Online videos have revolutionized the way companies promote their products. With faster Internet connections and advanced media playback software, online video is now easier to access than ever. Not sure if video marketing could help your business? Keep reading to learn the top 10 benefits it has to offer. 1. Video Is Search Engine-Friendly…
With the holiday season upon us, there’s no better time than now to optimize your digital marketing campaigns. Consumers in the U.S. spent roughly $691 billion during the 2017 holidays, up 5.5 percent the year prior. Of course, market analysts believe this number will be even higher this year, with the average shopper spending $1,007….
After creating a new post for your blog, you should work to actively promote it. Some blog posts will immediately receive traffic once published, but others may require some legwork. So, what are some effective ways to promote your blog posts? Six Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts 1. Notify Your Subscribers One of the…
Top search engines have been changing their algorithms over the last year or so to make topic-based content supreme. In addition, your business competitors have been silently developing their SEO strategies while simultaneously updating their webpages to match. With all this, you may realize that your site isn’t doing the most for your business. …
Traffic is a direct indication of a blog’s success. The more traffic your blog receives, the more sales/conversions you’ll make; it’s just that simple. While you can always use paid advertising to boost your blog’s traffic, a more cost-effective solution is to craft posts that naturally attract visitors. Five Ways to Generate More Traffic…
Blogging is an excellent way for business owners to connect with their target audience. Using this platform, they can inform potential customers about upcoming products. And the way to get to that audience is to make sure they can find you easily, using SEO (search engine optimization). Blogs also provide information that’s relevant to their…
When it comes to professional development, LinkedIn has always been the go-to choice for many businesses. However, certain features were lacking. And a failed attempt at developing a successful standalone app to foster group interaction left many organizational leaders looking elsewhere for a chance to grow professional communities. Earlier this year LinkedIn quietly pulled…
When it comes to building and maintaining a successful presence on the Internet, content is king. If you look at some of the most popular websites, you’ll notice they all have one thing in common: lots of high-quality, unique content. You should replicate this process with your own website by publishing trending content that people…
As a business owner, your brand identity is everything. It’s more than just your business’s name; it’s the way in which your target audience perceives your brand. Failure to establish a relevant, memorable brand identity is a critical mistake that will place your business miles behind your competitors. So, how do you define your brand…
Your website is an extension of your brand, and as such, it should represent your brand in the most authentic and professional manner possible. If visitors view your website as being just another generic, poorly designed site with no real sense of cohesion, it could hurt your efforts to generate sales and conversions. How to…
Think Facebook is fazed out and irrelevant for your business? Think again. Facebook is the world’s leading social media networking site, with well over 2 billion monthly users. You’d be making a huge mistake to ignore this social and FREE media outlet for your online marketing strategy. But we don’t necessarily mean marketing solely to…
Have you thought about using YouTube to promote your business? Pretty good idea, considering YouTube is by far the world’s largest and most widely used video sharing website. By 2017, there were more than 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube each minute, and one billion hours of content watched by users every day. In…
Remember that Sarah McLachlan ad for the SPCA? It plays a reel of sad, injured, lonely and forgotten animals to the slow, melancholy tune of “Angel”. Talk about some strong content! I think at this point, we’ve all seen it! And, whether you’re an animal lover or not, it strikes a chord. Maybe…
Questions are a key component of getting to know someone. Whether it be a new colleague, friend or client, we use questions to understand the values, interests, fears and insights of a new person. Asking questions also shows interest, that you care about what they have to say. Yet, there’s a fine line…