Promoting with Pinterest

The social media platform, Pinterest, is getting all the attention lately with millions of unique and active visitors each month. People are pinning all of their favorite, most stylish, yummiest or just downright cool products onto their boards and sharing with the other users they have connected with on the site and other sites, too.

 

Millions of people sharing images of cool stuff with their friends through Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and basically any other social media site that lets you upload pictures and links. While this sounds like a great pastime, you may wonder why Pinterest would be valuable to your business.

 

The Potential of Pinterest
Pinterest is gaining attention in the business world. For instance, a recent article on Forbes noted that the social networking site is becoming an important tool to use for promoting businesses – small and large.

 

Additionally, Search Engine Journal noted some interesting Pinterest statistics about the number of users as well as the 400% growth on a month-over-month basis to help it already reach 10.4 million users in the relatively short time that it has been around.

 

How Pinterest Works
As with all social media platforms, you will need to put some time into it and learn the ropes. Tthere are plenty of users on the site and it only seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. The trick is to get your pictures (of your products) pinned on the more active users so they get seen quicker and by more people who then pin and share with their 'friends' in their realm of social media.

 

In short, when you join the site, you are given a bulletin board of sorts and then you get to put a pin in it. If you like a movie or a particular recipe, then you ‘pin’ to it. Once you have pinned your image(s), they will begin to get shared by people who think they are cool, in other words your potential customers.

 

Others click on the picture and are presented with a blown-up version of the picture, comments, and, most importantly, a link to the origin site. This means that while they can't buy a cool product from Pinterest directly, they can have easy access to your site its products and possibly become your next customer; which can make you money or just simply get you noticed.

 

Things to Know about Using Pinterest

 

When using Pinterest, there are a few things you should know:

• The prime demographic of the website are female users. Although there are men, the primary target is who often make many of the purchase decisions in the home anyways. This should help shape the kind of information that you post on your board.
• As with all social media platforms, Pinterest does have its share of non-sense that people have to wade through so make sure your content is relevant and valuable.

• Make sure you put the time and effort into managing it effectively by sharing your products, engaging with your pinners, and taking note of the competition as you shape and update your content.

 
Your Experience with Pinterest
Have you used Pinterest for your business? If so, please share your experience with our readers.

 

Flyline Search Marketing Offers Premier Internet Marketing Strategies for the Yahoo and Bing Merger

Do you already own the seven seas of the Internet with our Google AdWords’ pay per click (PPC) advertising program? Well, there are some big fish that have jumped into the Internet Marketing Sea that you may want to consider.



Thanks to the merger of Yahoo and Microsoft MSN, or Bing as it is now called, there is a pretty big chunk of unclaimed waters to consider steering your boat toward. Here are some things to think about in relation to the Yahoo and Bing pay per click advertising program.

The Merging of Two Online Giants
Yahoo and Microsoft (Bing) have joined forces in an attempt to reclaim the search engine world. And, while alone they weren't so strong, together they have reclaimed about 30% of the Internet searches worldwide, including many from the US.

That equates to 154 million searchers that your business won't reach with just Google! Sounds like that could be an incredible missed opportunity if you don’t act now to readjust your Internet Marketing strategy.

Potential Advantages
For starters, because these companies have merged, you will no longer have to do with two separate accounts and all the hassle that comes with that. Of course you will also be reaching more people with your business now advertised on both the Yahoo and Bing search engines.


With both companies now working as one, there will be no time spent on 'competing' with each other. That means that their resources are now better spent on making things better for their customers. Expect to continue to see improvements with the Yahoo and Bing partnership and all that they offer as they become more tightly integrated.

Why Pay-Per-Click?
If you have not already heard of or even used it before, pay per click (PPC) advertising is one of the most effective marketing strategies available amongst Internet Marketing tactics today.

Whether used for Google or the Yahoo and Bing partnership, or both, Pay per click advertising, through careful calculations and a previously assigned budget, keeps your business on the front page of a search engine and can even lead to your company being listed at the top of the page -- where your company belongs.

