Online Marketing for Small Businesses

To Grow or Not to Grow

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

I recently hired a business coach of sorts and one of the first exercises he had me do was to ask for help. This is such a small thing, but for someone who was raised and had ingrained in them never to ask for help it was monumentally huge for me. And I have to say I learned a significantly…

Web Coding – Not Just For Coders!

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

Or is it??? This little graphic I created is very much how I’m feeling today! I teach small business owners how to take traditional business and make it digital by first having your own website. Fortunately for you it’s VASTLY simpler than coding out a membership site! Web coding has been all but eliminated for the common user by sites…

Power of Tools, Digital Business Practices

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

Taking your business from standard newspaper marketing to the world of online marketing can be scary, I get that. Well I get that by deferment because I work in an industry that is terrified of a fully digital interface. Personally and professionally I’m here to tell you with all the love and gentleness I can muster – GET OVER IT!…

SECURITY ALERT! Pinterest not so secure :(

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

It’s happened with Twitter, but honestly I was rather surprised when I logged onto my Facebook account this morning and saw my face next to some crappy spammy Pins in my newsfeed! Evidently the board sharing technique is being used to hack people’s Pinterest accounts and post on their behalf – which if you have Facebook or Twitter linked inside…

Power of Focus

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

Being able to focus on one task to its completion has been shown to increase productivity and profit in numerous studies. So why doesn’t everyone just focus on one thing? One of the most common struggles I hear from business owners and staff is that they don’t have enough time to get everything done. Being a Mom of two young…

Power of Invisibility

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

You may have heard experts say, “Build your blog.” And you may have actually started one and then abandoned it because you felt like it wasn’t really paying off. If you’re like 90% of business owners, you may even feel invisible. Like no one’s reading your blog, no one sees your site, your message. But I’m here to tell you…

Signs Digial Marketing Small Business Tools

Sign Makin’ 101

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

If you hate being constrained to a word document to create signs for your office (or other graphics that are normally printed on a letter sized paper) then here are three quick tips to producing beautiful signs! Use Images Use fancy font Be personable Open yourself up a graphic editor and set your canvas size to 1800 px x 1350…

Grow Your Insurance Agency: Simple Tweaks Yield Big Results

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

Simple, practical tips to increase sales, retention and improve customer relations in order to grow your insurance agency.

How to Get More Done: 3 Quick Steps to Small Business Efficiency

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Liz Carbonaro | 0 Comments

Many small businesses are faced with staffing shortages these days due to the economy. And there are some businesses that have plenty of employees, but still struggle everyday to keep up with the customer service aspect of their business. So what to do? First, prioritize before you go home each evening. You should never leave the office without organizing your…