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  1. On your website, look to see how many ways there are to reach you. Are they above the fold or below? Can you be contacted from every page?
  2. Advent Blog - Marketing Reflections - Introducing our FREE Marketing Health Check service advent.es/en/the-advent-…
  3. Would you like a marketing health check? We offer a one hour FREE consultation to any business, new or old. What do you have to lose?
  4. It's called a marketing mix for a reason - add a few more ingredients....
  5. With all the online activity have you forgotten to pick up the phone to your clients. Online response is one thing - a human voice another!
  6. Check the actual search terms your visitors used to find your page through AdWords - it's a great source of negative keywords
  7. When you biuld a business page on facebook - be sure to also secure the facebook "domain" - see facebook.com/AdventCommunic…
  8. Do you make it simple for your clients to find you online? Can people click to your website, facebook page & twitter from your email footer?
  9. Advent Blog - Marketing Reflections - Advent Communication advent.es/en/the-advent-…
  10. Are you about to reprint any of your marketing collateral? Think about including a QR Code. Don't know what that is? Ask us to show you!
  11. Do you know what visitors are doing when they get to your site? What do they look at? Which are the exit pages? Are you able to follow up?
  12. Google make it really simple to set up an AdWords account and start sending them money. They don't help to get it working for you as well!
  13. The best way to waste money with online advertising is to advertise to people you cannot sell to - use geotargetting to control your spend.
  14. Only 4% of all online purchases are completed on the first visit to a site. This is why returning visitors are so important - catch and keep
  15. Did you know that by changing the publication date of your facebook posts you can recreate your entire company history in the new timeline?
  16. Make May the month where you change your online marketing approach. If you rely on a five year old website it needs an upgrade - urgently!
  17. Last day of the month. If you have implemented any of our daily recommendations, give yourself a big pat on the back. If not, kick yourself!
  18. Facebook just changed the size of the profile pic on business pages . If your profile and cover photos need to line up - you need to fix it.
  19. Set up autoresponders with an online email service and it's like having another salesman on your team - and he works 24/7 - for FREE!
  20. Using sitelinks on your AdWords ads can improve both your click through and conversion rates. It also helps clients find what they want.