INBOUND MARKETING BLOG

The 7 KEY Areas Of A 12 Month Web Marketing Strategy

• By Donny Kemick

A 12 Month Marketing Strategy Should Include Mobile

• By Donny Kemick

Start sarcasm... Are you ready to have your mind blown? Hold on to your hats... Lots of people use smartphones and tablets to browse the web! Feel free to take a minute to recover from that astonishing fact. I understand. New information can really be a shock at first. ...end sarcasm. Seriously though, if you were to look at your website's analytics, you'd probably be surprised at the number of visitors to your site that are on smartphones or other mobile devices. If you want to know how many for sure and you use google analytics, here're the steps when you're logged in: Now you need to ask yourself if you want to be friends or foes to the mobile device using people that are viewing your site. Additionally, you need to ask if your competitors are being friendly to mobile device users. The Past Is The Past. The Present Is The Present. The Future Will Be Different Too. Like anything based on technology, the best way to do something last year is not necessarily the best way to do the ...

Happy Thanksgiving from protocol 80, Inc.

• By Josh Curcio

Thanksgiving infographics? Yes, those exist.

7 Wrong ASSumptions About PPC (Pay-Per-Click) Advertising

• By Donny Kemick

When we consult with small businesses and nonprofits, the mere mention of Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC) as an option is almost always met with a handful of wrong assumptions about PPC and why they shouldn't/couldn't/wouldn't think about, including:

How Manufacturers Can Use Content Marketing

• By Josh Curcio

One of the biggest challenges that we hear from manufacturing businesses is their lack of desire or ability to create content. They feel that content isn't worth writing because nobody wants to read it. Well, that is just not true. Yes, not absolutely everyone wants to read about the ins-and-outs of powdered metal or how to use reclaimed material to make a remelt alloy used in stainless steel production...but, someone does. Here is the important factor, that someone that wants to read it is probably someone in your industry. That person might be a purchaser, potential employee, a current customer, or yes, even a competitor. Don't be worried though, we're not telling you to give away proprietary information. The content we are recommending you create will be valuable to the readers, it will make you the go-to information source for the industry, it will help you rank better in search, it will show your potential buyers you know what you are talking about, it will help you leap tall ...

Jeremy Callinan Leaves protocol 80

• By protocol 80

One of the founding partners of protocol 80, Inc. is no longer an owner or an employee. Please join us in wishing Jeremy Callinan luck with his new career path. Jeremy has taken a permanent position with one of protocol 80's longstanding clients doing programming work. He has worked with this client as a contractor since 2009 so the transition should be fairly smooth.

protocol 80 Office in Bradford, PA

• By protocol 80

It's no secret, we are a small business just like many of you. We are happy to have finally been able to have our own office located in East Bradford, PA! Our building was a church many many years ago and more recently was used by a small business to engineer electrical things for the medical industry. Below is a photo from the Bradford Era of our office from 1949 when it was the 2nd Free Methodist Church.

My Top 5 Wishes for Google+ Brands

• By protocol 80

With the launch of Google+ a couple of weeks ago, everyone has had fun learning the ins and outs of how they can best utilize it for not only themselves (circle me), but for their brands. Many brands even went ahead and created accounts as a brand despite being against Google's wishes. It did not take long for those accounts to be removed or converted to an actual name of a person, hence +Mashable converting to +Pete Cashmore. Google is currently testing accounts for brands (see Ford example below), but what is next for them? ...I have my opinions on what I'd like to see.

Facebook Adds New Send Button

• By protocol 80

Today Facebook added a new sharing feature in the form of a send button which will replace the previous "Email to a Friend" functionality. The new Send button works similarly to the Like button - whenever a user clicks one a small Facebook popup window will appear allowing the user to share a page to their Facebook friends, Groups or by email.

Native Vs. HTML 5 Mobile Apps

• By protocol 80

So your small business has decided to invest in a mobile app of some sort. You know that it's important to be accessible to your potential customers and since they're all looking at their smartphones most of the time, even when they probably shouldn't be, it's about time you create a mobile experience that will be finger friendly and give them access to relevant information about your product or service quickly and easily.