Network Solutions makes everything very easy when it comes to online marketing. From website design to SEO optimization, email marketing and even reputation monitoring, Network Solutions covers the entire spectrum. Therefore, businesses can get online quickly and start building a strong brand that their customers will recognize. Whether you have a local store or are embracing the digital age with online services, Network Solutions can help your business succeed.
Pros
- Strong PPC campaigns
- Custom Marketing Plans
- Easy and free website builder
Cons
- Confusing pricing structure
- Occasional sales
Network Solutions Marketing Tools at a Glance
Ideal for SMEs and local businesses
Key Applications: Email Marketing, SEO Optimization, Social Media Integration, Website Design, PPC
Price: Varies depending on features included.
Free Trial: 60-day free trial
SEO
Since SEO is the first step, we’ll start there. Network Solutions has a handy SEO optimizer to help you maximize your web presence by improving your ranking in search engine results. The optimizer offers a personalized action plan, so businesses with no SEO experience can still optimize their sites for optimal results. SEO tools include things like choosing search phrases, cleaning up your website, adding search engine friendly phrases, tags and tags to your website and building quality inbound links. It’s also nice that Network Solutions offers businesses a monthly consultation with an SEO expert. Therefore, an expert consultant in the field constantly critiques your website and will show you where to improve and what is working well.
Email Marketing
Network Solutions offers email marketing through Constant Contact. CC is one of the biggest names in email marketing services today, which would make you think they would be competitors. But Constant Contact really focuses primarily on email, while Network Solutions has a wide range of marketing solutions. So, it’s actually a smart partnership for both companies and primarily it benefits businesses by providing powerful marketing solutions across all channels. Everyone wins.
Network Solutions’ email marketing is extensive (obviously, since it uses CC tools dedicated exclusively to email marketing, as mentioned above). There are many beautifully designed, responsive email templates to choose from to get you started. From there, users can customize the layout with a convenient drag-and-drop editor, tag recipients, and send their corporate email in no time.
A really cool feature that Network Solutions has is the social media buttons app. You can drag your email. Network solutions allow you to track email performance as it happens, providing details such as click-through rates, open rates, bounce rates, and more. Oh, and the Network Solutions mobile app lets you check all those stats in real time from your phone.
There are also things like list management, segmentation and scheduling. As we said, the email marketing tool is exhaustive.
Social Media Marketing
Social media marketing is another great frontier for marketing your business offerings, and Network Solutions provides some solid tools to help you achieve that goal. In fact, Network Solutions has marketing experts who specialize in Facebook marketing. They are available to help businesses build and maintain their social media presence, create a Facebook ad campaign, target the right followers and convert them into customers. Online solutions will even help you create compelling copy and design compelling promotions to bring your audience right to you.
In addition, Network Solutions offers reputation management, which is an important feature if you want to keep your brand positive. The best feature is the reputation notification tracking service. This monitors your social media accounts across the web and notifies you when your brand is mentioned. This way, you can interact with your audience in real time, gratefully accepting praise and quickly responding to negative comments or complaints.
Website Design
We really like Network Solutions’ web design products. On the one hand, you can use a free website builder to create your own website without any design knowledge. And you can make the design as simple or complex as you want. Network Solutions has attractive templates you can use to get your website up and running in minutes.
Alternatively, if you want more customization, there are plenty of options. There is a huge library of stock images that you can choose from to enhance your website design. And Network Solutions has a delicious array of (free) plugins you can include on your site to give it even more power. Add elements like a blog, event calendar, or dynamic content to make your site stand out.
Finally, website design has many benefits for any business. Things like dedicated email accounts, online storage and file sharing, and a free domain name really sweeten the deal.
PPC
Network Solutions has several online advertising solutions including Pay Per Click. PPC advertising tools are designed to increase visibility for specific and targeted keywords. Network Solutions offers features such as a custom PPC campaign aimed at generating more quality leads for your website, continuous campaign optimization and in-depth analytics. As with other functions, Network Solutions offers clients a dedicated marketing expert who will sit down with you and develop your PPC campaign until it’s perfect.
Pricing
The biggest downside to working with Network Solutions is the uncertain pricing model. You can’t have a clear idea of how much you’re going to pay until you’ve paid and are ready to buy. We would like to see a more complete price list so we can make comparisons with other brands.
The way Network Solutions currently works is that you choose the features you want to include in your plan, a la carte style. Network Solutions then creates a pricing plan for you. Therefore, before you start, you should decide which features are important to you.
However, it’s nice that the website builder is free with all plans. That’s a huge savings and definitely makes things more affordable.
Hosting plans start at $5.90 per month and go up to around $20. Meanwhile, the e-commerce site will start at $9.95 per month. Email for professionals can cost $1.85 per mailbox. And the list goes on. Therefore, you need to decide what you want from a networking solution. And then you can get an idea of how much it will cost.
Customer Service
Network Solutions has dedicated customer support that you can contact by phone or email. It’s good that Network Solution provides different lines for different departments. So you don’t have to waste time when you finally connect with someone.
We were also impressed by how willing and able the customer service staff were, who were clearly trained to deal with technical issues. The representative was even able to resolve our connection issue remotely.
SEO/PPC:
1-877-438-8599 (option 2)
Hours:
8:00 p.m. – 8:00 pm. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
Email Marketing:
1-866-374-9318
LSV:
1-866-391-4357
Gorilla Online Marketing:
1-877-557-9693
General Support:
1-800-333-7680
Bottom Line
One of the oldest and most respected brands in the industry, Network Solutions has been providing solid hosting services for decades. The addition of marketing tools to their lineup has only served to strengthen the reputation and appeal of this service. With a robust email marketing platform, PPC advertising campaigns, SEO optimization and social media integration, Network Solutions provides an all-in-one solution for any business to increase its reach and web presence through effective marketing campaigns.