by sandisturm | Latest, Small Business Marketing
“cre·a·tiv·i·ty (noun) – the quality of being creative. The ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things, especially in an artistic context.” …Encarta Dictionary We are all born with creativity. Everything man-made that you see,...
by sandisturm | business, Latest
Travelling around the US, as much as we have been, you learn to notice signals that determine the culture of a community, or if there is actually a community at all. When small main street businesses are boarded up and have layers of dust collecting on park benches,...
by sandisturm | business, Latest
Meet Molly, my grand-dog. I love spending time with her when I visit my girls. During my last visit I was left alone for a while and spent a little time sitting on the porch writing in my journal on a beautiful spring day. Molly also took advantage and popped out from...
by sandisturm | business, climate change
For the past several years our business model took us across the country offering our services to small businesses. But over this past year we were forced to change course in our business several times due to natural disasters including wildfire, heat, floods, and...
by sandisturm | Facebook, Latest
Day in the life of Inbound Train I promised I would post an example of FB Live, but about 30 seconds into it I lost connectivity. But this is also a good lesson.Many people would love to work from the road. But it has its challenges! For example, this is the only...
by sandisturm | Google-ize, Latest
We have kicked off our 2017 season of Google-izing towns! We are in Springdale, Utah, which is the gateway community of Zion National Park. Just beautiful. And full of smart business owners! They are embracing the Google-ization of their town before their big season...
by sandisturm | Blogging, Latest
This is a true statement. Google does not create content. Did you ever stop to think about that? We all know that content is king, but I bet you only looked at it on the marketing side. Google relies on all of us content experts to provide quality content so people...
by sandisturm | geek meets, Latest
You all know that it is less expensive and time consuming to keep a customer versus finding new ones. But do you actually take action? During our Geek Meet today we discussed ways to keep our customers happy with appreciation marketing. Here is a list of strategies...
by sandisturm | geek meets
This month we had a couple of Google announcements to share, spent some time on sharing social media best practices and an automation tool to help you get things done! Two versions are available here. The first is a Slideshare, which you can click on and go to our...
by sandisturm | 5 minute checks, SEO
I know, I hear you saying, “Meta what?” It really is not as technical as it sounds. Plus, learning the vocabulary of web marketing will help you be successful, just like with any new job. Simply put, the meta description is a concise...
