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TV Usage And Buying Today

TV usage and buying have been evolving but the pandemic has accelerated changes. People are dropping paid television plans at a far faster pace then pre-Covid, and it may not slow down when “normal” returns. In turn, this will change how smart buyers look at TV buying. There is much more to consider when advertising on television. Prior to the pandemic Americans were already questioning how they wanted to watch TV. Not only were people watching Netflix and Amazon for alternative programming, folks were leaving cable and satellite all together. Instead, they were getting their programming delivered over the Internet [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-06-03T16:17:56+00:0006/03/20|Advertising, Digital Advertising, TV Advertising|

Stay At Home SEO

Many businesses are now operating remotely. And in some cases, there is much less to do. This provides businesses with the opportunity to work on their own business, in particular marketing. As some marketing budgets may be reduced the value of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is even greater. SEO is the process of increasing your website’s ranking for the purpose of getting more traffic to your site. The volume of searches may have shifted but Google is continuing to rank websites. Why not work on your SEO while you are at home? Why SEO One of the advantages of SEO is [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-04-02T13:09:38+00:0004/02/20|Advertising, Content Marketing, Digital Advertising, SEO|

Maximize Your Google Analytics

Google Analytics(GA) is a powerful tool with much to offer, whether you are a Digital Advertising Agency or a small to mid-size business owner. GA accumulates a tremendous amount of data about the traffic to a website. By following the steps outlined below you will get the most out of this free website. Once your GA account is set up add tracking code to every page of your website. It must be on every page or you will not see everything that happens on your site. Many newer sites allow for code to be placed in a header template file, [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-02-13T11:07:02+00:0002/13/20|Advertising, Advertising Agency, Digital Advertising, Google, SEM, SEO|

Introducing Metro Valley Advertising

Many of you have been reading this blog for over 2 years now. In all that time we have not formally introduced ourselves. How rude! Seriously, knowing who we are, what we do, and why we do it can help put everything in perspective. Introducing…Metro Valley Advertising. Metro Valley was formed in February of 2011 by John Sadowski (your author). Our mission is to drive revenue growth for our clients through Lead Generation. We help businesses who are not growing as fast as they would like; or have increased competition and fear losing market share or have a new product [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-02-06T13:46:02+00:0002/06/20|Advertising, Advertising Agency, Digital Advertising, Google|

Programmatic Advertising

Programmatic advertising has received a lot of attention over the past couple of years and for good reason. It provides tremendous control of message delivery for the smart advertiser. Programmatic covers display, video, audio, search and numerous Outdoor formats. Because of the numerous variables that can be influenced by programmatic advertising it has turned digital advertising from “spray and pray” to a laser focused medium. What Is Programmatic Advertising But what is programmatic advertising and how does it work? Programmatic advertising is the automated buying and selling of online advertising. Digital advertising has become increasingly complex. With tens of millions [...]

By John Sadowski|2020-01-08T00:37:29+00:0001/08/20|Advertising, Digital Advertising|

7 Common Local SEO Mistakes

Many businesses hurt their Local SEO with mistakes that they are unaware of. We see these mistakes all too often when meeting with businesses. Fortunately, these are errors that a relatively easy to fix. So, don’t get discouraged if you do find a few mistakes. The good news is it’s fairly easy to fix all of these. 1. No Google My Business Profile When you think of search engine optimization (SEO), then you immediately think of your website ranking in Google’s results. However, with local SEO, there’s a bit of a twist. Search for “pizza near me” and you’ll see [...]

By John Sadowski|2019-12-03T20:41:12+00:0012/03/19|Advertising Agency, Digital Advertising, Google, SEO|

SEO Tools

In last weeks blog we discussed some of the terms necessary to conduct a thorough SEO (Organic Search) campaign. As we noted, there are a number of components to successful SEO. Fortunately, there are also some very powerful SEO tools that can help in your efforts. Some of these tools are completely free. Others have free versions and more robust paid platforms. If SEO is part of your marketing, whether as an in-house effort or if you are outsourcing to a Digital Agency, you should be utilizing some of these platforms. Google Search Console Another free site from Google that [...]

By John Sadowski|2019-09-17T00:33:59+00:0009/17/19|Advertising, Backlinks, Digital Advertising, SEO|

SEO Terms You Need To Know

For many businesses, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or organic search is the first building block in their marketing strategy. And for good reason. SEO can be very cost-effective advertising. SEO is always “on”, it does not need to be scheduled. Even if you are out of money it still works. So what do all of those SEO Terms mean and how do they apply to a good strategy? Many SEO experts break organic search into 3 components, On-Site Optimization, Content and Off-Site Authority. The following are some of the terms you need to know in order to develop your SEO [...]

By John Sadowski|2019-09-10T00:14:43+00:0009/10/19|Advertising, Advertising Agency, Backlinks, Digital Advertising, SEO|

KPI’s and Metrics

Whether you are a digital advertiser or traditional advertiser, data is crucial to your advertising success. But what do you measure? There are two kinds of data points to consider KPI’s and Metrics. The main focus of any advertiser should be on their KPI’s, not metrics. What Are KPI's and Metrics KPI’s (Key Performing Indicators) are the data points that are used to measure performance and success. A metric is a number that may be a part of the KPI. Metrics and KPIs are like squares and rectangles: All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. Similarly, all [...]

By John Sadowski|2019-09-03T19:54:56+00:0009/03/19|Advertising, Advertising Agency, Digital Advertising|

SEO and the Importance of Content in Digital Advertising

In the hard and fast world of digital advertising, your product is really only as good as the content you put on the Internet. Any advertising agency worth their salt already knows the ways in which content in the physical world, from print media to billboards to commercials on TV, plays a hand in selling a good or a service, and in this digital age, the Internet presents a much larger playground. A good digital agency will know that if you put quality writing, graphics, ads, and more into the Web, the returns are enormous, enough that according to Brafton, [...]

By John Sadowski|2019-08-27T23:53:45+00:0008/27/19|Advertising Agency, Content Marketing, Digital Advertising, SEO|

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