Internet Marketing Experts Here to Help
At Flyline Search Marketing, we offer Yahoo and Bing pay per click services as well as the Google AdWords service.

If pondering why to opt for us as your long-term Internet Marketing partner, not only are we the premier online marketing service across many states and industries, but we are also certified partners with representative companies, Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Plus, our friendly and informative team puts your business first because they want to see you on the top, too!

Flyline Search Marketing Expands Operations into California with Allen’s Flowers and Plants

At Flyline Search Marketing, we are always thinking of new ways to better serve you, the customer. Most recently though our achievement has not been some innovative form of marketing but rather the expansion of our company and the family of businesses we serve.

Entering new territory, we now have expanded into the San Diego area of California. Without your business and support, we couldn't have done this so we appreciate the confidence our customers place in our Internet Marketing, social media marketing, and SEO expertise. This is part of our strategy to assist a wider audience of small to medium-sized businesses that will be able to leverage the benefits of an Internet Marketing program.

We are already adding representatives in key locations across the United States to address the local marketing needs of businesses that are looking to leverage the tremendous potential of SEO, social media marketing, and Internet marketing tactics but may lack the expertise and experience in those areas.

About Allen’s Flowers and Plants
We want to welcome Allen’s Flowers and Plants into the Flyline family. They have over 30 years of experience and a reputation for the freshest, world-class flower arrangements, memorable events, and unsurpassed service, Allen's Flowers and Plants continues to be recognized year in and year out as San Diego's best florist.
They are a second generation family owned company and have a worldwide online presence as well as three shops in and around San Diego.

Allen's Flowers has grown to be recognized as an industry leader and has been awarded a top 100 florist in the USA for the past four years. This award is one of the most prestigious in the industry with over 36,000 florists competing for the honor. Locally, Allen's Flowers has been selected as the best florist in San Diego by the readers of the San Diego Union Tribune and signonsandiego.com the past two years.

Allen's Flowers currently handles several hotels and catering companies in San Diego and is most proud of serving as a preferred florist for the San Diego Convention center. For more information, please visit their site to learn more!

Wide Range of Internet Marketing Services
Flyline Search Marketing will execute on a comprehensive Internet Marketing plan for Allen’s Flowers, including Google AdWords, Yahoo/Bing Sponsored Search, Website Design and Content Management Support, Public Relations and SEO Guidance.

This plan will be rolled out over the course of many months and focus on driving additional traffic to Allen’s Flowers through online and traditional marketing channels.
Working with Allen’s Flowers helps us to build on our long-standing experience with the florist industry as we help People’s Flowers in New Mexico and Carithers Flowers in Atlanta, Georgia.

This has helped us to create an effective custom plan for Allen’s Flowers based on our understanding of the florist market, florist customer demographics, and specific florist SEO terms that deliver the greatest return for their marketing dollars.

When You Want to Hit the Bull’s Eye with Your Target Audience, Look to Flyline

Maybe it's a little bold to just blatantly toot our own horn like that, but, in the business of Internet Marketing, confidence is everything. At Flyline Search Marketing, we have the results to back up our horn tooting.
Who We Are
We are comprised of a team of seasoned professionals with two locations in Georgia, one in New Mexico, and satellite locations throughout the United States. The team consists of more than just Internet Marketing professionals; we have a diverse set of skills across traditional and online marketing, business expertise in a number of verticals and industries, copywriting and content generation, graphic design and website production, search engine optimization and social media marketing.

A Significant Return on Investment
You may assume that online advertising and Internet marketing are expensive tactics to consider if you are a small- or medium-sized business with a limited budget.

The investment you make can be much smaller than a traditional marketing program with offline tactics, and it can deliver significant returns well beyond those traditional tactics. That’s because it is targeted at your direct audience and does not take a shotgun approach to reaching those you want to attract.

Better yet, to show you just how confident we are that you will start enjoying an immediate return on your investment, we are offering a hundred dollars’ worth of Google Ad-Words credit to new clients! You’ll start enjoying what this incredible program has done for all of our clients. Still not convinced? Why not check out some of our many satisfied testimonials and see how in the end our services will essentially be paying you back with an influx of customers.

