Small Business Advice — Blog — Rachel Emma Waring

How to Create Valuable Content for Your Audience on Social Media

When you’re growing a small business online, content marketing is a really important step if you want to build an audience and nurture them to a point where they’re ready to buy from you. The problem for a lot of business owners is that creating content takes time, and if those posts aren’t actually converting into sales, it can feel like that time isn’t being well spent. It also feels like things are shifting online at the moment, with lots of business owners worried about low reach on Instagram, and experimenting with other platforms like TikTok and Pinterest. It can feel scary when the platforms we’re used to using feel like they’re constantly changing, but there’s one thing that will always work when it comes to content and that is: providing value for your audience.

Content Marketing, Small Business AdviceRachel WaringApril 25, 2022content ideas, content marketing, video content, Social Media Comment

5 Steps to Define Your Ideal Customer

If you run a small business, you’ve probably heard that it’s important to determine your ideal customer. There’s a lot of marketing jargon around this topic, like creating an ideal client avatar, or customer profiling, which can make things more confusing than they need to be. However, the phrase “if you’re marketing to everyone, you’re marketing to no-one”, really is true, so it IS important to get to know who we’re selling to. So in this step by step guide, I’ll help you get to know your customer in a more creative and fun way, without the fluff and unnecessary faff. Let’s go!

Content Marketing, Small Business AdviceRachel WaringFebruary 3, 2022Small business tips, marketing, Marketing Tips, content marketing, inspiration tips, Ideal CustomerComment