Sign-Up.to - Survey Shows Small Businesses Missing Out Through Online Marketing Overload

London, UK (PRWEB) September 28, 2011

Small businesses are being overwhelmed by the number of digital direct marketing channels now available to them. In a recent survey conducted by Sign-Up.to, 79% of respondents felt that they weren?t making full use of the online marketing channels available to them.

With customer attention becoming ever more fragmented, it?s harder than ever for small businesses to make the best use of the different online channels with the limited resources they have available.

In the last few years the choice of digital direct marketing channels has exploded, with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, SMS, mobile and email marketing all having a role to play, not to mention the many more niche channels now available.

Different customers prefer different channels and different messages suit different mediums - but managing such a large range of options demands more time from marketers, leaving many unable to benefit from the full potential that a truly integrated marketing approach can provide.

To help businesses realise the full potential of their online marketing, Sign-Up.to have just released a new version of their online marketing platform. The brand new release enables marketers to completely manage their email, mobile, Facebook and Twitter marketing from a single login.

As well as email newsletters and 2-way SMS marketing, the online service now includes a complete social media CRM, with Facebook page and Twitter stream management tools that make it easy for marketers to identify and engage with their customers through multiple channels and view in-depth analytics that help them identify key customers and winning strategies.

Sign-Up.to?s CEO, Matt McNeill, said ?We?ve seen the opportunities for businesses to engage with their customers online grow dramatically in the last few years, but this has demanded more time and resources from marketers - something that?s often hard to find in the current economic climate. We wanted to make it easy for small businesses to be able to reap the benefits from using multiple online marketing channels in an integrated way, so we?ve invested heavily in producing what we think is the simplest, most accountable way for them to do that.?

?With a single login, businesses can now take control of their online marketing.?

More details and a free 14 day trial of the service are available from http://www.sign-up.to

About Sign-Up.to

Sign-Up.to is an award winning provider of cloud-based tools and services for social, mobile and email marketing. Founded in 2003 the company services thousands of clients worldwide, from small businesses to global corporations.

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Online Community Sharing Personal Financial Tips at USAA Website

San Antonio, TX (Vocus) July 29, 2009

Dealing with credit card debt? Considering a house or refinance a mortgage? Preparing for retirement in a down economy? Is "cash for clunkers" for you? Looking for work?

Visitors to http://www.whatsonyourmind.com (sponsored by USAA) are dealing with these issues and many more on USAA's first-ever conversation site. Other features include social media integration, job search support, and opinion through authorized USAA guests and bloggers.

The site allows Facebook users (including the 25,000 USAA fans) to seamlessly float between the two sites with one log-on via Facebook Connect. More importantly, http://www.whatsonyourmind.com, provides USAA's approximately 7 million members a place to discuss the financial issues of the day; including unemployment.

"Watching and participating in the conversation, we saw a need early on to give people the opportunity to advertise their skills or better yet, look to hire someone," John Hancock, USAA conversationalist, said. "There is a common bond among our membership and there has been some feedback that if they needed to hire someone, they'd prefer to do it with someone who they have a shared experience with."

Familiar faces on http://www.whatsonyourmind.com include June Walbert and J.J. Montanaro, financial planners with USAA, and Beth Wilson, a Navy spouse and syndicated blogger. More guest bloggers are being added.

"We are truly stronger together," Hancock said. "We are all dealing with aspects of today's economy and no one should ever feel they are alone regarding their finances."

About USAA:

USAA, a diversified financial services group of companies, is among the leading providers of financial planning, insurance, investments, and banking products to members of the U.S. military and their families. For the past three years, BusinessWeek magazine ranked USAA among the top two "Customer Service Champs," highlighting our legendary commitment of providing highly competitive financial products for 6.8 million members. For more information about USAA, or to learn more about membership, visit usaa.com.

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Attorneys at Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC Gear Up to Deliver Better Legal Services to Online Facebook Clientele

Grand Prairie, TX (PRWEB) March 27, 2010

Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC announced its plans to assist more people with legal issues by interacting through Facebook reaching an array of people who are on the go.

Those who are strolling through their day can merely log-on to Facebook from laptops or phones to read daily messages or directly engage Attorneys at Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC in live chats or dialogue through Facebook's messaging links.

Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC realizes the social networking giant reaches millions of people in the United States. Strategically located in Texas is what gives the law firm an edge. Its attorneys are licensed not just in Texas but can also practice at the federal level in every state. Many legal transactions can be handled virtually, with the conveniences of credit cards, PayPal, e-fax and email. But, where in-court appearances are required the attorneys can easily travel to any location all over the country.

With more than 15 combined years of experience, Attorneys at Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC can quickly advise on issues from Family Law and Criminal Defense to Bankruptcy, Employment and Civil. While professing to be a 21st century law firm, Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC will continue in-office consultations, but it wants to address clients who may not have an elongated issue or who may need to ask a simple question in order to decide if a matter is worth pursuing. Facebook provides that medium to deliver quick service.

Providing legal services through Facebook allows the attorneys to be concise. This makes the margin for error higher. However, Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC believes it to be a means of raising the bar. Facebook clients are an active demographic. With so much information being shared, Attorneys have to minimize unnecessary rhetoric to make the advice clear and understandable.

If being part of a microwave, need for speed generation is in demand, then that is how Williams, Stevens & Estes, PLLC is going to give it.

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