{"id":1033,"date":"2020-05-08T14:53:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearimaging.com\/blog\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:53:56","slug":"marketing-in-a-tough-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clearimaging.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Marketing in a Tough Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Howdy there marketers. I&#8217;m Cirian from clear imaging this is\nmarketing bites. In this video series we give you marketing info you can use\nwithout the fluff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we&#8217;re talking about &#8220;Marketing In a Tough\nEconomy&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Keep promoting while your competitors are slacking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While others are contracting you need to expand. This is an incredible opportunity for you to expand your business. While other businesses are &#8216;on pause&#8217; you are still on and you have the opportunity to service your competitors customers; and win them over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google and FB ads are VERY cheap right now because less people are running them, with some areas being 50% less <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get specific with your ads, and do geo-targeting only within your precise service area.\u00a0 So, if you&#8217;re a contractor and you only service an area within a few zipcodes, have your ads only show in that area <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also do Direct mail and send email blasts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/4-reasons-why-facebook-ads-are-critical-for-your-business-during-covid-19\/574635\/\">https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/4-reasons-why-facebook-ads-are-critical-for-your-business-during-covid-19\/574635\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Use creative Website Special Offers, Coupons, Discounts\nand CTA&#8217;s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to adjust with the current situation. If you are a restaurant, you need to be moving into delivery. If you are a personal trainer or hair stylist, you need to be moving into house-visits. If you&#8217;re a landscaper or contractor you need to focus on services that are relevant right now; such as solar installations, sustainable living, gardens, water purification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever service you are offering, you need to display it prominently on your website so. Also considering throwing in some sort of freebie\/discount <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.envisioninggreen.com\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.envisioninggreen.com\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Promote your Special Offers on Facebook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes you can post on Facebook and get some exposure but it will not be enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to promote your service &amp; special offer with FB ads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/learn\/lessons\/top-steps-to-creating-a-facebook-ad\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/learn\/lessons\/top-steps-to-creating-a-facebook-ad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Promote your Special Offers via Mail Chimp to past\nclients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a goldmine of potential business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a spreadsheet of all your past customers then you need to dig deep, go through your book-keeping, files, etc and make that list<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can then reach out to them and offer your service. It is always far easier sell services to past customers, than to new ones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\">https:\/\/mailchimp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Use the Downtime to update your website (photos, videos,\nblog articles)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is the time to create tons of quality content for your website<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google does not put sites at the top of the search results that have bare-bones content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to out-do your competition. That means dozens of articles, and or video. Think of doing short video clips, of around 2 minutes where you address frequently asked questions, or difficulties. Just do one video for each, and upload them to Youtube. Google will notice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearimaging.com\/ebooks\/infographic-seo.jpg\">https:\/\/www.clearimaging.com\/ebooks\/infographic-seo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok! I hope you found this information helpful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help with your website my company Clear Imaging\nhas been helping small business owners manage their websites since 2004. We&#8217;re\nsuper dependable, always answer emails and we get the job done; that is why\nwe&#8217;ve been around so long. Come on over to the contact page and let us know if\nthere is anything we can do for you. Until then, God bless and stay safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearimaging.com\/\">https:\/\/www.clearimaging.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy there marketers. I&#8217;m Cirian from clear imaging this is marketing bites. 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