Since the last time we discussed SEO tips in this blog, progress has continued apace in the struggle to get to the top of the Google heap. Marketers fight to increase their customers’ rankings, while search engines continue to refine what works and what doesn’t to...
Digital Marketing
Selling Social: Why You Still Need a Website
Facebook has about 2.7 billion active users every month. Let that sink in for a minute. That’s close to 35 percent of all humanity on Earth visiting the same website every month. This sheer number alone has web marketers salivating. To have that many eyes available...
How Should You Market on Facebook?
Through what other media channel can your business reach over 1 billion people, target exactly the demographic you wish and have direct communication with your customers? This is why any business, big or small, should consider marketing on Facebook. It's a great...
When Should You Stop Supporting Old Browsers?
I'll take a stand here: The slavish support of older web browsers is holding back the development of the World Wide Web. Unless there's a very good business reason to keep up that support, many developers would prefer to toss them on the junk heap of history and focus...
Mobile Website vs. App: The Right Choice for Your Business
One of the most popular questions we receive when talking to clients is whether or not they need an app to help them expand into the mobile market. Usually, after we speak with them for a while, it becomes clear that all they really need is a mobile website. Mobile...
The Search Engine Wars, SEO, and You
Google's recent loss of about two percent of their market share, dropping them below 75% for the first time since 2008, has created a lot of conversation among internet pundits. The main cause of this drop involves a change in Mozilla Firefox to switch its default...
SEO Localization
Since the Internet has global reach, many of our customers are thinking about the pros and cons of moving their brand into other countries. Earlier we posted about the different meanings of colors in other cultures. But colors are just the tip of the iceberg when you...
Are Website Templates a Good Idea?
In the early days of the World Wide Web, most websites were handcrafted affairs. A few applications came out which promised to make web design fast and easy for non-technical folks, but many of them were immediately recognizable as template-based – mostly because...
Maintaining a Balanced Social Media Portfolio
Companies trying to get their products in the public eye are confronted with a seemingly endless conglomeration of social platforms which are constantly gaining and losing users. Modern marketers must remain on top of trends to a level never seen before. Where...
B2B Marketing: How to Present Your Benefits in Terms of Measurable, Tangible Results
When you're marketing a product or service to another business, it's important to outline the measurable, tangible results that are associated with your product or service. An average Joe consumer is heavily swayed by trends and emotion, so you can use these factors...
Is It Time To Redesign Your Website?
When was the last time you refreshed your company website's design? If the answer is more than a couple years, then it's time to consider a refresh for your headquarters on the web. In today's tech-centric world, your identity on the web is an absolutely essential...
Top 4 Marketing Trends of 2015
It's true: 2014 is nearly over! Now, it's time to look at the top four marketing trends that we expect to see in 2015. It should be noted that digital marketing dramatically outpaced all other marketing approaches, including phone, television, radio, print, billboards...