How to use bit.ly to shorten links

Bit.ly is a great tool you can use to shorten URL’s, making them look cleaner and take up fewer characters. This is especially helpful on Twitter, when you only have 140 characters! Watch the video to learn how it works and how to do it. P.S. If you don’t have time or can’t have sound,…

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Giving You the Keys to Drive

Wordpress

5 of the top WordPress website tips and tricks you’ve wanted to know Having a website for your business is a necessary element to being found in today’s online world. It becomes the hub of your business’ online presence, with social media and e-newsletters sending traffic to your website for information. Since technology and online…

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Creating a Successful Social Media Strategy Part 1: Facebook

Facebook is everywhere. Some people practically live on the social networking site. At the end of 2012 the California company said it had more than a billion active users. It’s hard to ignore anything being used by that many people! A business that does not have a Facebook page could be hurting itself. Business owners…

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The Secret To a Powerful Website

SEO

A basic explanation of what is SEO and why it’s important If you have a website, chances are you’ve heard a lot of talk and hype around having good SEO, and we’ve written articles about it in the past. You might understand that SEO important, but you might not understand why it’s important, or how…

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Worth Your While: Factoring Your Marketing ROI

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Tips for determining marketing ROI Any time you make a significant investment, you want to make sure that investment is worth your while. Measuring results is the best way to reinforce the value of a thing and prove its validity. Sometimes, though, it isn’t so easy to track and determine success or failure. Marketing is…

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RSS Feeds & Your Blog: Defined

RSS feed

Understanding what an RSS feed is and how it works. Depending on the business and industry, blogs can be (and usually are) a brilliant idea for business owners. Regular posting keeps your site content fresh, which helps boost SEO. Well-written articles become a resource for your target audience. Your blog becomes a center-point of information…

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Traffic Patterns

City traffic

Explaining SEO and how it helps increase your website traffic In the online world, nothing seems to dominate conversation more than the importance of having good SEO to generate business website traffic. If you have a website, you obviously want visitors. If your website has visitors, you want your visitors to find the information they’re…

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What Is a Hashtag?

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You’ve seen them all over social media and wondered – what does it mean? Here, we explain what a Hashtag is, why you use them, and how to use them most effectively. What Is a Hashtag? from Propel Businessworks on Vimeo. Don’t have time to watch the whole video? Here’s a brief synopsis: Definition: The…

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Business Resources

We are excited to announce our NEW Business Resource Guides! First is our Social Media Resource Guide. This guide is a collection of tips, facts, guidelines, and information about how to use 7 of the main social media platforms for business. We’ve also included general social media tips, as well as ideas for non-profits to…

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What We Do: New & Improved

Announcing Propel Businessworks services in 2013 As one year draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on our accomplishments over the past 12 months. 2012 was a great year! The Propel Team grew to include new team members, and we’ve added key strategic relationships with other business partners. The clarity of our purpose became…

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