Social Media Marketing

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Facebook Vs. Google: How to Choose the Right PPC Platform

PPC can be a scary world for inexperienced business owners. But it’s probably a very enticing one. You’ve probably heard of the stories of competitors killing it via paid search, so your curiosity is peaked. PPC marketing is really something that you should consider. It’s a great way to get a surge of targeted traffic…

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How to Successfully Leverage Online Marketing for Your Print Campaign

As technology becomes more advanced, more businesses are hopping on the Digital Marketing Locomotive; which, really, is not a bad thing. The 20th century was obviously dominated by traditional advertising methods, like print and radio; now we have marketing machines like Facebook and Youtube that have taken over. 10-15 years ago, the concept of digital…

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How Facebook’s Custom Audience Feature Can Help to Deliver Insanely Targeted Ads

It could be argued that the Holy Grail of paid traffic is delivering the perfectly targeted ad. The ad that goes to the right type of prospect, and the copy of the ad is totally relevant to that prospect. Facebook ads have been friendly to this ideal. Advertisers have been able to target people based…

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How to Implement a Better Marketing Plan in 2015

We are nearly 2 months into the new year, and now it’s time for action. Every business is looking to dramatically improve their marketing ventures. Businesses have begun to plan and allocate their budgets, and are starting to put these plans into effect. In 2015, there are certain digital marketing channels that you should definitely…

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The 3 Keys to Building Trust in Your Local Market

When people think of marketing, they think of the some of the most basic things. Things like the website, the traffic, social profiles, advertisements, videos, and emails. Those are all obvious, and it is absolutely recommended that you nail down all of those aspects for your marketing campaign. But at the heart of almost any…

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How to Drive Traffic and Engagement Using These 3 Social Media Plugins

In and of itself, social media is a marketing machine. There’s a reason why you see its reach on nearly every corner of the internet: It works. 87% of all small businesses said that social media helps their business. Social media also accounts for 23% of all time spent online. Social media works for small…

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The Three Types of Posts That Will Keep Your Social Media Followers Engaged and Ready to Buy

Don’t believe the hype: Social media is not a set-it-and-forget-it marketing strategy. Like any other strategy it requires a precise understanding of your goals and how you’re going to accomplish them. It also requires you to test your methods to see what’s working and what isn’t, so that you can optimize your campaign for success….

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The Don’t-Do Checklist: 5 Marketing Ideas That You Should Never Implement

The web is overpopulated with poor marketing ideas and advice. Every day a new blog with questionable advice sprouts up like a bad root in the soil. For the non-savvy business owner, it’s hard to distinguish what is good and what isn’t. This is dangerous, as it can be the difference between blowing a marketing…

The Four Keys to Having a High-Performing Google+ Local Page

The Four Keys to Having a High-Performing Google+ Local Page

The importance of reaching Google’s 1st page becomes more apparent. 59% of consumers use Google monthly to find a local business. If you are not actively trying to climb to the 1st page, then you are neglecting a major piece in the digital marketing puzzle. The truth is that you should have been improving your…

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How to Simplify Your Marketing

One of the problems in the marketing industry is the obsession with fads, buzzwords, and fluff. Go to some digital marketing blogs and you’ll smacked with unproven and untested theories and ideas that, on the surface, sound great but will not be applicable to your business. The truth is that digital marketing is not a…

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Inbound Marketing Strategy and Why It Matters

The World Wide Web has dramatically changed the way we do business. It equips online business owners with the tools they need to focus their marketing dollars on highly targeted customer bases. This is where inbound marketing strategy shines the most. “Marketing is a contest for people’s attention.”- Seth Godin How an Inbound Marketing Strategy…