Four reasons why you shouldn’t hire a High School kid, intern, or board member, to run your social media (and what to do if you already did…)

January 26, 2025 No Comments

Four reasons why you shouldn’t hire a High School kid, intern, or board member, run your social media (and what to do if you already did…) I hear this all the time from budget-minded non-profits and small business owners: Social media is so simple, and these kids are on their phones all day anyway, let’s just hire them to do it! I get it. While using volunteers or entry-level marketers to

How to Protect Your Business From Scammers in 2025

January 23, 2025 No Comments

How To Protect Your Business From Scammers in 2025: Most of us have received a ‘phishing’ scam, and we all know not to click on THAT link. But scams are becoming increasingly clever, and small business owners (think artists and coaches) are often targeted because they generally work alone and don’t have proper protections in place. You’re too busy running your biz to deal with the boring work of digital security,

Helpful Tips for Driving Web Traffic to Your Blog

May 18, 2021 No Comments

There is nothing more discouraging than spending time creating a great blog and then never having anyone visit it. Sometimes the real challenge of blogging is simply figuring out how to get eyes on the words you have worked so hard to write. These tips can help you bring more attention to the blog you have been crafting. Make Your Titles Interesting Good titles are one of the most important things

Selling Products or Services From Your Facebook Profile? Be Careful

November 8, 2019 No Comments

Here is a guide to protect your small business on Facebook! I see it all the time. Artists, entrepreneurs, coaches, home-based businesses, lawyers, realtors, and others advertise their new businesses by promoting to friends and family via Personal Facebook Profiles. Or, they create a new page similar to their personal page, but with their business name. It seems effective at first- your Profile is a place where people know you and

Indian Valley Fitness: A New Website By Kata Marketing

February 25, 2019 No Comments

A small-town gym gets a beautiful new website! Check out our newest website for Indian Valley Fitness! At Kata Marketing, our goal is to make your business life easier! We know you are busy filling orders, meeting clients, teaching classes… this is why we build websites to be as automated as possible. Indian Valley Fitness is a great example. Features for this site: Social media updates are integrated (note the scrolling facebook

Remote Work: How to Become a Virtual Assistant

January 15, 2019 No Comments

. This is the first guest blog in a series on clever ways people are making a living remotely Note: This blog contains no affiliate marketing- we don’t make money off these posts, we’re just here to share the stories~ SO. You want to live in an R.V on the beach, in a van in New Zealand, or a in a gorgeous little town in the middle of nowhere? That sounds

How to put on a marathon fundraiser by Kata Marketing

Ditch the Spaghetti Feed and Get Creative With Your Fundraising

January 2, 2019 No Comments

It’s time to ditch the spaghetti feed and launch your fundraising race, run, or ride! Are you tired of spaghetti feeds and silent auctions? I get it. Your non-profit has put on these events forever, and they work (sort-of). As the leader of your agency, you are carrying the torch and hosting these fundraisers is part of the deal. When it’s all over, you calculate the hours put into these events

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