Our Success is Your Success
In just over six month’s time, our targeted online marketing programs generated over 10 million impressions for the Atlanta DIY Pest Control Service. Just think you could be our next success story -- we sure would love for you to be.

Why not check out a few more of our published business success stories. Just think if they could do it, then so can you! Flyline Search Marketing is your ideal partner for Internet Market strategies that work.

Our goal is to help businesses like yours succeed by applying the latest online marketing and search marketing strategies that have been proven to deliver increased targeted traffic to websites across all business categories. Be sure to leave your questions below about Internet Marketing. What challenges do you face in driving traffic to your website or finding the local and national customers you are seeking? We’d love to hear from you!

Businesses Get Social: Getting a Facebook Timeline Page

It’s 2012 and while cars may not fly, the Internet is a lot faster than it was a decade ago and people everywhere have become much more active on it. It's on our computers, tablets, and even our phones. Millions everywhere spend more time on it than they care to admit, and with the speed and ease of access has come everyone’s favorite pastime and distraction: Social Networking. Thanks to the advent of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, consumers and businesses alike can be nearly anywhere in the world and still check in with their circle.
Always looking to push what is possible, Facebook has recently introduced its Timeline format, and with it businesses everywhere can actually set up something very similar to a fully featured website. That's right! Your business big or small can post images and information even hold contests to the millions of Facebook's active users!

Timeline and its Vibrant Features
Like a dance, there are always a few steps to follow to get things done right. For starters, if you haven't already you will need to set up a Facebook account for your business. You will need to upload a profile picture and post whatever information you feel fit to share on the profile page.
Why not start advertising right now and post a picture of your company’s banner or emblem for the profile picture? And, with your profile information, you can now tell prospective customers what it is your business has to offer and how they can get in touch with you.

Visual Engagement
Now that you have the basics done, you can get on to the fun stuff, when setting up the Timeline you will need to select a cover photo. Be sure to select a photo that will help customers to better understand what it is your company does. For example, if you do custom screen printing, why not select a picture of your brand printed onto a shirt or hoody?

There are a few things to keep in mind though. When selecting a cover photo, remember that Facebook does not permit businesses cover photos that contain pricing, contact information, referrals or calls to action, and, most importantly cover photos cannot depict a blatant falsity.

As you continue to upload photos or make posts, you can actually prioritize things to keep important posts or photos, like ongoing sales or contests, on display for up to seven days at a time while less important posts continue to just filter down your businesses page as new content is posted.

Another amazing feature is that you can enable messaging so customers and fans can reach out with you. It’s the perfect feature to help small companies get engaged with their customers, employees, and potential clientele.

Time to Get Started
Your business is growing and you want to show your fans and customers just how much, and now you can with the Milestones feature. You can post Milestones on the business page that highlights your businesses most amazing accomplishments to date; it's like having a virtual trophy room to share with the world!

There are many things you can do with the Timeline to help feature and build your business and probably many new features to come, so get on over to Facebook if you haven't already and start up your business page today. Contact Flyline Search Marketing to have our team set up that custom Timeline page for you so you can focus on your core business while we take care of your social engagement strategies!

Flyline Search Marketing Welcomes Our Newest Albuquerque-Area Client: Peoples Flower Shops

We are excited to add our newest client in the Albuquerque area – Peoples Flower Shops. Our Internet Marketing program, which has proven to deliver for a wide range of clients in the Albuquerque area, including Melloy Dodge, Linton and Associates, LLC, and Indigo Mortgage just to name a few, as well as for those companies around the country, includes:

• A Blog;
• Search Engine Optimization of Website Content, Blogs, and Press Releases;
• Regularly Updated Content, including Articles and Tips; and

• Social Media Campaigns for Twitter, Facebook, and Google +1.
At Flyline, our Internet Marketing approach focuses on both short-term and long-term customer objectives. We focus on building long-lasting partnerships with our clients to generate ongoing success based on their unique offering and individual needs.

