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The Importance of Testimonials for Your Business

If you are a business owner, then you know that keeping a good reputation with your customers and community is a vital part of running a successful business. One of the best inexpensive ways to keep your reputation sparkling  is by using testimonials. The most accurate way to explain the potential of a testimonial is [Read more…]

Why Your Business Needs To Do a Facebook Sweepstakes

Facebook Sweepstakes is an application that you can use through your business’ Facebook page. It’s a fun way to boost engagement with your Facebook page and increase the sense of community portrayed through your social media and social networking efforts. With a Facebook Sweepstakes you are able to create a giveaway opportunity for your customers [Read more…]

Components of an Effective Email Contact List

On the surface, creating a business email list is just for keeping in contact with current customers, potential customers, and other business owners. But today I’m going to prove that it doesn’t stop there. An email contact list actually benefits the rest of your online marketing plan in several ways! Read on for the how-to [Read more…]

Operating the Google Machine

Google will run every aspect of our lives one day! I am only half joking- but I’m actually afraid this might happen. Yet I, like all of us, continue to faithfully use its resources – I’m really just another one of the “sheep in the flock.” Mainly, I’ve discovered, it is Google’s knack for producing [Read more…]

Why You Should Be Blogging Too

When you eat your favorite fruit or vegetable, it’s a delightful and satisfying treat. Eating fruit and veggies is an all-around good activity because: It quells your hunger There are numerous health benefits You like the taste! The AMG team enjoys writing blogs for similar reasons. Blogging is a beneficial tool for creating a healthy [Read more…]

Why Making a LinkedIn Profile is Important for your Business

Like it or not, social media and social networking are becoming a force to be reckoned with in this day and age. When used properly, these tools can be an integral and contingent part of small business’ success.  Let’s look at a couple of reasons it is important to have a profile on one of [Read more…]

Social Media Tip: Why You Separate Your Personal & Business Pages on Facebook

In past posts, we have discussed the importance of having a Facebook page for your business, why it’s important to make your brand more humanand how it’s a <a ” href=”http://www.longtermfix.com/social-media-minute-building-relationships-with-social-networking/”>helpful tool to build solid relationships with your customers. It’s important to remember, that even though your business should certainly be an extension of your [Read more…]

Social Media Tip: Building Relationships with Social Networking

One of the most rewarding parts about working at AMG is the opportunity to get to know each one of our clients. We love to share happy news, celebrate successes, or hear about the general goings-on in the lives of our clients. Because we truly enjoy getting to know each client, it makes us want [Read more…]

Social Media Tip: If Your Business Isn’t Using Facebook, Your Competitors Are!

There is a common misconception among small business owners that due to the specialized and localized nature of their business, they think they won’t benefit from having a business page on Facebook. They look at large corporations like Coke and General Motors who boast hundreds of thousands of Facebook Fans, and chalk up their success [Read more…]

Social Media Tip: Why Facebook Makes You Human

AMG has been buzzing with excitement this past week over the newest addition to our family. Peter Shea welcomed a beautiful new baby girl named Elsie Lu to his family! Sharing the joy of a new baby on our Facebook pages serves as the perfect example of why it’s so important for your business to [Read more…]