Digital Ad Spending, Platforms and Statistics

Digital Ad Spending, Platforms and Statistics

There was a time (years ago) when I strongly believed that Facebook’s plan to transform itself into an ad platform by restricting the reach of their business pages and forcing them to spend was not sustainable. Well, I was wrong and when I am wrong about...
Brand Search Marketing Today And Tomorrow

Brand Search Marketing Today And Tomorrow

We have found that many startup and mid-sized brands have a fairly standard understanding of search related to their business and tend to group their knowledge of search into three main categories. These are SEO or search optimization, search advertising and the...
Paid Media Versus Organic Traffic – When and Why

Paid Media Versus Organic Traffic – When and Why

Paid media versus organic traffic isn’t a black and white question for any brand. In fact, let me start out this post by telling your that it shouldn’t ever be paid media vs earned media, it should be understanding when and why to be using both paid and...
Digital Marketing Transformation [Case Study]

Digital Marketing Transformation [Case Study]

Digital marketing transformation is something that I talk a lot about online and with clients. When focusing on the marketing portion of this crucial business exercise, it can impact all levels of a company from top down. Unfortunately, digital marketing...
Content Becoming Broader B2C Business Strategy

Content Becoming Broader B2C Business Strategy

There was once a time that I actually said that “if you are a small local mom and pop retail business, you don’t need a blog or a sophisticated content marketing program”. I furthered that with statements like, “If you are doing an exceptional...
Why Effective Content Marketing Is Expensive

Why Effective Content Marketing Is Expensive

Content marketing and content creation are sometimes considered to be simply putting out blog posts, videos and graphics. Some marketers even consider content creation to be a practice that is done relatively easily, and without much cost, time or resource...