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Top Reasons why Dwelling Over SEO Can Hurt Your Business

There’s no doubt that search engine optimization (SEO) is an important part of your digital marketing strategy. Without it, it’s almost impossible to remain competitive online, especially in saturated industries. Despite its importance, spending too much time worrying about SEO can actually hurt your business. Below, you will discover some of the most important reasons […]

Revamping Your Brand? Make Sure Your Sales Department has a Solid Process Too

Lead Conversion

Whether your company is still in its infancy or ready to change its brand to meet the demands of a changing world and audience, a revamp is a great way to gain exposure that will ultimately become revenue. Part of successful branding is consistency across all channels, and that includes your sales department. Here are […]

How to Stay on Top of Exciting Trends and Topics for Your Blog

Content Marketing

Your blog is one of the most important tools in your arsenal for providing relevant and helpful information to your website visitors. In turn, a successful blog generates more website traffic, which then enhances your sales and revenue. If you are struggling to come up with exciting blog topics, you are certainly not alone. Below […]

Did Someone Leak a Google Playbook for UX? We Think So

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Everyone who knows much about SEO knows that Google utilizes some pretty complex algorithms to rank sites and pages, and these algorithms are guarded like Fort Knox. However, in recent months, there’s some evidence of leaks – namely of Google Playbooks that show how certain factors affect the user experience (UX) in specific industries. Here’s […]

A Rebrand is Not Just a Logo: There are Other Important Ingredients to Consider

Brand Strategy

Rebranding is both stressful and exciting for any company of any size. Whether your company is large or small, rebranding allows you to assert your dominance in your industry or even set yourself apart from your competitors. In order to be successful, though, it’s important to be as thorough as possible – and that means […]

6 Things You Can Do Every Day on Social Media that Only Take 5 Minutes

Social Media Marketing

Social media is one of the best ways for you to engage with your audience and keep your brand fresh in their minds. However, if your company is still rather small and you find yourself pressed for time, you might think a solid and consistent social media campaign is out of reach. The six things […]

Why Blogging is One of the Most Powerful Tools for Your Business

Social Media Marketing

If you think a primetime television ad is the most powerful way to get your name out into the public eye, you may be surprised. With the introduction of digital media that allows consumers to stream content on demand, television ads are not as popular as they once were. In fact, businesses that prioritize blogging […]

It’s Not Website Design – It’s Website Branding!

Brand Strategy, Web Development

If you’re in the process of building or completely revamping your company’s image, there is a very good chance you have heard the terms “website design” and “website branding” at least a few times. In fact, you may even hear them used (or use them yourself) interchangeably. The truth is that there is a great […]

5 Reasons why Poor User Experience Will Lead to Poor Online Sales

Marketing

The number of reasons why online sales seem to underperform is infinite. Perhaps the prices are too high, the selection is not quite broad enough, or the user experience associated with shopping on your website is leaving much to be desired. User experience can have a bigger impact on your sales than you might think. […]

Why Digital Marketing is an Ecosystem – Everything Works Together

Strategize

An ecosystem is a system or group of elements that relies on the interaction of organisms with other organisms and their environments. It is the perfect way to describe digital marketing, too. It consists of your website, social media, and various other platforms and technologies all working together to help you fulfill your end goal. […]

Is Print Really Dead? 10 Easy Ways to Strategically Use Print in the Digital World

Print Marketing

Some marketing experts say that the use of print media is pointless. A waste of time. But what if we just have lost the ability to reimagine how print can transform our current marketing efforts? Print is NOT dead. Below are some great examples of why you should still believe in the power of print. […]

4 Benefits to Integrating with a Marketing Firm If You’re a Small to Medium Size Business

Evolve, Marketing

A strong advertising program is one of the most important aspects of the good quality business plan. And an integrated marketing team can be helpful in creating a strategy which leads to results. So often though small to mid-size businesses think that hiring a professional marketing team is too expensive or out of reach. This […]

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