Welcome to the “Best of Blogs 2023” on SucceedAsYourOwnBoss.com! Discover the insights and strategies that stood out this year, covering essential topics for entrepreneurial success. From crafting a powerful brand position to mastering email marketing, diving into profitable podcasting, leveraging the impact of video marketing, unlocking the art of writing a book, and building a […]
Instagram Reels vs TikTok: Which Is Better for 2023 Video Marketing?
Video is hot right now, and I know many small business owners are eager to dive in. Last time, I covered the ‘what,’ sharing 10 video marketing ideas you can try. Today let’s tackle the ‘where.’ One of the questions I have been getting recently is whether small businesses should use Instagram Reels or TikTok. […]
10 Video Marketing Ideas to Build Customer Relationships
As a small business owner, building strong relationships with your customers is essential to your success. You need to connect with your customers, establish trust and credibility, and showcase your products or services. One powerful tool you can use to achieve these goals is video. Below I share 10 video marketing ideas to help you […]
Pros and Cons of Instagram Reels vs. TikTok
When it comes to online marketing, right now, video dominates. However, video marketing shouldn’t be something businesses do occasionally to raise brand awareness. Instead, videos should be employed for multiple purposes at every stage of the customer journey. The two hottest video marketing platforms right now are Instagram Reels and TikTok. Now let me clarify […]
How Video Content Marketing Can Improve Your SEO
Each year many marketing trends come and go, but if you look around, you will see many such trends having a great impression on our lives. On the top of that list, we have video content marketing trends. Nowadays, the use of video marketing is increasing at a very high rate. According to a study, […]
How to Use Video to Rehumanize Your Business
Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview about video communication and marketing with Ethan Beute @EthanBeute. Ethan is Vice President of Marketing at BombBomb and author of Rehumanize Your Business: How […]
Who’s on #Smallbizchat June 2019
#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss. Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday from 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag […]
How to Build a Lead Generation Machine
This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE our show featured three guests: How to Build a Sales Process with Alice Heiman, @aliceheiman, Start Making Connections, Stop Adding to Your Connections with Phil Gerbyshak, @PhilGerb, and How to Develop Your Personal Brand Using Video with Cher Jones, @itscherjones. I pulled three of the best questions from each of them […]
How to Leverage YouTube To Promote Your Business
When someone mentions social media as a marketing tool, most people think of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. But newsflash, YouTube is the second most searched site online. Video converts better than any other type of content right now and it’s cheaper to produce than every before so as a small business—YouTube could be a game […]
7 Ways IGTV Can Be Valuable for Your Small Business
Guest Article Since it’s launch in 2010, Instagram has become a global community of one billion! Recently, the photo sharing app announced their new feature IGTV, which allows users to post and watch videos that are up to one-hour long. While there’s a stand-alone IGTV app, you can also watch it from within the Instagram […]