Google Analytics is great...we've covered this topic before. Not only does it give you great insights into what's happening on your website, but it's FREE. What small business doesn't love a great product that is free?
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Repeat after me... "I don't need a website, I need web marketing." Say it again. Again. Again... You get the point? The difference may not be clear to you yet. The difference between a website and web marketing, is like the difference between tactics and strategy. Your web marketing efforts should entail a strategy of some kind, with your website being one of the tactics you are employing as part of the overall strategy. Confused? That's ok! Let's get unconfused... Think of it this way. A website is one tool in the web marketing toolbox. Unfortunately, that tool is no longer enough to do the job on it's own. It needs some complimentary tools to be effective. At minimum, you need prospects to find your website when they are looking for the solution you offer to their problems. At minimum, you need to be available in the main "feeding grounds" for solutions that your prospects use. SEO - Search Engine Optimization Guess what. People use Google a lot. So much so, that you had better ...
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These days just having a website is not usually enough. If that's how you see your online presence, my guess is you probably aren't generating and leads or sales from your website...it probably just sits there. A complete online marketing strategy will allow you to reach more individuals, when they are looking, where they are looking, on any device, convert them to a sale or lead, and track them every step of the way. Sounds good, right? Of course it does. But you still may not be convinced. Need more convincing? Check out our infographic below with some stats that just might start changing your mind. Please feel free to share using the embed code below the image. Just in case you aren't a visual person, here are a few key stats!
Read moreNot everyone can be a web marketing rock star, right? Sure they can, when the right things are in place. Chances are good that you probably have a website and may even be doing some sort of marketing such as SEO, PPC, maybe social media...but what are you missing? Are your marketing efforts just not hitting the mark? There are probably a few things you are probably missing.
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As a business or organization leader, you would probably love to get more traffic to your website, right? Wouldn't it be even better if that increased traffic lead to sales, leads and conversions? Of course it would! For some of you this may seem like a very distant and hard to reach goal, but it's not and we're going to give you the knowledge to make it happen.
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Part 4 of the Online Marketing in a Small Town series. The topic of this post is pay-per-click advertising, or sponsored ads and we'll focus on AdWords and Facebook today. There are a few ways in which your business located in a rural area can take advantage of this.
Read moreWe are happy to announce a new learning event in March focused on helping businesses understand how to utilize sponsored advertising to generate leads faster!
Read moreWith most things in our life, as information and technology become available, they improve. Even advertising...most of it at least. Look at billboards for example. They started out as a single billboard with a piece of vinyl that faded over time. Now we have amazing digital billboards. The digital billboards allow for more creativity from the advertiser, more ad revenue for the billboard owner, and even another side advantage, they are probably safer because you don't have people crawling all over them to change the vinyl!
Read moreHave you ever noticed how that tough task that you do infrequently seems to keep finding it's way to the bottom of your task list?
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Everyone hears about the Super Bowl commercials. Rightfully so as plenty of creativity and TONS of money gets poured into these commercials. Not as many people are talking about AdWords and Super Bowl advertising...unless you are a search nerd like me! More of the ad spend for search will be spent before the Super Bowl as opposed to during the game, but there are a ton of opportunities for brands to get in front of a huge audience. What are some of the terms people might be searching?
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If you are executing digital marketing, congratulations! You are most likely already one step ahead of your competition, and making strides to meaningfully connect with prospects online. But, how do you know if you’re seeing continual success year over year, and improving your metrics?
Without the tools in place to analyze and benchmark your efforts, it is impossible to scale your online marketing and ensure continuous success.
