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5 Ways Hiring A Professional Copywriter Can Take Pressure Off Your Staff- Tips for Small Businesses

As a business owner, you and your staff do a lot. In fact, you do it all. Running a small business is both rewarding and overwhelming, especially in the first few years when you are building from the ground up. If you have a family at home or responsibilities outside of your business, it can be even more challenging to find balance and carve out time to reach your marketing goals. 

If you are a small business owner looking to take a few tasks off your plate, hiring a professional copywriter can help take the guesswork out of many of your business startup necessities.  Read on to find out how. 

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5 Versatile Places To Take Memorable Photos in Oklahoma City

Whether you procrastinated on snapping graduation photos, need to liven up your Instagram grid with some high-quality photos, or would like to commemorate this summer with a couples’ photo shoot, there are some truly gorgeous FREE locations available in the Oklahoma City metro.

Celebrate your job promotion, your book release, or even just memorialize that new manicure with a photoshoot just for you! 

If you are looking to snap some fantastic photos in Oklahoma City, we’ve got you covered with 5 amazing places to take some unforgettable professional photographs for free. 

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5 Content Marketing Tips for Your Business Website

An effective digital marketing strategy is to create top-notch and valuable content for your audience and niche regularly. This works because it helps foster a sense of trustworthiness with your audience and establishes your business or brand as an expert or standard within your industry.


Creating great digital content can also help influence consumer’s habits and behaviors. Here are 5 ways you can do this.  

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7 Brilliant Tips to Prepare for Your First In-Studio Photo Shoot 

If you are thinking about hiring a professional photographer to shoot your acting, modeling, or professional head shots, you may be wondering what to expect. Working with a professional photographer in a photography studio should be fun and exciting! 

It’s totally normal to feel a bit anxious before your shoot. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of 7 tips to help you prepare for your first photo shoot in a photography studio, like ours in Norman, Oklahoma.

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11 Reasons to Hire a Professional Copywriter to Help with Your Website and Social Media

Hiring a professional copywriter is key if you want to convey professionalism and trustworthiness to your target audience. If you are a new business, or even an existing business who is looking to improve your web presence, you need to make sure you have amazing copy that captures your brand’s essence.

If you are unable to spend a lot of time perfecting your website or social media copy, you may want to consider hiring a professional copywriter to help. Great copywriting is vital to your online presence and a great benefit of hiring a copywriter is you’ll be able to easily measure your content’s engagement to see your return on investment.

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Why You Need to Hire Someone with SEO Optimization Experience to Build Your Business Website

If you are looking to build your web presence, hiring an SEO specialist is a great way to meet your goals. Today, most consumers use a search engine to find industry experts for the service they are looking for and having an SEO consultant on your team will help your target audience locate you and your services. Spivey Media is located in Norman, Oklahoma but we serve clients all over the Oklahoma City metro and we know SEO.

Read to the end to find out why you should hire an SEO expert to help you build your small business website.

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5 Things to Include on Your Services Page for Your Business Website

The “Services Offered” page of your website is where potential clients go to find out exactly how you can help them. This is an extremely important page because typically, if a web page visitor views your website, the services page is where they’ll land if they are sold on your brand and seriously considering electing your services or hiring your company. 

That’s why it’s so important to make sure the services page of your website is just right. If you are a small business in Oklahoma, read on to find out the 5 things you’ll want to include on your Services Page for your business website. 

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5 Locations for Music Video Shoots in OKC

Choosing the perfect location to shoot your music video can be challenging, especially if you are shooting your music video on a budget. There are several soundstages available to rent around the city such as Prairie Surf Media as well as warehouse studio locations like 1984 Studios that you can rent or barter to secure.

We know what it’s like to shoot on a shoestring budget. That’s why we have compiled this list of free locations where you can shoot your next music video in Oklahoma City.

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3 Tips to Writing Better Copy for Your Small Business

When we visit our clients to discuss their needs, one of the most common things that we hear from small business owners in Oklahoma is that they struggle to write compelling and professional-sounding copy for their website, social media posts, and blog posts.

Here are 3 tips for better marketing copywriting that you can apply to your business’s social media and blog posts today.

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Shooting a Music Video on a Budget in 2023

Making a music video is the perfect way to engage your audience’s attention, introduce yourself to your fans, and share your acts’ visual aesthetic.

Releasing a music video creates another way for fans to interact with your music and offers them a bonus listening experience.

Here are 5 tips to creating a budget for your music video.

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Film Crew Positions and Who You’ll Need on Set for Your Film Production

The success of your music video, short film, or feature film production depends upon the quality of your film crew and their ability to make good decisions. A great film crew is punctual, flexible, productive, synergistic, knowledgeable, and experienced. But as someone with a great idea for a film or music video, who do you need to hire for your film crew? 

We break down a few of the must-have crew member roles in this blog. This isn’t an exhaustive list of film crew roles, we’ve just included the most essential ones to get you started. Once you have these key crew members, your producer can help you decide if you’ll need more film professionals to make your project a reality. 

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