Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in marketing but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Dan Hahn, owner of Main Street Marketing, located in Edgewood, KY, USA.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

Online Marketing for Small Businesses. Creating Online Leads Using Inbound Marketing. Main Street Marketing’s single goal, since 2006, is to create online leads for businesses. Our Internet Presence Package uses internet marketing, search engine optimization, social media, email marketing, online reviews, and video to create a comprehensive Internet Presence for our clients. This core group of services provides results together that none of them could provide on their own or in phases.

Our “Skin” Is In The Game With Yours Week In and Week Out. We don’t just strategize about marketing your company; we execute your marketing plan for you. We are in the trenches with you week in and week out as you grow your business. From experience in dealing with lean companies, we know that if we set up the system for you and then let you fill it with content on your own… it will almost certainly not get done. At best, your content will be added in spurts and then left to gather dust for a while. Creating and managing your marketing for you with your guidance lets you devote more time to do what you do best!

A true internet presence will create better search engine rankings and marketing buzz for your customers. REMEMBER…” If your prospects can’t find you on the internet, then you don’t exist” and “If your current customers aren’t prompted to take action, they’ll take less of it.” We Are Different Because We Produce Your Content For You. Main Street Marketing is different than 99% of online marketing companies because we write the content (blogs, page content, emails) for you and handle ALL your online marketing needs.

Other marketing companies specialize in just Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media or Email Marketing, or Websites or Videos, or Mobile Apps. Main Street Marketing manages all aspects of your online marketing. Providing you with just one point of contact and “one back to pat or one throat to choke!”. This makes our service affordable and manageable, knowing that business owners like you don’t have the time or funds to manage and pay multiple marketing service providers.

Tell us about yourself

I've been working with small businesses or running one since 1993. I knew firsthand how hard it was to market your business while working on your core business offerings or products. It's why I started my marketing business in 2006.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

To have a successful small business for 16 years through all the ups and downs, especially since it was so young during the "great recession" around 2008.

What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?

Juggling it all and keeping a good work/life balance.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

  1. Provide a product or a service in a way that is truly different than your competition.
  2. Know that producing content (blogs, video, graphics, featured work, etc.) and distributing it through organic marketing (website, SEO, social media, email marketing, etc.) is the best way to grow your business. It's not the quickest but will provide long-term dividends. The content you produce will get you in front of decision-makers, not disruptive sales tactics.
  3. It's never complete. Your products, your services, your marketing, your sales, your customer service are always getting better or worse. It's your job to course correct when part of your business is struggling.

Is there anything else you'd like to share?

Want to learn more? "The 7 Key Pieces Of The Digital Marketing Puzzle," written by Dan Hahn, Owner of Main Street Marketing, is one of the chapters in "Marketing Fusion," which is just a couple of bucks on Amazon. Learn more here... https://main-street-marketing.com/marketing-fusion-a-must-read-marketing-book-for-small-business-owners-only-1-99-on-kindle/

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://main-street-marketing.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MainStreetMktg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainstreetmktg/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mainstreetmktg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/main-street-marketing/

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