SEO, Website Traffic, and All Things Digital Marketing

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News

• Screen-Printing Consultant Charlie Taublieb Helps Shop Create Scented T-Shirts Enid, Oklahoma-based Downtown Threads recently welcomed screen-printing consultant Charlie Taublieb of Taublieb Consulting into its space for some learning and improvement. To illustrate the unique capabilities in screen printing, Taublieb printed scented shirts. Before he visited Downtown Threads, he saw a Facebook post from Schieber about barbecue shirts, so he wanted to help take that print to the next level. “I called up a company I work with and asked them to send me some barbecue scent,” he tells the news outlet. “I dug through my artwork, pulled out a pig, added ‘Enid, OK BBQ’ to it, and we added the scent into the ink.” The scent infuses with the ink and sticks around for about 15 washes. Taublieb and Scheieber opted to add studs and foils atop the print, creating the ultimate BBQ T-shirt.

• Equipment Zone announces a new, in-person training event called the “DTG & DTF Summer Camp,” held on July 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. According to the company, the new event is designed to be both a classroom and hands-on learning experience for new business owners. The camp will be hosted by industry experts Terry Combs, Amy Krulewitz, and Jay Busselle. The camp is $149 for the first attendee and $99 for each additional attendee (from the same company). The event is limited to 18 students.

• The Decorated Apparel Expo (DAX) is gearing up for the 2023 show season with their full pre-Covid slate of locations.
  Kansas City February 24-25, 2023
  Minnesota March 31 – April 1, 2023
  Chicagoland April 14-15, 2023

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That’s your own asphalt.

Digital Marketing

Aaron: Gloria Lafont is a mother, grandmother, and business owner. She has started, bought, and sold a dozen businesses throughout her business career. She currently runs Action Marketing Co. an SEO and marketing agency founded in 2007. Her company focuses on helping promo distributors build a premium positioning for their brand to generate awareness, drive website traffic, and generate leads and sales.

Gloria is a big fan and supporter of education and cultural arts, volunteering her time and donating marketing support, over the years, to help various organizations grow in membership and revenue. She enjoys the South Florida mix of beaches and art lifestyle, coaching business owners, and speaking engagements on topics of marketing and branding, as well as women’s empowerment.

Terry: Gloria, you’ve worn many hats professionally. Tell us a little about your background and what led you to where you are today.

Aaron: We’ve had some guests talk about branding and its meaning. Talk to us about your views on branding.

Terry: Driving traffic to our internet locations, whether it be a website, FaceBook page, or another site, is the goal of most businesses. What are people doing wrong and doing right?

Aaron: We’ve worked with enough salespeople over the years to know what they’re going to say, ” We need more leads regularly!” Let’s talk about lead generation.

Terry: People talk about SEO like it’s some magic; can you give us a simple run-down of what it entails and a little about what makes sites “search friendly”?

Aaron: We all know that marketing can come in many forms; can you explain a little about the difference between the kinds of marketing you can use to drive traffic- maybe help us understand inbound vs. outbound marketing?

Terry: If you only had a few minutes to tell someone what you and your business does, what would you tell them? What’s the first thing they should know about how they drive traffic?

Aaron: Gloria, how can our listeners find you?

5 Marketing Point I just got from Gloria

From Aaron Montgomery

1. Branding is about clarifying what makes you different
2. Marketing is Content PERIOD
3. Clarifying your ideal client is the #1 thing
4. Create content that speaks to your ideal client
5. Your website is the equivalent of your showroom – Be proud of it!

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