Picture it. You’re at a community event, and someone walks up to you and says, “I’ve been following your organization online. I love what you’re doing.” In that moment, inside, you’re beaming. All the hard work building up your organization’s digital presence is paying off. Or is it? Yes, you have poured energy into social media and email campaigns, but the question we have to ask ourselves is how much those efforts…
The past two years have stretched many small businesses to the brink. Store closures, layoffs, and uncertainty coupled with COVID concerns made doing small business even harder. But small businesses have, once again, proven resilient, taking on new ways of doing business to continue meeting the needs of their clients while re-imagining how their teams…
First let’s answer the question, what is pay-per-click, more commonly referred to as PPC? PPC is a form of internet marketing in which the advertiser pays a fee each time one of their ads is clicked. Think of it as buying visits to your website as opposed to earning those visits organically through search engine…
When Apple announced plans to release its iOS 14.5 update, widespread panic spread among digital marketers. The upgrade implemented App Tracking Transparency (ATT). This gives users the option to opt-in or out of allowing other apps to “track” their phone usage, including digital behavioral patterns. So essentially, if users opt-in, advertisers can track where they…
Market forecasts suggest the “digital diaspora” of COVID-19 is here to stay, at least in part, as consumers scrap their old routines in exchange for the digital amenities they enjoyed during quarantine. For some consumers, having discovered how to do more online has changed their appetite for in-person experiences altogether. But for others, especially those…
Do you remember when businesses operated with multi-line phone consoles and fax machines, and assistants took messages on pink note pads? Although there were resources back in the day, the internet transformed the way we did business and continues to do so today. From smartphones with processors more powerful than those onboard NASA’s Apollo 11…
The new year is ripe for breathing new life into age-old tactics. As a small business marketer, your templated emails and social media posts from last year probably need to be refreshed to keep pace with consumer expectations and generate funnel activity. But, you’re in luck. There’s one thing that marketing is never short on…
The last couple months of the year aren’t just for stuffing turkeys and pitching a tent outside your local big box retailer. Retail businesses are engrossed in the holiday marketing mashup while service providers are picking over low hanging fruit, trying to book as much revenue as possible before year end. Tis the season to…
By now, you have a pretty good idea of how your marketing fared this year. You either pulled off a total win, came in about average, or completely lost the battle. And if the latter is you, don’t be too tough on yourself. Finding your way around the marketing landscape can be a little like…
Unlike more traditional forms of marketing, digital marketing gives you the ability to easily create, publish, and share mass quantities of content in just a few clicks. In an instant, your content embarks upon a long spiraling journey through cyberspace destined to land, in many cases, at the bottom of a news feed – if…
Why Pinterest? With more than 70 million users to date, Pinterest is now one of the top online social networks, rubbing social elbows with Facebook and Twitter. Despite this, many traditional business owners are unsure about how to incorporate Pinterest into their online marketing strategy. Pinterest is a powerful digital marketing tool, especially for…