Starting up an e-commerce business? Or diversifying to e-commerce to give your business a new income stream? If so, you’re probably going to need some support to help with everyday tasks so that you can concentrate on strategy and making the business work. We’ve...
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Affordable virtual assistant tips – taking photos for your digital content
Great images are an important part of your digital content planning. Readers now expect to see good quality, relevant and engaging images on websites, in blogs and on social media posts, so to grab their attention, you need to make sure that your images promote your...
How does email marketing work? A guide for small business
Email marketing is one of the most effective methods available - it's cheap, fast and easy to use. But how does email marketing work? What are the advantages and disadvantages to email marketing for small business? What about spam laws? This article will answer these...
Tips for better email marketing at Christmas
The run-up to Christmas is a key time in most marketing calendars, and with competition at its most fierce, you’ll need to make sure that your communications hit the mark. So, while there’s still time, take a look at our tips for better email marketing, and have a...
Tasks that your ecommerce business can outsource to a virtual assistant
Running an ecommerce business might sound like an easy way to make money, but the most successful online stores are organised and focused, with all the admin taken care of and clear processes for sourcing, listing, selling and keeping customers happy. It’s a...
Email marketing – how to improve your email deliverability
Lots of businesses use emails as a direct marketing tool. But it can be frustrating when emails are blocked, rejected, go into spam boxes or never reach the intended target. There are ways to improve the deliverability of your email marketing, so that you can reach...
The right time to ask for email marketing help
Email marketing is a great way to reach your customers, and it’s effective too. Well-written emails that give some value to the reader help to outline your expertise and credibility, and act as a trackable marketing channel. Organising, writing and managing this type...
How to choose the right automated email marketing services for a small business
If you ever go to a marketing or business growth seminar, you’ll hear that you should be using email marketing. As a small business, you need to keep costs down, but contact points up; look after your existing customers and demonstrate to potential customers the...
Media marketing management tips: Finding the best curated content
If you really want to give your audience the content it wants, don’t feel you have to create all that content yourself. When you look at the really successful accounts you follow, you’ll see that in addition to their own content, they also share great content from...
Why use a lead generation service?
Getting good leads is vital to business success. And it’s not just about finding the right people to talk to; it’s about understanding what they want from your business, how you’re going to talk to them, how you look after them during their buying journey and how you...










