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Trends, tips & best practices for communicating effectively in today’s digital first economy.
Laura Dunkley, a communications expert and Principal at L. Dunkley Communications, shares success stories, as well as tips to help organizations reach their goals through communications best practices and build strong relationships within our business environment and local community.
BUSINESS • MARKETING • SOCIAL MEDIA • SUSTAINABILITY
Goals & Initiatives: Ways a Fractional CMO can help your business.
Engaging a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for a business can be a transformative strategy to help reach your goals and support your marketing team.
Guide to Selecting the Right Marketing Channels
Selecting the right marketing channels for your business is critical to the success of your marketing strategy. Here’s what to consider, including target audience, industry regulations, and resource capabilities.
Writing a Discussion Guide for Research
A discussion guide is a structured document or outline that serves as a roadmap for conducting qualitative research interviews or focus group discussions Blog includes tips on writing a discussion guide.
The Power of a Marketing Research Plan
A marketing research plan is a powerful tool that enables you to acquire valuable insights into your target audience, market trends, and competitive landscape. Helping you reach your goals, on time, and on budget.
Tips to improve your marketing productivity
From setting clear goals, leveraging data analytics, automating tasks, and collaborating with others, these approaches will empower entrepreneurs and marketing teams to maximize their marketing efforts to stay competitive in today's dynamic landscape.
5 ways Communications can increase the Value of your Business.
Improving your communications is an investment in your business. Good communication supports employee satisfaction, key stakeholder relationships, brand reputation, productivity, and a company's competitive advantage, which are all factors in building a valuable company.
How to Run a Successful Social Media Ad Campaign.
Year over year business owners are increasing the amount of money they spend on digital advertising including social media ad campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and more. Here are some tips on how to build a social media ad campaign.
How to create a LinkedIn Profile Video
LinkedIn gives you an opportunity to create a cover video to introduce yourself and is added to your profile image. Here are some quick tricks on how to get started and lessons learned.
How to set up a welcome email sequence.
When building out your primary email marketing audience (subscriber list), be sure to set up your welcome email sequence. Here are steps to getting started.
SWOT your Marketing Plan
Writing a S.W.O.T. analysis for your marketing plan assists with goal setting, resource planning, and deciding on what marketing tactics to use.
How to Build a Marketing Team on a Limited Budget
Tips for small business owners who need digital marketing help, with answers to questions often asked by small business owners, startups, entrepreneurs, and organizations with a limited marketing budget.
Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
There are millions of websites! How can you increase the chances of getting on the first page of the Google Search Engine Results Page (SERP) to stay ahead of the competition? Here is a beginners guide to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
A business plan overview is all you need to get started.
The business plan overview includes essential background information and a summary of your business. Writing the overview first gives you the key points to create an actionable business plan and will help you get started.
7 Simple Steps to a Successful Business Blog
Blogging is a popular way for small business owners to drive traffic to their website and generate leads. Follow these eight simple steps to creating a successful business blog.
Value, Trust and Experience
Value, Trust and Experience are the three most important words to know when building a successful business and developing a winning marketing strategy. Know them, live them, and promote them!
Hiring a Social Media Manager
There are a few important things to consider before you hire a social media manager. Here are some tips on how to find the right person to help you develop a winning online brand.
What is the difference between a Marketing Strategy, Plan and Campaign?
The marketing strategy is explains the why and and an overview of how you will promote your business. The marketing plan shows in more details how you will promote your business and the marketing campaign is for the promotion of a specific event or tactic.
AODA Website Accessibility Compliance
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) are laws that government, businesses, non-profits and public sector organizations must follow to be more accessible for everyone.
Telling your Green Story for Sustainability Success
Communication is key to a successful sustainability strategy. "Know it, Be it, Tell it" is the mantra of an effective green story.