With just a click of a button, your paid media campaign will go live for everyone to see. It’s that simple, right? Well, not quite.  What you and your target audience see is a tailored, well-designed message about your product, service or brand. However, what you don’t see is the extensive work behind the strategy, creation, development, and ongoing optimizations…

I often encourage my clients to think about their own experiences as a customer of other businesses to discover which values they hold in the highest regard. Being expressive of your values is a great way to connect with others who value the same things. Much like this exercise, I often think about my experience as a customer of other…

When running a digital advertising campaign, there are several critical stages to achieving a conversion.  First, your ad must be shown to a member of your target audience at the right time. After you determine buyer personas, you can target users who match certain features of your ideal audience using different types of targeting: geographic, demographic, interest-based, etc. “The right…

Accurate, timely feedback is essential in achieving goals both large and small. For business owners and marketing managers, our goals often come down to conversions. Different types of businesses may define a conversion differently. In digital marketing, a conversion could include a sale made in your online store, a form submission on your website, a phone call, or a live…

You have probably heard about “big data,” but may be uncertain about what the term really means. So, what is big data? For small business owners, big data can refer to data from your website, social media profiles, digital marketing ad campaigns, client relationship manager, and more.…

Ever wonder whether a different hero image on your homepage might reduce your bounce rate? Or whether a different headline might connect better with your audience and boost conversion rates? If you have, then A/B testing may be a good option for you.…

Running a successful digital marketing campaign involves much more than designing ads and deploying them across social channels. To execute an effective campaign, we must first conduct research on who a business’s target audience is, which social channels provide the most effective means of reaching them, and how they prefer to interact with ads. Second, we must develop a research-based…

Why are companies spending so much money growing their website traffic while ignoring a key ingredient in the recipe for success in digital marketing? It starts when someone says, “Hey, let’s buy some ads and drive a little traffic to our website.” Before you know it, the ads are up and running and traffic starts coming in. Then the phone…