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According to Pixolabo, less than 64% of small businesses have a website. Also, 35% of them claim their business is too small to have a website. The average user spends 2mins 17seconds on a website, a good number if you ask me compared to social content that can be scrolled through in seconds. If you don’t own a channel yet, you might want to consider it. A famous business coach will always say, “Social media is a rented platform”. Yes, quite funny, but it’s rented. The one thing you own is an account, it could be hacked by scammers or even disabled totally by the platform itself. Social media is great, there is so much interaction and responsiveness, but you also need to find a channel that could help you access your audience anytime you want. No matter how much profit you make for your business through social media, you don’t pay the platform in any way except if you’re looking to run adverts or subscribe to a premium version (which rarely happens). You have the right to do whatever you wish, and so do they; even when it is detrimental to you. Let’s talk about a few of these owned channels, shall we?
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Email Marketing
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One of the best things to do through email marketing is that you could segment your audience depending on their preference and send them different emails, you can schedule your emails for later, you get to include every information you want and lots more! It’s usually not completely free but you can choose to start for free. Subsequently, as your subscribers increase, you’d need to invest some cash Email marketing platforms that do this include SendinPulse, MailChimp, SendFox, Mailerlite, Convertkit, Flodesk, Aweber, and so much more.
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Owned Website
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