There are many ways to grow your business but one of the most effective ways is by getting your message out. If you're having a sale, changing your business hours, or have a new product, how will your customers find out if you don't inform them? Who else will let them know? Having the [...]
Email blasts are an effective way of communicating with customers, but it can be a challenge to get someone's attention when their inbox is being flooded on a daily basis. Strategic planning can make the difference between someone opening, reading, and responding to your email and someone deleting it. Whether you send email blasts once [...]
Does it seem like every time you check your email, you have to wade through the sea of bogus or spam emails to get to the legitimate ones? You’re not alone. Spam can not only be annoying but dangerous as well. One wrong click, and you put yourself at risk for a virus. A good [...]
Being a new business has its challenges, one of the biggest being establishing yourself in the community. A loyal client base and name recognition are vital to your success. Without the support of those around you, failure comes closer to becoming a reality than a fear. So, how do you make your startup stand out [...]
Old City Web Services Welcomes Copywriter Natalie McElwee works in copywriting and marketing here at Old City Web Services. Natalie graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Louisiana Tech University in 2013. Upon graduation, she moved to St. Augustine to work as a copy editor/designer where she strengthened her editing and writing skills. From [...]
Unique ways to market your business Marketing seems to be a constantly changing puzzle business owners try to solve. In a world where focus is on what’s new, innovative, and different, how can your company stand out from the crowd? We're here to tell you some unique ways to market your business. We’ve put together [...]
There are many services that we offer here at Old City Web Services. One that we'd like to feature for you today is helping you to put together email for a large mailing list. We often get asked what a client's options are for sending to their email lists. For many reasons, using a service [...]
It is December and that means it is time for your small business to get serious about promoting your holiday sales and specials that you have going on. Email makes up over a third of the ways that consumers make holiday buying decisions. The most important factor in your promotional emails is that they lead [...]
In Part I of our series about promoting your website, we discussed the importance of SEO. In part II, we looked at branding. And in Part III we looked at how to use Social Media to promote your website. Today, we are putting email up to the task of website promotion and will be sharing [...]
One of the best ways to keep your customer base engaged is with recurring contact with an email newsletter. One hurdle in this segment of marketing is getting the customer to actually open your email. Here are some strategies for having your message heard after you've spent the time crafting it. Be Specific: Your subject [...]
