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Marketing on Mobile? Here are some must know terms, and how to use them.
If you're deciding to run a mobile-only marketing campaign you're following a popular trend of many advertisers.  Attention is the currency of marketing
Megan Malone
August 11, 2017
Using Digital Advertising To Recruit Your Next Great Hire
Update: Facebook shuttered Jobs on Facebook (February 2023) and Instant Articles (April 2023)Finding the right employee is never an easy task, especially if you’re looking for someone that is qualified.  With so many different job boards out there, from Monster and CareerBuilder to all of the ones that have popped up like ZipRecruiter and even the local job boards that may be in your city, how do you know where to post your job?  More importantly, how do you know if the right candidate will be looking on that particular website?Gone are the days of trying to find a needle in a haystack
Leslye Schumacher
July 13, 2017
The best digital campaigns are expertly mixed, just like your favorite cocktail
When creating a digital marketing strategy, it is easy to become enamored with products that are at the bottom of the sales funnel.  It would be easy to think, “I’m going to focus only on Pay-Per-Click/Search Engine paid ads, Retargeting and SEO because they will help me drive the most conversions
Dana Bojcic
June 26, 2017
"I Hate Retargeting"
No, I personally don’t hate Retargeting but I hear this a lot from business owners.  Even from people who don’t know the term “Retargeting,” will say “Uggh, I hate that” when I explain that Retargeting is ads that follow a person after they leave a website and show the person ads for that business on other websites
Leslye Schumacher
May 22, 2017
Want people to show up to your event? Try an "Event Response" Ad
I worked a bunch of odd gigs in college to get extra money (for beer).  One of my favorite was being hired as a "brand ambassador" which meant I was promoting the sponsor's event by passing out flyers or putting postcards underneath windshield wipers
Megan Malone
May 2, 2017
Online Products for Offline Buyers
There are many media buyers out there that are devouring as much information as they can about digital advertising, given that the marketing landscape has changed so drastically.  A media mix used to include placing a television, radio, direct mail, newspaper, phone book, or a billboard buy
Megan Malone
April 4, 2017
To Boost Or Not To Boost?
By now you’ve probably heard or realized that spending a lot of time posting organically to your Facebook page and trying to generate “likes” is no longer going to help spread your organic reach onto customers’ Facebook pages.Facebook defines organic reach as "how many people you can reach for free on Facebook by posting to your Business Page
Leslye Schumacher
March 17, 2017
Pay-Per-Click Advertising vs Impression Based Digital Ads
At first glance Pay-Per-Click ads (or Google AdWords) seem more efficient because they average a much higher click through rate than impression based advertising. So if you are solely looking at the cost per click, it would seem that PPC is cheaper and more effective
Leslye Schumacher
February 22, 2017
How to Improve Local Marketing? Use Facebook Local Awareness Ads
In an effort to help local businesses connect with people in their area, Facebook launched Local Awareness mobile ads. Local Awareness ads are a great way to find new customers by showing ads to people who are around your business location
Megan Malone
February 14, 2017
2017 SEO Trends for Small Businesses
As reliable as New Year’s Resolutions, so are the articles about 2017 trends.  This year is no exception with entries from all walks of life, from catering to Social Media and all points in between
Megan Malone
February 1, 2017
Is IP Targeting Digital Ads Right For My Business?
Maybe…Maybe not.  How do you know?  First let’s start with what IP Targeting is
Leslye Schumacher
January 31, 2017