
For businesses trying to make social media work, this is a question we hear a lot. Whether they are using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest or any of the others… Many businesses want to know the best time to post so they can maximize their efforts. If you read social media blogs or online publications you…
Read MoreWhat Is RankBrain? Google News You Can Use.
If you’ve been marketing your business online for more than a couple days, you probably know the one big truth… Google changes And they change a lot. One of the many Google changes I’ve been watching since it was announced in 2015 is called RankBrain. To put it simply, RankBrain is an artificial intelligence search system.…
Read MoreHow Commercial Movers Can Create Simple Online Marketing Videos
I just returned from a commercial movers conference where I presented on online marketing. I shared a simple technique I use to create quick videos that I can Search Engine Optimize and put on Youtube and share on social media. This is a great technique that busy sales and marketing professionals in the commercial relocation…
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