Sales and Marketing
Local Service Ads: Are They Worth Investing In?
Local Service Ads is a product designed by Google specifically for local business leads. Originally called “home service ads,” it has since grown to encompass many more services and locations. These ads work well because…
Innovate or Die: Your Marketing Degree Isn’t Enough Anymore
An overwhelming majority of United States marketers polled in a recent survey expressed that they do not believe that their jobs will look the same three decades from now. Nevertheless, they might be able to…
3 Things to Avoid with Your Marketing
Today’s marketing landscape has countless channel and tactical options. For smaller businesses and nonprofit organizations, it can be a minefield of decisions. With limited budgets and resources, which will produce the best results? And, which…
Outcome Based Buying
Regardless how we sell, our customers are trying to achieve one thing when they buy. They are trying to achieve some very specific outcomes. Those outcomes may be all over the place—solve a problem, address…
5 Ways to Improve Your WordPress Blog
If your blog runs on WordPress, it is in good company. WordPress is now the most popular CMS in the world, powering about 38% of all websites. WordPress sites post an average of 70 million blog…
Why Your Influencer Campaigns Are Falling Flat
Trust. Reach. Influence. These are the three most powerful characteristics of what we label “influencers” in today’s digital world. As we begin 2019, influencer marketing continues to grow as a means for tapping into business…
Using Call to Action Triggers to Drive Conversion
A while back, we reviewed some of the general best practices if you’re going to run Facebook ads. I want to drill down a little deeper into one of the most critical tools you have…
Want to Grab a Local Audience? Do These 6 Things
If your business relies on your local market, then knowing how to get your brand out there in front of those potential customers makes a whole lot of sense. However, you should avoid using the…