Here at 3C Digital, we want to make Digital Marketing for small businesses as easy and painless as possible. We understand that your time is precious and you need to be focusing on growing your small business. So each week, we write content that we think would be of use to you. Our most popular contents here are all about digital marketing and the tools we use. To make it even easier for you guys, in this post we give you the top information you will need to know about digital marketing.

Small businesses are finding it hard to find support for their digital marketing efforts. For one, agencies are too expensive for them as most target bigger brands. It’s also too expensive to hire someone full time to focus on digital marketing and social media growth. If they try to do it themselves, the learning curve is so steep it’s hard to make heads or tails of the whole thing. In this post, we will show you three ways how you as a small business can tackle the digital marketing hurdle.

Should your small business hire an agency?

When you hear the word ‘agency’ the first thing that you might think is ‘it’s too expensive for my small business’. Fair enough, the word does sound like something only the big businesses can afford. But in today’s confusing social media and digital marketing landscape, you may not have a choice but to seek the help of one. In this post, we will list some common reasons why you would hire a digital marketing and social media agency. And some suggestions on what to do if you want to DIY it.

Simple digital marketing ideas for your small business

There are many things you can do for your small business’ digital marketing and social media efforts. But where do you begin? Words like SEO, analytics and lead generation can be overwhelming, so our suggestion is to have a starting point. In this post, we will discuss three things you can look into right now to get your online marketing campaigns started.

3C Digital is dedicated to helping small businesses play relevant, useful and influential roles in people’s lives. We create marketing strategies for small businesses based on over 30 years of combined experience.

We are a one-stop-shop for your small business. Not only that, we can also create packages to suit your specific needs and budget. We understand that each small business has different targets. Once we know what you want, we will design a package just for you.

Marketing for us means both online and offline. We cover all our bases!

What we can do

• Health check – We assess if your site is healthy by checking its copy, SEO, readability, and design. Leave it with us! We will ensure your site has the necessary tools to be user-friendly for your customers.
• Strategy – Our package includes creating a sustainable and long-term online strategy for your business. This strategy will be updated regularly to match the constantly changing times.
• Marketing – We can create online and offline marketing materials for your small business. Online materials include Facebook and Google ads while offline materials include brochures, flyers, posters and more.
• Community management – 3C Digital will teach you how to cultivate a loyal and engaged online community. We will help you manage your social media sites and ensure there is interaction with your audience.
• Growing your community – Want to know effective ways to build and maintain a thriving community on social media? We can show you how! We will help you find and engage your bullseye audience. It isn’t about the size of your followers these days. Engagement is key to your social media channels using various strategies we will implement.
• Client Workshops – Want to learn how to do it yourself? 3C Digital also runs workshops for your team! The workshop will be designed to answer your burning questions. We can tailor a two-hour session that is focused on everything you need to learn.