Yelp says “Show Your Customers Some Love”
Yelp is emerging as one of the leading consumer review sites for businesses. It’s growing at 80 percent per year and is receiving high priority from the Google Search Engine. Yelp not only helps...
View ArticleDon’t Get Tied-Up with Facebook Timeline
This Friday, March 30th, Facebook will be transitioning all pages to the NEW Timeline format. The new format will change the way businesses and fans interact on Facebook, so we’ve put together a few...
View ArticleCalling All Content!
We keep hearing “Content is King.” As a small business, it can be challenging to create content for social media posts, blog posts, website pages, email campaigns, print collateral and more on a daily...
View ArticleBest Times to Post on Social Media
Now that you have the content, when do you post it? Businesses can drill down quite a way to determine the right time, the right content, the right audience and the right medium to post. For the...
View ArticleEmail Marketing Tips and Tricks with Constant Contact
As a team, Upbeat Marketing has been working with Constant Contact for over 10 years. We’ve learned the ins and outs, ups and downs and recently a couple of tricks that have helped make our campaigns...
View ArticleCost-Effective Ways to Create Buzz for Small Businesses
Many small businesses are faced with the challenge of getting noticed in today’s cluttered marketing environment. With less human and monetary resources small businesses have to use their time,...
View ArticleTweetle-lee-dee-dee-dee {New Updates to Twitter!}
Whether you’re a rockin’ robin or a fledgling on Twitter, there are a couple of things you should know. Twitter made a few recent updates, and we have some best practices to share with you. Soon,...
View ArticleSEO and Social Media – Kissing Cousins
There’s a plethora of buzz about how social media effects SEO. And while there is some cause and effect between these two marketing efforts, there is no science to it…yet. Google maintains that it...
View ArticleHow to Win Friends and Influence People—Online
Dale Carnegie gave the following advice in his bestseller, How to Win Friends and Influence People: “So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be...
View ArticleThe Right Mix for App Marketing
How many of you reading this post have downloaded an app? I’m guessing nearly every single person. As consumers, we’ve all learned to rely on the convenience of apps to help streamline our daily...
View ArticleOnline Content Search Tools and Services
By now you know that content is king when it comes to your business’s website, blog and social media presence. When Google’s algorithms compute rankings search results, they not only consider websites...
View ArticleThank you, Reddit!
Upbeat Marketing has worked closely with the non-profit organization, Please BE KIND to Cyclists (PBKTC) for many years now. For those of you who don’t know, PBKTC is an Austin based non-profit that...
View ArticleAs the Demand for Content Grows, Consider Video
As visits continue to grow to sites like Pinterest, Instagram, and Youtube, one thing remains certain…people are devouring content. They can’t get enough. And furthermore, they’d rather not spend time...
View ArticleConnect with Your Customers and Show Them You Care
Today, companies are investing countless dollars into marketing and advertising efforts to stay afloat and experience success in this market. However, a campaign can fall short simply because the...
View ArticleTips to Help Your Twitter Presence
As a small business or non-profit, social media is a great way to connect with people that may have never heard of you before. That’s why having a good Twitter presence is essential for you no matter...
View ArticleStarting a Business or Art Project Without Funding? Try Kickstarter
Have you ever wanted to start a creative business and/or art project, but you didn’t have the initial funds to get it started? There is an answer for you without necessarily taking on that second job....
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