Small Business Marketing Ideas

06Aug

TREE RING DIGITAL’S GUIDE TO DENVER: August 2020 EDITION (Virtual-ish)

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath It’s August, and this is our fifth monthly pandemic-era things to do edition. We’re squarely in the center of summer, yet there seems to be a longing […]
16Jul

Branding…Does it Even Matter Anymore?

“What’s your brand?” “Is this on brand?” As savvy consumers, the endless discussion and utilization of “branding” may seem hackneyed, especially in today’s climate. Yet branding is not going away. In our blog waaaayyyy back in January about the biggest marketing trends of 2020, branding was front and center.  According to Sprout Social, it’s still […]
02Jul

TREE RING DIGITAL’S GUIDE TO DENVER: July 2020 EDITION (Virtual-ish)

“Everything good, everything magical,  happens between the months of June and August. – Jenny Han Well, here we are in July. At some point, I suppose we’ll all stop remarking on what an unusual year 2020 is, but I don’t think we’re there yet.  It seemed for a bit that the pandemic had died down, […]
18Jun

Are Chatbots a Good Option for Your Website?

In spite of the unprecedented nature of 2020 and its myriad complications, commerce marches on, and with it, marketing trends. One of the biggest of those is the chatbot – the little “helper” that often appears, genie-like, to answer your questions and help you make purchases whenever you visit a commercial website.  You may have […]
04Jun

TREE RING DIGITAL’S GUIDE TO DENVER: JUNE 2020 EDITION (Virtual-ish)

“It is June. I am tired of being brave.”    – Anne Sexton What a year 2020 has been, and it’s only June! For the vast majority of humans, this year has demanded our bravery unlike any other in recent memory. We’re tired, and yet, we keep moving. Don’t forget to take care of yourself […]
21May

E-Commerce + Social Media = Shoppable Posts

2020 is proving to be a wild year! We’re seeing so many different types of businesses suffer tremendous losses in the face of the pandemic, yet, whether because of boredom or necessity, people continue to use social media and to shop online. That’s why if you have a product to sell online, particularly one that […]
07May

Tree Ring Digital’s Guide to Denver: May 2020 VIRTUAL EDITION #2

“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.” ―Fennel Hudson It’s May of 2020, and while public spaces are slowly reopening, the global pandemic that’s kept us all cooped up for weeks is still out there. Looking on the bright side, though, the weather here in Denver is […]
30Apr

Could Your Small Business Use Some Help From Facebook?

Good ol’ Facebook. Whether you love it or loathe it, you can’t really ignore it if you’re in business – it’s become an essential part of the marketing landscape. The social media behemoth has made well over $100 billion from advertising in its relatively short lifetime, and while the jury’s still out on how Facebook’s […]
16Apr

Help! Do You Need It? Can You Give It?

It’s mid-April, 2020, and our city, our state, our nation, and our globe are under siege by a virus most of us didn’t know about a few months ago. We’re deep into quarantine, and while some of our friends and family are holding up well, others aren’t so fortunate. And that’s ok. We all bring […]
02Apr

Tree Ring Digital’s Guide to Denver: April 2020 VIRTUAL EDITION

Almost a century ago, T.S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month” in his famous poem The Waste Land. Today, his words seem more true than ever as the weather is warming up and we, citizens of Denver (and the world) are stuck inside, self-quarantining, social-distancing, and wondering what’s in store for our future. […]
26Mar

Staying in Business While Staying at Home: Teleconferencing & The New Normal

What a difference a month makes! In February of this year we were, for the most, going about our business as usual – office, restaurants, the gym, concerts, meetings, travel – and doing all the “normal” things that at the moment seem so foreign and, frankly, so dangerous. COVID-19 has changed the world, and as […]
19Mar

A Message for Tree Ring Digital Clients Regarding COVID-19: You Are Not Alone

Being an entrepreneur and/or owning a business is both scary and exhilarating, even in the best of times. But right now is (obviously) not the best of times – COVID-19 is presenting a challenge across the globe, and you have every right to feel afraid. As a business person, you depend on connection and community […]