Facebook’s reach is insane. What started out in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room has gone on to revolutionize the world. This means one thing for online marketers: boundless opportunities. Of course marketers have been using Facebook organically for years, but recently Facebook PPC has become the go-to marketing trend. It’s interesting because I remember not [click to continue…]
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. I think this is a fitting quote to demonstrate the importance of a great homepage. Once a visitor lands on your homepage, you need to impress them in a hurry. Failure to do this typically results in a lost conversion with the vast majority [click to continue…]
Content marketing can be a soul-crushing endeavor. It’s like this. You spend several hours or maybe even days meticulously putting together what seems like a brilliant blog post, slideshow, infographic, etc. But even with all your hard work and dedication, your content falls on deaf ears. You post it on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and any [click to continue…]
You hear the term “personal brand” being thrown around a lot these days. Almost annoyingly so. Everyone is trying to build and strengthen their personal brand in order to stand out in their industry and make a connection with consumers. It’s a key ingredient in building your career, a business, etc., so it totally makes [click to continue…]
I’ve said it before: a successful PPC campaign boils down to two things: Increasing click-through rate (CTR) Lowering cost-per-click (CPC) Pretty simple, right? But I want to add one more point to that statement. It’s not complicated. You also need to get high quality traffic. This means reaching your target audience and bringing in visitors [click to continue…]
Scroll through your Facebook feed, and you can’t help but see video ads. Quite a few of them actually. You may have even seen my video ads, which I’m using to promote my businesses. I’m doing this, of course, because Facebook Video is huge right now. One of the more recent studies found that there are [click to continue…]
The Internet is a noisy, overcrowded place. Building momentum for your brand is often an uphill battle, and getting your audience to buy in can be daunting. So, how do you get people to take you seriously? How can you go from being just a little fish in a vast ocean to becoming a recognizable brand or [click to continue…]
Numbers don’t lie. When it comes to the popularity and overall value of your business, it’s important to have a solid Alexa Ranking. Why? It’s a common metric that potential business partners, investors, etc. will use to determine the state of your business. They’ll use it to gauge your business’s health and whether it’s trending [click to continue…]
Blogging sucks. Okay that’s a bit extreme. In fact, there’s a lot that I enjoy about blogging—mainly connecting with you guys. But what does suck is having to constantly come up with new ideas for blog posts. It’s a grind that can be quite exhausting, especially if you’re simply coming up with ideas off the [click to continue…]
You don’t need me to tell you how potent content marketing is. I could spout off a laundry list of stats, e.g., “conversion rates are nearly 6x higher for content marketing adopters than non-adopters” or “content marketing costs 62% less than traditional marketing and generates about 3 times as many leads.” You get it. But [click to continue…]
Ever feel as if you’re the only person reading your blog? It’s possible it’s not just a feeling. In today’s digital marketing landscape, it’s difficult to get users to read blogs if they’re not relevant to them. Even if the blog is relevant and the content is great, in a world of rapid-fire of competing [click to continue…]
Emotions guide nearly every facet of our lives. And it’s no different when it comes to what we choose to buy. Our purchasing decisions are largely guided by emotions rather than cold logic or stark objectivity. Some experts even suggest that “90 percent of all purchasing decisions are made subconsciously.” In other words, they’re based [click to continue…]
Customer acquisition is arguably the most important aspect of business operations. Before you can even think about retention and having loyal, long-term customers, you need that initial acquisition to take place. But the process of turning leads into paying customers comes with a lot of twists and turns. What looks great on paper doesn’t necessarily [click to continue…]
Online trolls are an unfortunate part of life. While the Internet connects us, it also enables people to spew hate for no apparent reason. A survey from The Daily Mail, a leading UK news agency, provides insight into some of the platforms that attract the most trolls, with Facebook taking a commanding lead. I’ll be upfront [click to continue…]
One of the greatest struggles content marketers face right now is creating engaging content. More than 70% of marketers have made it a top priority this year to address that and make stronger connections with their audiences. I think a primary cause for that struggle is that we’re only just a few years past search engine updates [click to continue…]
