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5 Cost-Effective Ways to Write a Blog With What You Already Have

Blogs are good for your SEO (or so they say) Every marketing guru we know advises business owners to use a website blog to gain traction in Google searches. They’re not wrong. Blogs can help you increase your web traffic and raise your Google search rankings. They’re also valuable resources for answering the questions that make prospects and customers hesitate before purchasing. However, we’ve found that clients are often resistant to blogging. It’s time-consuming. It’s costly. And it’s hard to come up with original content ideas. But in fact you probably have plenty of material for your blog right [...]

By Laurel Carpenter and Charles Herold|2021-04-12T20:45:54+00:0012/02/20|Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, SEO|

Common B2B Marketing Mistakes

Business to Business marketing is becoming increasingly complex. And with so many things to remember mistakes are easier to make. Because the value of a client in B2B is often quite high, advertising errors can be costly. Eliminating common B2B marketing mistakes can save money and increase revenue. The acronym ABM (Account Based Marketing) is often misunderstood. The purpose of ABM is for marketing to work with sales to identify high-value prospects and focus on that segment. The idea is that marketing will generate the kinds of leads the sales team wants. Content and campaigns are dedicated to a specific [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-11-19T13:58:47+00:0011/19/20|Advertising, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing|

Advertising Without The Cookie

For many years digital advertisers have relied on the cookie for audience targeting. But, at the beginning of the year Google announced that it was eliminating cookies completely over the next two years. This sent shockwaves through the industry. How will digital advertising survive without the cookie? Marketers have been using cookies to track customer behavior for almost as long as digital advertising has existed. At one time, nearly all online advertising relied on cookies for targeting, retargeting, display advertising and behavioral marketing in general. What Is A Cookie Cookies are tracking code that is placed on your browser by [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-11-11T20:30:22+00:0011/11/20|Digital Advertising, Digital Marketing, Google|

3 Ugly Marketing Terms You Need To Love

Take a moment to ponder the connotative impact of these terms: Customer Experience, Target Audience, and Marketing. Great, now let’s look at each and consider its distasteful overtone, why the concept is vital for your business, and how re-thinking it can revitalize your marketing strategy. Customer Experience Once cyberspace became an even playing field in the early 2000’s, customer experience became one of the most influential indicators for a successful brand. It was the difference between a loyal customer and a customer that no matter how much they liked you and perhaps how competitive your prices were, they were seduced [...]

By Rosie Kosinski|2020-11-05T14:03:25+00:0011/05/20|Advertising|

B2B Leads With PPC

Business to consumer (B2C) advertisers have long found that Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising is a great way to generate leads and customers. For some time Business to Business advertisers (B2B) have resisted PPC. As B2B advertisers have come to recognize that search engines and social media are used by business-people and consumers alike, PPC has grown in popularity. More companies get B2B leads with PPC. It is estimated that over 70% of B2B buyers use search engines when researching their next purchase. Because targeting options are now so refined, using Google and Facebook for lead generation has become more efficient. And [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-10-28T18:32:40+00:0010/28/20|Advertising, Digital Advertising, Digital Marketing, Google, SEM|

Six Common Advertising Mistakes

The advertising world gets more complicated by the day. New media becomes available regularly. People gravitate from one social platform to another. Yes, even pandemics confuse the situation. However, if you are going to market your business there are certain basics you should follow. If you avoid these six common advertising mistakes your chances of success will increase greatly. Campaigns Not Ads Advertising is not a one-off. Do not begin advertising thinking you will create an ad and be successful. Advertising takes time and planning. Think in terms of advertising campaigns. Begin by understanding your customers’ sales cycle. How do [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-10-21T17:13:35+00:0010/21/20|Advertising, Advertising Agency|

You Need Market Segmentation

Most businesses understand that trying to advertise to everyone is a waste of time and money. Instead they try and identify their target audience to narrow their focus. Experienced marketers know that even that is not enough. If they are able to identify particular groups within their target audience, then they can customize their message and deliver it at the optimum time for maximum effect. That is why you need market segmentation. A restaurant owner might segment her audience into three groups, those who dine in, those who take out and those who dine at similar restaurants but not hers. [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-10-14T23:43:19+00:0010/14/20|Advertising, Advertising Agency|

Choosing Search or Display

When starting a digital marketing campaign, the question often arises, search or display? Choosing incorrectly can be an expensive mistake. Both search and display are important components of online advertising. But which one is better and how do you choose? Understanding how each works is the first step in selecting the right ad format. When we think of search most of us think of Google. They are far and away the largest search engine. One way to utilize search is by optimizing your website to show better organically. In some cases that is sufficient. But if you are in a [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-10-07T16:25:32+00:0010/07/20|Advertising, Digital Marketing, SEM|

What is Your PR Team Talking About? Parlez-Vous PRench?

By Rachel Antman Saygency Public relations professionals often advise clients to avoid using jargon when they address or speak to people outside their industry. Yet we don’t always follow our own advice. I, for one, am guilty of using PR-speak, which I’ll call PRench, when I’m talking to people less familiar with the world of PR. To assuage my guilt, I’m taking this opportunity to “translate” a few terms: Terms Pitch: This “inside baseball” word has nothing to do with baseball. We define pitches as story ideas that we propose to the media. Source: A person who can offer [...]

By Rachel Antman|2020-09-30T15:43:25+00:0009/30/20|Advertising, General|

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