Advertising and Lead Generation
How to Leverage Google’s Smart Bidding
It’s no secret that the digital marketing industry can and does change rapidly. As digital marketers, we need to be aware of it, embrace it, and learn how to thrive in this ever-changing landscape to…
Stop Focusing on the Top of the Pipeline!
Virtually every sales person and organization have pipeline/funnel problems. Almost all the time, they are anemic. Virtually every pipeline has quality and integrity issues. Likewise, there are too many velocity issues. It seems the universal,…
How to Qualify Leads at Expos
Fairs and expos will bring you an unlimited supply of leads when you learn how to qualify leads! Your time is valuable! When you use this technique to qualify leads at the event, your time…
6 Easy Optical Marketing Tips That Won’t Break the Bank
One of the biggest challenges eyecare practices face is replenishing new clients. Getting new patients through the door can be a relentless struggle. Ironically, the focus on marketing often drops off when business is fairly…
Facebook is Releasing 3 New Metrics in Place of Ad Relevance: What It Means for Advertisers
Big changes on the Facebook horizon as they recently announced that starting April 30th, they are sunsetting the commonly used metric ‘Relevance Score,” replacing it with 3 new “more in-depth” diagnostic metrics. What is Relevance Score and…
Who Generates the Leads: Marketing or Sales?
CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group, the world leader in improving sales performance through research, training, and technology, today announced the official release of its “2018-2019 Sales Performance Report.” The study, based…
Stop Chasing Customers You Can’t Help!
I’m often asked the fastest way to improve sales productivity. The answer is simple and should be obvious: “Stop Chasing Customers/Prospects You Can’t Help!” That statement is likely to elicit a resounding “Dugghhhh!” The reality,…
Google Ads’ Average Position Metric is Going Away
In February, Google announced they plan to sunset the average position metric. While this change won’t take place until September 2019, it’s still a major announcement that has a lot of search marketers worried. After all, average…
3 Ways to Raise ROI & Grow Your Business with Content Marketing
A friend recently asked if I could recommend any good books for learning SEO principles. And despite working as an SEO specialist and consultant, I didn’t have any recommendations for him. Why? The principles of…
4 Ways to Boost Your Company’s Growth Through Customer Referrals
Even though we live in a highly digitized world, word of mouth is still a powerful tool for companies. There is no asset more powerful than a happy customer who tells their friends and family…