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Reputation Management and SEO, Two Peas in a Pod
“If you lose money for the firm, I will be understanding.  If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless,” said Warren Buffet
Megan Malone
March 20, 2015
Make Your Website Mobile-Friendly by April 21 or Lose Traffic
You've heard it here: mobile devices are the hottest platforms for effective digital marketing strategies.  Not sold on the mobile marketing trend yet?  This may change your mind,  because for the first time ever, not having a responsive or optimized mobile site can negatively impact your businesses' success
Megan Malone
March 12, 2015
How to optimize your SEO strategy.
Let’s face it, these days SEO (search engine optimization) is essential. What SEO does is create an exceptional user experience and communicates your strategies to search engines so they will recommend your website for relevant searches
Kiri Tamte-Horan
March 3, 2015
The Myth Of Pay-Per-Click
“Pay-Per-Click works for everyone!” “You’ve got to be doing “AdWords!” “Every media campaign should include Pay-Per-Click!”These are some of the most prevalent myths circulating.  These myths are costing local businesses a lot of money in misdirected advertising
Leslye Schumacher
March 2, 2015
So retargeting will cause my ad to follow people? CREEPY!
There is a fine, fine line between being creepy and being, let’s say, involved. Marketers love the idea of retargeting
Kiri Tamte-Horan
February 17, 2015
Valentine’s Day: A Digital Marketing Love Affair
Looking for a Valentine’s Day gift that will win your sweetheart over?  Look no further than your favorite digital device.Valentine’s Day is known not only for love and romance, but also for business and consumer driven behaviors: shopping and advertising
Megan Malone
February 13, 2015
Google Analytics Can Tell Me When I Should Advertise?
The folks who bring you Google Analytics have just released some first quarter insights from the previous two years that could help you decide when it is best to beef up your marketing in the coming weeks. They analyzed billions of Google Analytics sessions and found that “in particular, the week of February 5th (also known as the week after the Super Bowl and the week before Valentine’s Day) marks the first time that transactions hit the average or above for the quarter
Leslye Schumacher
January 31, 2015
What is SEO and Why Does it Matter?
SEO is a digital marketing tool that has blown up in the last 3 years from a new “trend” to a marketing staple that has endured the ever-changing strategies and rules of digital marketing.According to Search Engine Land, SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of getting traffic from the “free,” “organic,” “editorial,” or “natural” search results on search engines versus the paid for text listings at the top and sides of the search results page
Kurt Landversicht
January 29, 2015
Should you invest in a mobile app? Hmmm...maybe not.
Making an app for your business seems to be what everyone's doing right now. 2014 was even referred to as the “year of mobile," however, the roles mobile played in 2014 will be changing in 2015
Kiri Tamte-Horan
January 27, 2015
We Are A (Insert Your Type Of Company Here), Do We Really Need To Blog?
The short answer? Yes!I recently was talking with the owner of a plumbing company and I told him that he needed to add a blog to his website. His response? “Who the *&!# is going to read a blog about plumbing?” Fair enough
Leslye Schumacher
January 23, 2015
What Is A "View-Through" And Why Should I Care?
Google recommends that advertisers track View-Through Conversions. Here’s what Google says, “Measure the success of your display ad campaigns by using View-Through Conversions… View-Through Conversions are what happens when a customer sees an ad (but doesn’t click), and then later completes a conversion on your site
Leslye Schumacher
January 18, 2015
The Omnichannel Experience: Coming to Screens Near You in 2015
The Omnichannel Experience may sound like an action movie you would see in an IMAX theatre, but this concept is a new marketing trend that is expected to explode in 2015.The omnichannel marketing experience is a term that describes the seamless, cross-channel shopping habits that consumers have latched on to this holiday season and are expected to stay latched throughout the next year, according to eMarketer
Megan Malone
December 23, 2014