Importance of Visual Aids in Digital Marketing Campaigns

You’ve heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words.” It is well known and largely used because it tends to hold true. An image can depict an entire story without a single word. That is a pretty powerful super power that many companies don’t leverage enough in their digital marketing campaigns. Perhaps most […]

The Role of SEO in Digital Marketing

One of the biggest issues I see in digital marketing is the lack of understanding of SEO (search engine optimization) and the role of SEO in digital marketing. Oftentimes, SEO is viewed as a “set it and forget it” tactic to help increase traffic to a website, but it’s not given the full attention it […]

The Impact of Landing Pages on Digital Marketing Campaigns

In Digital Marketing, we have a finite amount of time to take a user on a seamless journey from interest to result. The most important goal is to grab their attention and engage them in the action you want them to perform. Social media marketing is one of the best ways to capture a user’s […]

How A Customer-Centric Approach to Messaging Will Improve Your SEO

One of the most important success factors in improving your SEO is speaking to your customer’s pain points on their terms, not yours. This is the key difference between marketing yourself from a product-centric perspective (we do this, we do that) versus marketing yourself from a customer-centric perspective (I have this problem, I have that […]

5 Ways to Benefit from Link Sharing on Instagram Stories

All Instagram users can now add links to their Instagram Stories, an ability that only verified users or those with 10,000 followers could do until now. This update opens a new world to small businesses and small creators, offering them the same opportunity to share links with their followers and drive traffic to announcements, events, […]

Getting Started in Small Business Social Media

As ubiquitous as social media is, every day small business owners around the world are evaluating the pros and cons of making the leap for the first time. Perhaps you’re an entrepreneur who has recently started a small business and you’re trying to figure out which mix of social channels to pursue out of the […]

Is Instagram Reels Right for Businesses?

Last week, Instagram announced Instagram Reels: a way for users to create short 15-second clips to share on their personal feed and to the Instagram Explore page.  This new capability has strong similarities to TikTok, which creates looped videos up to 60 seconds long. TikTok has 500+ million monthly active users, but the app has […]

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UTM Tracking: Get More Out of Your Digital Marketing Efforts

If I were to ask you for your top three digital marketing campaigns through the first quarter of the year, would you be able to provide them?  Do you know which campaigns fell flat? Successful marketers know you need to be able to track and measure your marketing campaigns. If you’re not tracking and assessing […]

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It’s Planning Time Again

In addition to the annual holiday craziness, December is the time when companies are developing their communications plans for the coming year. At our company, this process is already well under way. It’s no secret that big end-of-year plans can be sidelined by mid-January in favor of a breaking priority or immediate initiative. While there’s […]

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Digital Presence: The Certificate of Brand Legitimacy

Picture this: You are five years into a company that you grew from an idea and an investment, your brand is well-thought-out strategically, your printed collateral is pristine, your physical presence is established, but the inpour of clients and partners is underwhelming. Does this sound familiar? Then it’s time to determine the missing link. If […]