Illuminating Marketing Solutions

18/01/2024

Have you been receiving emails from your CRM or email company about Google and Yahoo authentication changes? This companies are implementing mandatory requirements for bulk sending of emails that could affect your emails being seen.

If you haven't already taken extra steps to authenticate your emails, now is a good time to do this.

Please see the attached article for more details. If you have any questions or aren't sure how to authenticate your emails, I do offer email marketing services and may be able to help you.

A comprehensive checklist of everything you need to do to be ready for the bulk sender changes happening in February of 2024.

27/11/2023

Tired of your website hosting being slow? If you haven't already, check your website using GTMetrix to see if there are any issues with your website speed. If you find your hosting account could be contributing to speed issues (this happens with some of the most well known hosting companies), you may want to move your website to a new host.
I have been using Siteground for a couple of years for multiple websites and really like it. It has options to migrate your website easily and free as long as the site is updated.
Siteground is currently offering up to 88% off on new and upgraded hosting accounts and today is the last day. If you are interested in checking it out or setting up the account, I have my affiliate link in the comments below.

25/10/2023

How fast is your website?
Go into GTMetrix to test the speed of your website. Be sure to carefully review the results to determine what is causing your site to be slow.
Sometimes its the hosting account, other times, the size of images. In regards to images, convert the images to lower resolution for screens BEFORE uploading them so the website isn't taking longer to show the image on the page.

07/09/2023

What makes me unique as a tech specialist other than using TikTok filters and never posting them? I enjoy teaching my clients.
This might be showing them ways to build traffic to their businesses, how to use WordPress to add SEO optimized blog posts, showing them all the ways we can create social media content to create engagement and followers on Facebook or Instagram or how to understand all of the stats from Google Analytics and Meta Business Suite insights.
I want my clients to feel empowered to understand what I do so they understand I have their business's best interests in mind when I'm working on their business.

Enjoy this TikTok filter I used and never posted. 😁
Do you use TikTok filters? What's your favorite filter?

06/09/2023

Do you leave good reviews for the businesses you use? Be sure to commend their good service or products on Google.

06/09/2023

In one word, describe this image.

25/08/2023

Did you know that you can preschedule the first comment for Facebook in Meta Business Suite? This is helpful if you want to share a link but don't want to put it in the text of the post. Let me know in the comments below (below my comment of course) if you have used this feature before!

02/08/2023

🚀 Hey small business owners and entrepreneurs! Looking for a creative boost for your blog posts and social media ideas? 📝💡 I'm using ChatGPT to write this post and it's an awesome AI-powered tool that's sure to spark your digital marketing and website design inspiration! 🌟 Let ChatGPT be your trusty sidekick in crafting engaging content that drives results! 🚀

[ChatGPT doesn't have to be used word for word but I like to use it for inspiration for what I am writing or creating for social media posting. Check it out! - Vanessa]