Digital Marketing Articles
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Great, Useful Resources to Help You Keep Up with Digital Marketing News
One thing’s for sure, anything having to do with digital marketing and technology changes at breakneck speed. I’ve been a witness to this since…
How to Market Local Brick-and-Mortars for Success: 3 Free Tools
Endeavoring to market local brick-and-mortar businesses organically (non-paid) is actually fairly simple when you take advantage of these 3 free tools: Instagram, Google Business…
Finding the Time to Manage Your Social Media
What is a Landing Page and What Makes an Effective One?
You’ve got a sharp-looking website for your business, determined who your target market is, and came up with a fantastic offer to generate leads…
SEO Best Practices to Increase Website Traffic
Just when you think you’ve figured out how Google and search engine optimization (SEO) work, Google goes and makes some changes. The challenge for…
5 Target Market Personas for NonProfits
Unlike for-profit businesses that usually have one main target market, maybe two, nonprofits have at least 5 distinct ones. These 5 target market personas…
What is a Blog and Why do I Need One for My Business to Succeed?
Blog is short for “web log”. Many people have them. They can be personal, casual blogs and then there are business blogs. A personal…
The Importance of Focusing on What Your Target Market Wants
Many marketers make the mistake of jumping into blogging and posting or advertising on social media without considering who their target market is and…
How the Right Copywriting on Your Website & Social Media Can Improve Results
It’s extremely frustrating when you have what you think is a great website, yet you’re not getting conversions. That is, visitors aren’t staying, they…
Fair Warning about TikTok: Why It’s Bad News. Delete it Now!
TikTok is the favorite app for 13-15-year-olds and was the most downloaded app in 2022. It’s extremely tempting if you are trying to reach…
12 Branding Mistakes You Need to Stop Making Now!
One thing small business owners need to understand is that everything they do online: website, social media pages, Google listings, everything is how people…
How Not Blogging Weekly Hurts Your Reputation
To Pay or Not to Pay: When You Should Start Spending Money Marketing
Usually, when someone asks me if they should do paid advertising or otherwise spend money marketing, I say — do everything I teach you…
Video: How to Use Hashtags to Effectively Market Your Business
Hashtags are everywhere! Even on YouTube! Use them consistently to brand your social media posts. Naturally, it helps to have a strategy. You can…
Email Marketing Still Works! Here’s What You Need to Know…
Email marketing is still one of the most effective methods of reaching current and potential customers. However, its effectiveness depends on several factors. Here…
How to Use Branding and Color for Your Online Image
Branding in today’s digital age is way more than just having a nice logo, a catchy tagline, and a pretty website. I’ve been doing…
Webinar Video: The Instagram Marketing Challenge: Tips To Help You Win Now
Marketing on Instagram is a MUST for any B2C (Business-to-Consumer) business. Whether you’re ecommerce, brick-and-mortar, or home-based, Instagram offers you unique opportunities to promote…
How to Rank on Google and Get the Results You Want
Back in the day (the late 90s), there were dozens of search engines and lists. I remember when Yahoo first started and then Google…
The Challenges of Marketing on Facebook & How to Overcome Them
Love it or hate it, Facebook is still the number 1 social media network in the world! Why is Facebook so Difficult? Facebook, because…
What is Social Media Marketing? How Your Small Business Can Use it Effectively
No matter what you think about social media, it’s still a powerful, low-to-no-cost marketing tool available to every small business owner. The challenge is…
When Digital Marketing Technology Doesn’t Work Right
Technology – you can’t live without it and sometimes it just doesn’t work like it should. We’ve all had computers crash and Internet connections…
No Matter What Industry You’re In, Content Marketing for SEO Works Best!
The number one traffic channel is organic search, and content marketing for SEO (Search Engine Optimization), when done right, absolutely works. On most websites,…
Thinking of Podcasting? Here’s What You Need to Know…
You don’t need a fancy microphone to start podcasting! Several years ago, I considered podcasting. However, I heard that it takes a lot of…
From Lead Generation to Lead Capturing – the Role of the Website
Many small business owners complain saying, “I’m on social media, but it doesn’t work.” Usually, when I dig deeper, I find that they’re just…