It's critical that you understand this: by transforming your website from the equivalent of an online brochure to a strategic part of your business, you can not only increase revenues and/or decrease costs, but also make your business more valuable and desirable to a potential buyer.

Your website could literally be the tiebreaker in selling your business and setting you up for the future.

Questions to ask yourself:

Can you believe you only have slightly more than 3 months to meet your annual sales goal? If you're like a lot of business owners, you're about ready to hit the panic button. These months mean make or break, and it's time to stop messing around and get serious about your sales and marketing.

Are you frustrated because your website doesn't generate many leads? Don't feel bad. This is one of the biggest issues with websites. You spend good money to have a nice site developed, and it seems like it just sits there like a teenager on a sofa. And sits. And sits. Before long, you start to wonder if it will ever do anything.

Marketing Automation isn't just for the big guys any more; businesses of all sizes are using it to communicate more personally with their customers. But many clients are confused about what automated marketing actually is, and we want to give you a better understanding. Though email marketing is often referred to as automated marketing, it's really just a part of a true automated marketing system.

Using a great automated marketing system is like having a larger staff who's willing to work 24/7, giving you time to relax and enjoy the rewards.

Contrary to popular opinion, automated marketing and email marketing are not the same thing. While email marketing is a part of automated marketing, AM is so much more.  Consider these game-changing things automated marketing can do that email marketing can't even pretend to do: