Tamara Baranova

www.tjconsulting.co.uk — Regardless of the type of business you run, this list of free social media management tools and resources will contain one or more that will work for you. Tried and tested over here, these tools will help you leverage the power of your social networks to convert connections into customers. They will save you time (and money) and help you focus your marketing efforts only on activities that bring real value to your business. >> TWEET THIS << By installing the free browser extension you can fill your 'buffer' with great articles that you find online.

ezinearticles.com — The internet is a very social world where you can build relationships with prospects. Success comes from supplying quality content that people will remember your brand when they are ready to purchase.

The VA Magazine — Clients and other VA s often ask me to recommend online marketing tools and services for automating and improving their online marketing efforts. Unless you have at your disposal an army of IT people, it is never a good idea to build your own autoresponder systems, shopping carts or CRM systems. There are very good systems already available, so why reinvent the wheel? Plus, if you are not “white listed” with major email service providers, your messages may get marked as spam and deleted straight away, even if your list is 100% opt in and you have never sent spam email in your life.

ezinearticles.com — The importance of digital technology in the business world of 2013. The ease in which information can be spread around the world and audiences can be targeted very precisely. Video technology integrates more fully with a mobile world.

The VA Magazine — Are your email open rates letting you down? You have such a brilliant offer, fantastic product or a superb business but your emails are not getting opened. How do you get the message across to your prospective customers or clients in the first instance so they open your mail and discover your product or service? In the same way as you assess your incoming emails.

www.seo-news.com — The recent changes at Google+ have improved things for businesses in several ways. Unlike Facebook that has removed the ability to promote on your cover photo, at Google+ there are no restrictions.

www.sitepronews.com — In June 2012 Facebook announced its tighter integration with the WordPress (self-hosted) Content Management system by releasing its free plugin " Facebook " available through the WordPress plugins directory. The plugin allows users of both platforms to automatically post their WordPress posts to their personal profiles and pages they manage, as well as to "tag" (add the names of) pages or friends in the posts.

The VA Magazine — Email marketing is a tool that, if used correctly, can keep your business in contact with your customers and prospects, thus allowing you to target your best audience with a certain amount of precision. It can appear to be a daunting task when you consider the thousands of people you could potentially contact with one simple click.

www.dreamcorner.co.uk — If you follow me on Twitter, then you often see my tweets about how much I love it! Twitter really is the best – for me anyway, because I get to uncover guests like Tamara and they say yes to coming on the show! Tamara is one savvy business woman! Listen to us talk about her journey to setting up her consultancy and how she’s diversifying.

www.tjconsulting.co.uk — Find out how to use Facebook image marketing to increase your reach and engagement, and how to create images for your Facebook marketing strategy for free.

www.tjconsulting.co.uk — The benefit of having a profile on social media sites such as Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter is the higher chance of showing up in Google searches for relevant to your business keywords. You are far more likely to be listed higher in the rankings for this keyword search, because of the power of these platforms. Unfortunately your independently-hosted website doesn't have the same ranking value as these major root domains. Fortunately, it's very easy to apply these Pinterest SEO best practices in your marketing strategy, so read on!

www.tjconsulting.co.uk — I've been using MailChimp in my business since 2011 - and I switched to MailChimp at the time from Campaign Monitor. So why have I now switched to InfusionSoft, despite the higher monthly costs? Read on to find out pros and cons of both systems and how to choose the right marketing system for your business! MailChimp Let's look at MailChimp first and why you would want to use a system like that. As ultimately, just because it wasn't right for my business and what I'm planning to get done in the next couple of years, it doesn't mean that it can't be perfect system for you!

www.tjconsulting.co.uk — As a small business owner you are short on time. And you want to make sure that every £ or $ you invest in your business works as hard as possible. With so many business tools and management systems to choose from, it's hard to know which is the best for your business - I totally get it. So here's my list of tried and tested tools, that I think you need to consider for your business as well. And by the way, they work even if your business isn't online, but a traditional business or a shop.