For those interested in diversifying their marketing strategy, let’s chat about a few ways to get started with direct-to-consumer marketing!
Volunteering is a great habit for everyone to build into their routine whenever possible, whether it’s supporting a local organization or devoting time to a cause that’s close to our hearts.
How can inspectors can utilize short-form video content creation on social media to boost their presence? We’ll discuss realistic ways that won’t overwhelm their busy schedules.
Being responsive is a valuable quality in any professional industry, but we’ve found that property inspectors who prioritize this trait separate themselves from their competition and set themselves up to leave a lasting first impression.
New business owners often feel that they are racing to find a client base and develop trust with their local community. Finding leads, converting them into sales, and creating advocates to spread the word of all the good work that they do – the fight to gain credibility in a market takes plenty of guts and hard work. But after that growth slows, it can be difficult to find a new client base to tap into. Language barriers in diverse populations can limit a business’s market reach, posing a significant challenge. There’s certainly an opportunity to expand by becoming a bilingual business, but making this change involves more than simply translating a flyer into Spanish and calling it a day. Owners who learn a second language or hire employees with language skills may be able to grow their business, but that’s only the start of the story. If you’re wondering what it would look like to start marketing in a second language as a small business, here are a few of the considerations to take into account first. Learning a Second LanguageOne strategy that business owners may consider if they’d like to start marketing in multiple languages is to learn
By Jon McCreath, NPI, Inc.’s Technical Supervisor & Training Administrator When running a business, owners work extremely hard to find their unique strategy for consistent success. Winning over a share of the market takes time and plenty of energy, but one common pitfall that entrepreneurs frequently encounter is losing that initial fire to learn and experiment. Too often, professionals find a comfortable place in their industry and then fall further and further behind while competition follows trends and implements what works into their businesses. So, what’s the solution? How do small business owners stay up to date in their industry? In the home inspection industry, some may point towards licensing requirements in each state as a solution, but this doesn’t resolve the problem for a couple of reasons: Ultimately, keeping up to date with your industry has to start with an internal desire to improve your services and elevate your business. Required courses will not cut it! So, for any property inspectors out there who want to keep their business practices and their personal knowledge on the cutting edge, let’s discuss a few of the top strategies. 5 Ways to Stay Up to Date in the Home Inspection Industry 1.
By Zach Vesper, NPI, Inc.’s Senior SEO and Marketing Strategist As a multi-national property inspection franchisor, our marketing team gets a lot of questions about how to increase ranking on Google. Of course every small business’ marketing efforts should be multi-faceted, with a mixture of in-person relationship-building efforts and digital campaigns. With that said, there is no question that Google is king for digital marketing, and that all starts with optimizing your Google Business Profile. There are many features on a Google Business page that can be utilized to improve visibility and ranking, but we commonly see people turn to their service areas for answers. Many business owners seem to think that slight changes to the service area field could create the presence bump they need in certain areas. But we’re here to say that this probably won’t be the solution to any Google ranking frustrations. To better understand why this is the case, let’s discuss what service areas actually are, how they should be properly set up, and which strategies are the real secret for ranking up on Google. Defining Service Area BusinessesGoogle Business Profiles can be created for free and are broadly set up in one of two
By Michael Trimble, NPI, Inc.’s Content Marketing Coordinator You probably haven’t noticed, but 2024 is an election year! Okay, so maybe you have noticed. In the midst of heavy polarization, heated disagreements, and the general anxiety that comes with national elections, it’s understandable if you want to distance yourself from the political dialogue sometimes. Navigating political discussions in your personal life can be tough, but small business veterans understand how much trickier it can be in the professional sector. Despite this, many feel compelled to jump on social media and add their two cents, either on their personal profiles or through their business pages. The temptation is clear. As a small business owner, you’ve worked hard to build your social media following. Now that you have a platform with people interested in what you have to say, it can seem natural to use it for everything. Some business owners may feel it’s their social responsibility to speak about a particular topic, while others argue they’re exercising their rights. Some may even argue that staying silent is a statement in itself. Before you hit send on your next political post using your small business as a platform, here are a few
By Stepha Vesper, NPI, Inc.’s Senior Communications Strategist When it comes to building a small business and developing productive, mutually beneficial relationships is key. But for people who are new to an industry, working in a crowded market, or are looking to scale, it can sometimes seem difficult to get in front of the noise. In situations like these, a healthy social media presence can really shine! Although in-person marketing is still the backbone of most small business marketing strategies (ie. the partnerships that are born at conferences, office visits, or networking events) it’s no secret that we live in an increasingly digital world and your team can’t make it to every office, meeting, or connection opportunity. Thankfully, social media can act as an extension of “in-person” marketing, providing more opportunities to connect and interact with clients, customers, and business partners far more immediately than in the past. For small business owners or marketers who are looking to get the most return from their efforts on social media, it is important to familiarize yourself with one factor that can be the key to success or stagnation online. It influences engagement on your posts, and can even determine whether your audience
By Zach Vesper, NPI, Inc.’s Senior SEO & Marketing Strategist Establishing an online presence is an essential for every small business owner, and the current king of the online search (by a mile) is Google. Whether you like it or not, creating and keeping up your Google Business Profile is no longer an option for the modern business – it’s the baseline. Plus, since your competition is already on Google, new business owners have some catching up to do if they want to show up first in the search results. The good news is that there are plenty of features on every Google Business Profile that most business owners don’t take advantage of. After getting your Google Business Profile set up, here are a few little things that you can do to make a big splash online. 1. Find Your Google Review LinkThere are a surprising number of factors that feed into how high your business ranks in search results, from your business’ proximity to the searcher, to the quality of your website’s keyword selection. Still, out of the many, many factors that feed into a business’ overall search result ranking, the most powerful influencing factor is Google reviews. Of
Whether you’ve just started or you’ve already been sending out campaigns for years, chances are you’re making these email marketing mistakes.
Nailing that first addition to the team is an important step for growth, so let’s discuss who to look for, and specifically what will make that first hire great.
What does it mean to have a “growth mindset,” and (crucially) how do you know if you have it? Let’s discuss!
For those interested in diversifying their marketing strategy, let’s chat about a few ways to get started with direct-to-consumer marketing!
Coaches can be great resources for business owners who are just starting out, or for those who are looking to break through to the next level.
To recap our conference and our year as a whole, let’s take a look at what our franchisees had to say about their takeaways from this year’s InVision conference:
Volunteering is a great habit for everyone to build into their routine whenever possible, whether it’s supporting a local organization or devoting time to a cause that’s close to our hearts.
When it comes to funneling online customers to your website, there are many companies that promise to boost your SEO for fast and easy results, but real organic growth on Google’s rankings takes time and patience.
When business owners enter into a brand new field, it simply takes time to develop a knowledge base. Undoubtedly, questions will come up with answers that are a bit too elusive, but clients still want to see confidence for them to feel reassured.
With the right training, inspectors can use their infrared cameras to add valuable insights to their reports, and avoid the common misinterpretations and misdiagnoses that untrained home inspectors make all the time.
