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Is Your Google Business Profile Updated?
You probably don’t even know it, but you have most likely experienced the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. What is that exactly? It’s a frequency illusion and it occurs when something you’ve just noticed starts to pop up everywhere
Katie Pray
November 22, 2022
Digital Trends 2023
In the age of digital, it is crazy to think that just a mere 30 years ago as it seems like yesterday, when the first website on the World Wide Web was launched there were hardly any online users. And now as 2022 is coming to a close and we enter 2023, Internet users have surpassed 5 billion users
Allison Gibson
November 18, 2022
Where should I spend my Digital Advertising dollars in 2023?
As the holidays come into view on the calendar, so do the budget meetings, review meetings, and strategy planning for the upcoming year.   A question that we get asked quite often is “How much should I invest into digital advertising next year?”This is a great question, as we are seeing an increase in digital advertising spend throughout the United States
Greg Swiszcz
November 16, 2022
Introduction of Social Mirror OTT Ads
As technology advances, so does the need for creativity.   When you can advance both at the same time, that puts you ahead of your competition
Greg Swiszcz
October 24, 2022
How Does Amazon Know So Much About You?
I have always been a pretty neat, clean, and tidy person. I don’t like clutter, I like seeing the lines on the carpet from a vacuum in a room, and everything (and I mean everything) has a place
Katie Pray
October 24, 2022
Introducing the Insights Report for Consumers and Businesses
Ever want to be a mind reader? Be in a crowded room and read the thoughts and interests of those around you? Or even in a restaurant and wondering what the other guests are talking about or into? Now it is time to look into your digital crystal ball with Insight Reports. Is it mind reading…well no, but it is the closest thing to it to learn more about consumer demographics, business revenue footprints and knowing more about a clients database
Allison Gibson
October 3, 2022
How Are You Engaging With Consumers on Your Website?
Let’s play a game where you guess what generation I am classified from clues that I give you. First clue is that I am in bed every night at 8:30pm
Katie Pray
September 23, 2022
How to Use Digital Advertising During the Holiday Season
Turkey Trots, Macy Day Parade, Black Friday, Menorahs, Hanukkah, Santa Claus, Tree Lightings, and New Year’s!  Throw in a few other days like Columbus Day and Veterans Day and you have a whole lot of celebrating being done over the months of October – December.For ideas on Halloween, make sure you read this blog
Greg Swiszcz
September 21, 2022
How to Create Compelling Online Videos
Video is Hot Hot Hot and stats prove that it is in high demand by digital users.User-generated and professional videos increase brand engagement by 28%
Allison Gibson
September 9, 2022
How do Clients use Digital Advertising in October?
The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice latte debuts today, August 30, 2022.  Yes, there’s a feeling in the air with marketers, that October is right around the corner
Greg Swiszcz
August 30, 2022
Are You Investing in Digital this Political Season?
The “ber” months are approaching quickly and that means cooler weather, reasons to eat a lot of pie, and everyone’s favorite- political season. That’s right, political season is already ramping up and we are seeing and hearing ads for all sorts of political races from local ballots to nationwide races
Katie Pray
August 30, 2022
Are You Following the Proper Steps to Close Digital Sales?
ABC is an acronym for a lot of things. If you’re learning CPR, they teach you ABC to look for Airway, Breathing, and Circulation
Katie Pray
August 2, 2022
Getting Started with Google Business Profile: Your Ultimate Guide
Your Google Business Profile allows business owners to have more control over the information which Google displays about businesses when it populates Search results pages and Google Maps.  This used to be called Google My Business but has since been renamed
Greg Swiszcz
June 21, 2022
Health & Wellness & Digital
When the pandemic hit in early 2020, I do not think anyone had any idea how it would impact our daily lives. Work environments changed, school dynamics changed and the world of 6 feet of separation changed every industry, especially the health care world
Allison Gibson
June 1, 2022
Do You Know How to Speak Digital?
It’s one of my favorite episodes of Friends; The One Where Everybody Finds Out. Monica and Chandler are dating, and Joey is the only one that knows but Rachel and Phoebe eventually find out, except Monica and Chandler don’t know that they know
Katie Pray
May 23, 2022
How Are You Overcoming Digital Objections?
Being in sales can really make you relate to the life of a toddler in the sense that they are constantly told “no”. For example, when my three-year-old wants to wear shorts but it’s snowing outside, he hears “no”
Katie Pray
April 25, 2022
Why is Live Chat an Important Part of a Digital Campaign?
There are very few cities in the world that never sleep.  New York City and Las Vegas are the two here in the United States that come to mind
Greg Swiszcz
April 19, 2022
What are Google Image Extensions?
Move over Google Text Ads, PPC just got a lot more visual! Now introducing Google Image Extensions!Tada!What used to be a somewhat boring text ad on the Google Search Engine Results page, now when a user searches keywords related to a business, it can feature engaging images to really draw attention. Image extensions can help drive performance for advertisers, with compelling visuals of products or services that enhance the message of their text ads, and help businesses get noticed
Allison Gibson
April 14, 2022
Are You Using "Free Money" to Help Pay for Your Advertising?
Love makes the world go around, right? Sure it does, but so does money, and Jerry Maguire said it best; “Show me the money!” What could possibly be better than money? How about free money! In the advertising world, that is a real thing for certain businesses, and it is called Cooperative Advertising, or Co-Op. This is when advertisements by retailers include the specific mention of manufacturers or brands who in turn repay the retailers for all, or part of the cost of the advertisement
Katie Pray
April 4, 2022
Can Digital be Used for Marijuana Campaigns?
Yes, it CANnabis! Cannabis is a budding industry and is really starting to grow like a weed as more states start to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Support for legal marijuana is at an all-time high (no pun intended) of 68%, with the percent being even higher among 18 to 29 year old’s at 79%
Katie Pray
March 16, 2022
Using digital advertising for political campaigns
The votes were out and now they’re in!  No matter what party you represent, your goal is to win the election.   Digital Advertising is capable of aiding in your soon to be victory
Greg Swiszcz
February 25, 2022
What Goes Into An SEO Campaign?
It’s crazy to think that you can have a full-blown conversation these days with just letters. Have we come that lazy that we can’t type out “by the way” and instead just type BTW? The answer, sadly, is yes
Katie Pray
February 16, 2022
How can I use Social Media Stories to promote my business?
Storytelling, one of society’s greatest tools in sharing the narrative that you want people to understand, has changed a lot since the days of fireside chats and Shakespearean stages.
Greg Swiszcz
February 14, 2022