“Content is anything that adds value to the reader’s life.” – Avinash Kaushik Ahh yes. The all-important content creation. In the marketing world, content creation is everything in social media and website marketing. You have to have great content. We’ve heard it dozens of times. But what is so important about content, and why must […]
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The Basics of SEO
SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization” and is the process of increasing site visits from natural search results by improving site relevance and usability and by increasing site community reputation. Wow that was a mouthful. Basically, SEO gets you more visits by making you appear higher on search result pages. This is done through improvement […]
Marketing on the Web
It’s no hyperbole that web presence has become the most vital marketing strategy for small businesses. Yet, it remains one of the most daunting projects for the untrained. There is so much to know from the myriad of coding languages to the aesthetic decisions behind website design. We are going to attempt to clear up […]
Four Marketing Trends That Matter in 2017
Content marketing got more complex in 2016, requiring advertising agencies to adapt quickly. Those who hopped on rising trends in 2016 were successful, and those who didn’t were left behind. 2016 was the beginning of many digital and content marketing trends that will have a big impact in 2017 as well. As we progress into […]
The Five Most Common Facebook Marketing Mistakes
Facebook is a unique platform for small businesses that want to expand their reach and find new customers via their newsfeeds. With millions of people checking their Facebook accounts every day and the advent of widespread mobile use of the social media platform, marketing agencies around the world quickly scrambled to learn how to market […]
Five SEO Tips for Global Marketing
If your small business is online and marketing to customers all over the world, chances are you need to reach more customers all the time with a broadly appealing marketing campaign to go with your broadly appealing products and services. Selling products and making your business website available to customers around the world is obviously […]
Three Reasons Why You Need an Integrated Marketing Strategy
Small businesses these days are losing faith in their marketing agencies and the strategies they offer for a number of reasons. Obviously, if a marketing plan isn’t focused on their target audience or it doesn’t highlight the best attributes of a business to bring in more foot traffic and web traffic, it’s easy to lose […]
Three Reasons Why Hiring a Marketing Agency is Better Than Hiring a Marketing Manager
This is a really long title for a reason: The world needs to know that hiring a marketing agency is better than hiring a marketing manager in-house. It may seem like having a marketing manager for your business will be more efficient than hiring an outside marketing agency, but actually the opposite is true. If […]
Why Mobile Optimization is Important
There’s a simple fact that, if marketing firms are telling you the truth, if your company website isn’t optimized for mobile users, you’re losing sales. According to a study featured on Mobify.com, 57% of mobile users will abandon your site if it takes more three seconds to load on their phones, and 30% of mobile […]
How to Grow Your Business: The Five Best Places for Internet Business Advice on the Web
With a little help, you can grow your business on the Internet and gain foot traffic in stores. However, when you need small bits of information on how to promote your business on the Internet and a few tips and tricks for implementing the solutions your advertising firm gave you, you’ll need a few websites […]