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Grow Your Business with Email & Social Media Marketing

Posted May 17, 2013


You're invited to attend the Grow Your Business with Email & Social Media Marketing Presentation with the Constant Contact® Authorized Local Expert at Better Mousetrap Marketing Ltd. Register today to learn how you can leverage your online efforts with permission-based email marketing.

When: Tuesday May 28, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: Vancouver Island Visitor Centre, 101-3607 Small Rd. Cumberland, BC 
Cost: Free Event

 

 

This Presentation Will Cover:

  • Email marketing best practices & examples of successful campaigns
  • Strategies and tips for gaining high-quality prospect…

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Facebook Contests - Staying Legit

Posted April 18, 2013

Online contests and sweepstakes are a great way to increase awareness and traffic to your Facebook page, but did you know that your page can be shut down for running contests that don’t adhere to the Facebook Terms and Conditions? Yep. According to their guidelines, you can promote a sweepstakes or contest on Facebook, but the only way you can run one on Facebook is through an application. That means that people cannot enter using the most common Facebook actions. 

Not every business that runs a contest or sweepstakes on Facebook will immediately have their fan page shut down, but it do…

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Mobile Marketing - Get Your Apps in Gear

Posted April 11, 2013

There’s little argument that the next wave of mainstream marketing is going mobile, meaning that most businesses will be applying at least some of their marketing budget to mobile marketing strategies. With the growing use of smart phones and tablet devices and the popularity of mobile banking, e-wallet and mobile credit card processing apps like “Square”, business happens wherever people can communicate. It was only a couple of years ago that business owners were wondering whether it was worth their time to commit to a social media strategy.  Now it’s a standard business practice to inc…

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Marketing Pro-D Day - April 23rd

Posted April 5, 2013

Marketing Professional Development Vancouver Island

On Tuesday, April 23rd, our team of experts is offering no-cost, one-on-one consultations to small businesses and organizations. Pick our brains on any marketing-related topics such as:

  • brand development and logo creation
  • marketing materials and promotional collateral
  • media buys and where to spend
  • online marketing initiatives
  • social networking and PPC advertising
  • web development and SEO strategies
  • mobile app development
  • public relations and finding the voice of your business
  • blogs
  • press releases
  • planning
  • determining ROI

Space is limited, so please contact the office by p…

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2012 Constant Contact® All Star Award Winner

Posted March 27, 2013

How do you know if your marketing dollars are effective? By implementing a strategy with the tools that let you track the results of your efforts. One of the tools we recommend to clients is Constant Contact®, a permission-based email program for keeping in touch with customers through newsletters.

Does anyone even read those? Absolutely! In fact, our use of these tools and the tracked results of newsletters created by Better Mousetrap Marketing earned us a spot among the top 10% of Constant Contact's 500,000+ users for 2012. Yup, we've earned All Star status. 

The award is based on a se…

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