Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Beat your competitors with Google Adwords for small businesses


Just wanted to give you guys words of encouragement through this image, you can still take a leap of courage and get one step ahead of your competitors. What i am saying is using a leverage through google adwords, supercharge lead magnets and attract leads for your business, thus increasing your chances to convert a sale with Google Adwords.

 Let me show you more on how you can achieve ROI for your business. Join me and visit us at http://nexusdigitalmarketing.com.au/google-adwords

Monday, February 17, 2014

The Importance of a Professional Website for Small Businesses




As a small business, it’s quite tempting to grab a free template to put up your website within minutes. After all, you get everything free, and can do that yourself! But the biggest problem with relying on a free template and not choosing professional website development is that your website will look like everyone else's ─ which means you won’t be able to differentiate yourself from the competition.

In order to have a robust web presence that properly showcases your small business, you need custom web design Melbourne service. Before you balk at the cost, think about this: with a poorly designed site you will lose lot of money in terms of lost sales. Though you will receive lots of prospects, if your website is not professional, most of them will dismiss you as a fly-by-night company and move away.




Let’s have a close look at getting your ecommerce website design developed by a professional:

Lead Generation

 

With free online templates, you won’t be able to devise ways to capture leads, like with a contact form, sign-up, or an email newsletter. Using web design Melbourne service means you can have your own customized way to capture and then generate leads so that your site will now result in more prospects.

Much Better Marketing and Advertising

 

With a professional ecommerce website design, your website will act as a first point of contact with your prospects. Today millions of prospective buyers are searching online, and with a custom website development, you cannot only have a robust web presence, but can really showcase your business in a powerful way. You can also rank high on the search engines for your niche keywords. This means more online visibility, more sales and more profits!

Broader Base of Clientele

 

If you think your website is only a Yellow Pages type advertisement for you, think again. A live ecommerce website design can showcase specials and can also be updated to reflect anything new that your business is going through. You can upload discount offers, coupons, new arrivals and new packages. Your web design Melbourne service will build a website that can be updated easily on a regular basis. They will add your niche keywords in the content to help it rank high on Google and other search engines.

Beat Your Competition

 

You can use your website as a perfect marketing tool for leveraging your strengths against your competitors, and differentiating your services or products from others, creating positive impression and building your brand image. Best of all, you can do all this right within your small marketing budget.

A Mobile Presence

 

A professional website design company can also build your mobile presence. Today millions of people surf the Internet using their mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads, and tablets, and a mobile website of your business means more online exposure and more sales leading to more profits. A professional website design company will also integrate social media websites into your website extending its reach and online visibility. This will also help in SEO (search engine optimization), thus increasing online visibility.

A Mobile App

 

Going further with custom website development, you can also get apps designed for your business. This is one of the best value additions. For instance, if you have an online shoe store, you can have an app that helps your prospective customer choose the right shoe for their foot, and then check whether that is available in your store!

In this new web frontier, it’s best to ditch those free templates and get a custom-built website. Your bottom line will definitely thank you.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

4 Important Key Points when Evaluating Domain Name Registration



Domain name registration can be very important. Put aside the legalities of whether or not you are entitled to a name. When getting a business off the ground it can be a challenge to get all the planets aligned. Register a business name, trademark, and related domain names all at the same time. Easier said than done.




In fact Nexus Digital Marketing had several iterations of names before landing with Nexus. This was for the very complications mentioned above. Some business names were fine, but the domains were not. Some domains were available, with business name, but a trademark had been registered so foiled again. But eventually we got there, and since we have seen a few businesses struggle with the same thing we decided it would be a good topic to write about. Might shed some light on this for new unsuspecting business owners.

Without going into the motivations of a name you might select for your business there are some factors to consider.

• Is it memorable
• Is it unique
• Does it mean something to you
• Does it relate to what you do 

If you said yes to all of the above, you’re on the right track. One other less quantifiable aspect to consider is the logo. Can you envisage the logo, the lettering. Can you picture what it would look like behind a front desk or on a shirt? If your answer is yes, then you are on the money.
Now the hard part is to have more than one idea if possible. You can almost guarantee that the first name you come up with that ticks all the boxes is already being used. So think of a few. Five or more would be good.

If your domain registration is an important part of evaluating possible names, the fastest way to check this is to type it straight into a search engine and see if it’s registered. Dot com registrations may not pose a big problem, but you definitely want to snag the .com.au TLD.
To get to the point. Once we have got a set of possible ideas, that we know good relevant domain names are available we then go to work checking business registrations and trademarks. This is vital, and we do it all at once.

1st check business name:

https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/bn/SearchBnRegisters.jspx?_adf.ctrl-state=jf63zt14s_4
 
2nd Search the trademark database making sure you understand your category:

http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/get-the-right-ip/trade-marks/search-for-a-trade-mark/
 
3rd Check that your domain name is in fact still available. If it is; register it:

http://secure.nexusdigitalmarketing.com.au/Domain-Registration

Once you have secured your domain name, go back and register the business name and then trademark. Then all you have to worry about are social media accounts, but that is a topic for another day. Hopefully this has been helpful in understanding the registration trials and tribulations of a new business, and how to get it done.