Getting to Know Peoples Flowers
Peoples Flowers is a perfect fit to the Flyline Search Marketing team because they share similar values, including providing customers with the highest standard of quality when it comes to what they offer and how they treat their customers. This can be seen in their investments in technology so that they can provide a more efficient ordering and delivery system to their growing use of social media to reach out and engage with their audience.
Peoples Flowers opened its very first location in Albuquerque in October 1944 thanks to Max Pollack. In 1980, his son, Wayne Pollack, joined the company to lead the family-owned business into the second generation. Now, there are five locations, including downtown Albuquerque, their location at 3520 Candelaria NE, Northeast Heights, Far North and Nob Hill.

Peoples Flowers has an exceptional staff of professional designers that adhere to strict quality standards, including its Freshness Care System, while offering great value and special pricing. It is considered to have one of the Southwest's largest selections of fresh-cut flowers, plants, and unique containers.
Already Underway!
The Interrnet Marketing program has already swung into action with the content and design being currently updated on the website, blog, and social media platforms.

Flyline looks forward to a long, successful relationship with Peoples Flowers, having already produced incredible results for florists around the country, including Atlanta and San Diego.
Are You Ready?
Flyline Search Marketing’s Albuquerque office is headed up by Pam Russom who is well-aware of the local Albuquerque and New Mexico market in terms of local consumer needs, business landscape, and business trends, so these are all integrated into the overall Internet Marketing strategy, including customized content relevant to the Albuquerque market.

Are you ready to experience similar results for your Albuquerque business? Contact us now to find out how these strategies could be put into motion so you increase your organic marketing potential!

Flyline Search Marketing Growing Fast in Albuquerque, New Mexico Market

Recently, we announced that Flyline Search Marketing had added some new clients in Albuquerque, New Mexico, including Linton & Associates, LLC, Advanced Mailing Services, and Indigo Mortgage. These companies serve such niche markets as business benefits and HR consulting, direct mail and mail services, and residential and commercial real estate with clients throughout Albuquerque, New Mexico as well as Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Corrales, Bernalilo, Los Lunas, Los Alamos and Sandia Heights.

Even More New Clients Sign-up!

Two new clients in recent weeks include Komala Massage and Elite Shutters and Blinds. Here is some more information on both companies:

• Komala Therapeutic Massage in Rio Rancho, New Mexico is a state-certified, full-service therapeutic massage service that offers a range of chronic pain management, wellness, relaxation and health services designed to provide relief from back pain, neck pain, sciatic nerve pain, tension headaches and carpal tunnel.

• Elite Shutters and Blinds in Rio Rancho, New Mexico is connected to a larger company located in Arizona. It is a one-stop shop for custom shutters, blinds, and sunscreens as well as ceiling fans, garage cabinets, garage floor coating, soft water systems, custom closets, draperies, crown moulding, retractable awnings, roller shades, hide-away screens, patio shades, security doors and lattice patio covers.

These companies and others that have already signed on with Flyline share some common business objectives that many of today’s small business owners face whether they are in New Mexico, Georgia, or any other state:

• They want to increase their customer base.
• They are struggling to figure out how to get more traffic to their website as they understand that more of their potential clients are researching and shopping on the Internet.
• They have limited resources in terms of time and money to conduct marketing campaigns but realize they could maximize their marketing dollars by adding an Internet Marketing strategy. 

Comprehensive Internet Marketing Model Packages

Flyline understands that not everyone’s marketing needs, expectations, and budget are the same. That’s why they custom create Internet Marketing models that suit each client. The models include a combination of any and all of the following:

• Google Adwords
• SEO campaigns and SEO-driven content
• Media Consulting
• Facebook Fan Pages
• Website Design and Content

• Social Media Marketing (Twitter, Facebook, andYouTube)

Are You Ready?

Maybe you are not sure where to begin or you simply don’t have the time to start using any of these tools yourself. That’s where Flyline Search Marketing comes in. These companies as well as the numerous clients we have throughout the United States have signed on and even renewed their contracts because they begin experiencing results, including greater traffic to their websites and increased interest in their products and services. Find out what it can do for you by contacting us today!