After the recent discussion in the forum, Paid Advertising – Facebook AdSense vs. Facebook, I thought it would useful to go through Facebook Advertising to show both how to use the paid advertising service as well as to see how effective an ad campaign can be for a hunting business.

A regular email campaign is one of the best ways to connect with your customers while also driving traffic to your site as well as driving sales of your products and services. I’ve been paying attention to a few email campaigns in the hunting industry over the past few months and a few have stuck out as being very impactful with their design, content, and innovation.

Writing a blog takes a lot of effort and continued dedication, but the benefits are numerous and the payoff can be large in terms of sales and connections in the hunting industry. The difficult things about having a successful blog are actually starting it, staying dedicated, and putting in the effort and testing it takes to find your voice.

If you have a hunting Website and feel your audience would benefit from access to information on all of the Federal Recreation Areas in the United States that are open for hunting then please share this page with them. Tell them about it on your site or blog.

There are tons of useful tools available for businesses of all marketing skill levels on the Web. It can be overwhelming to attempt the task of searching for all of the marketing tools and resources relevant to your specific business and its Website so I thought it might be valuable to put together a list of a few of the more unconventional tools and resources you may not have heard about yet. These are all resources and tools I’ve had success with for my blog and content. I hope at least one or two are valuable for your business…

A few of the post I’ve had the most fun creating for this Web site are the posts involving images from Flickr’s Creative Commons section. Here are posts that were created thanks to Flickr, Creative Commons, and the wonderful photographers who are willing to share their work with the world (with you especially):

Every hunting business owner should have these people on speed (email) dial…Now, I don’t mean specific individuals. I’m talking about remarkable people you will need to find in order to have a successful marketing strategy for your hunting business. It’s likely you may be able to fill some of these roles yourself, but don’t be afraid to seek out all of most or all of them.

The Web has proven to be a great medium of communication for hunting businesses and hunters. As Web developers and innovators continue to change the landscape of the Web there will be abundant resources available to hunting businesses to take advantage of as a way to better connect with customers.

There is a lot of buzz on and off the Web about Twitter. You know something has reached the masses when your parents are asking you “What is Twitter?” and wondering if it’s something inappropriate. Well I got caught up in the word-of-mouth buzz and passed along the news to a few people at work. I received one response back “Why is Twitter compared to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and not other sites?”

I’ve never been a fan of involuntary music, sound or video playing when I open a new Web page. It doesn’t bother me as much when I’m at home, but it does bother me when I’m at my day job and I don’t have volume control…even though I have my own office. It still makes things uncomfortable. I can’t imagine how it makes those in cubicles or shared offices feel.

Emailing is a crucial part of hunting business success. The trick is figuring out what your current customers are going to respond to and how to get new subscribers for your email list.

Each year when I’d go to my Uncle’s farm to hunting (sadly, it has since been sold), there would be a country song that would stick out in my memory. Why did one or even a couple songs stick out more than others?

I’d like to go a little further than photos here and provide 10 ways to create stunning blog posts for your hunting business blog…

There is a trend I’m noticing in the online hunting industry – hunting businesses that are coming on to the Web are adding too many features to their sites.

Setting up your Website can be is frustrating. You need search engine traffic in order to get your business in front of potential clients. The trick is making sure your Website ranks high for the search queries your potential customers are searching for.