The first step in taking inventory of your marketing materials is to pinpoint your marketing budget. Consider last year’s budget. Then answer this question: Was this enough to make your marketing strategy successful? Step two is assessing how valuable your marketing materials are by determining which of them have proven successful and which have not. […]
The How and Why of Content Creation
In the world of social media, consumers are constantly being pulled in different directions. Content is being posted 24/7 which means 2 things: It’s easy to get overlooked. It takes attention-grabbing content to stay relevant. Content creation for social media can seem like a daunting task. Or like you have to be a seasoned marketing […]
Fresh Start: Your Web Design Relationship Guide
With a new year comes New Year’s resolutions, a time of evaluating your current life choices and seeing where improvements should be made. Whether it’s eating healthier, having a new gym routine, putting yourself back into the dating game, or improving relationships, it’s all about making the best choices for your life. As we evaluate […]
Why Having Relevant Content is Important.
First, What Does Relevant Content Mean? Relevant content means the content on your website is up-to-date and on topic with your business. For example, if you have a business that sells honey in Georgia, you wouldn’t want your home page to have content about jams in California. Also, you want the information about your business to be […]
Optimize Your Website for Conversions
Whether you have a website that needs updating or you are creating a new website, the best place to start is with asking yourself what the ultimate objective is. The answer probably falls somewhere along the lines of that you want it to look good and get results. Conversion optimization is all about the action […]
Email Marketing and Landing Pages
It is December and that means it is time for your small business to get serious about promoting your holiday sales and specials that you have going on. Email makes up over a third of the ways that consumers make holiday buying decisions. The most important factor in your promotional emails is that they lead […]
Content Marketing Part IV
October 7, 2015 Today, we are looking at the fourth and final part in our series on Content Marketing. In Part I, we looked at Analytics, in Part II, we looked at Building Your Strategy, in Part III, we addressed Why It’s Important. Today, we are going to bring it all together and talk […]
Content Marketing Part II
September 23, 2015 In our series on Content Marketing, last week we looked at Using Analytics. We touched on how to see what your viewers are looking for, what pages they are viewing, and what content is either keeping them at your site or not. With this information, you can begin to build your Content […]
Content Marketing Part I: Use Analytics
We are beginning a new four part series which will be centered around content marketing. This week, we are looking at how to use Google Analytics to improve your content marketing. Believe it or not, there is actually a way to make use of the information you gather from your analytics report – bounce rates, […]
Promoting Your Website Part II: Branding
Last week in our series about promoting your website, we discussed the importance of SEO. Part of SEO is knowing your brand and niche well enough to use the right keywords so that ultimately, your website is being promoted to its maximum potential. You can’t do this until you have your branding complete. Branding involves […]
