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    How do you interpret your marketing data?

    One of the greatest benefits of the modern age of marketing is the amount of data available. More than ever before, businesses and marketers have a plethora of information available to them about what is moving the needle with consumers and what leads to new sales or conversions. As wonderful as having all this information, one of the biggest challenges I face with businesses when reviewing campaigns is how to best distill all the data into what matters most to them. Sometimes there can be almost too much information available that it is easy to get lost in a sea of data. This can be a problem regardless of the size of your business, which is why I was happy to see a recent article from Google discussing how their marketing team has overcome these issues.

    Tracking Your Return on Investment

    Understanding not only where your marketing dollars are going, but the impact they’re having on your bottom line is perhaps the most important piece of any marketing puzzle.  The good news, it’s easier than ever to track these results and your return on investment!

    Why this matters…

    Understanding if each element of your marketing campaign is doing its job is going to allow for a more cohesive, powerful strategy.  Having this type of insight into your campaign will allow for you to make necessary (and otherwise difficult!) decisions like…. transitioning dollars to a more effective tactic, increasing budget where there is an opportunity for additional growth, or supplementing what’s already working with a new marketing vehicle. 

    Tracking your results…

    Using Video as a Lead Generation Solution

    Today I wanted to talk about a very popular topic over the last year or so, Video. I have been talking a lot about video advertising with my clients, prospects, and colleagues over the last 12-14 months and there is one common topic that comes up, how do we use video to generate leads?

    Traditionally video has been used as a solution for branding and awareness advertising. It used to be a 15-second pre-roll video that turned into a 30-second pre-, mid- and post-roll video and the introduction of YouTube’s TrueView solution. Video has blown up over the last year, year and a half. According to Mary Lister on wordstream.com, “YouTube has over a billion users, almost one-third of total internet users.” That is a staggering amount of users for a platform that only deals in one medium, video. Another staggering stat, according to Lister “more than 500 million hours of video are watched on YouTube each day.” Let that sink in. 500 MILLION. That is the equivalent of 57,077.63 years.

    With such a large amount of users and an even larger amount of time spent on the YouTube platform, the king of video, it makes sense for just about every vertical to have some sort of content on YouTube. Whether it is short clips of the owner of the business, or the staff wishing the clients or customers Happy Holidays, you need to have some sort of content on YouTube.

    As far as utilizing Video advertising as a Lead Generation Solution, here are a few tips.

    How Voice Assistants are Changing Marketing

    There is no doubt that the use of voice assistance is on the rise and quickly becoming a part of daily routines. In fact, ComScore says that by 2020, 50% of all searches will be voice searches. This drastic of a change in such a short period of time requires marketers to reconsider how they reach consumers.

    4 Simple SEO Elements To Boost Your Page Rank

     

    What is SEO?

    Disclaimer: Some of you might already know what SEO is, so you may want to skip this section, but for you that DO NOT know what SEO is, I suggest you start here.

    Usage of New Tech Cuts Across Generations

     

    When I meet with businesses to plan marketing campaigns, I try to dispel some commonly held notions about their ideal customers and the generations they belong to. Who’s using various digital devices and interacting with digital media isn’t always who you think.

    Recruitment Advertising – The struggle is real...but we’ve got you covered

     

     

    With the unemployment rate in the US being the lowest it’s been in 18 years, it is no surprise that employers are having a hard time finding candidates, let alone the right ones for the job. There are simply more job openings than there are people looking for work. Employers are fishing from the same pool of candidates, leaving the job seeker with choices. Your message needs to standout or will quickly be passed over without another thought. What makes your company a great place to work? Does the public know about these things? If not, you’re missing an opportunity to build your recruitment brand so when that perfect candidate is ready, you are the place to go!

    7 Ways to Utilize Google Analytics to Measure Marketing Campaigns

     

    Google Analytics is a platform that contains an abundance of useful information and data about your business that can easily become overwhelming and confusing.  Focusing on a few key metrics can help you measure ROI on your marketing and advertising efforts and make it more manageable on an ongoing basis.  When analyzing the results of a marketing campaign keep these 7 metrics within Google Analytics (GA) in mind:

    How to Start a Thriving Business When You're a Parent with a Disability

    The traditional nine-to-five schedule in the typical work environment is not for everyone. If you’re a parent with disabilities, a work environment with little flexibility may not be the best option, but forming a small business might fit your life and needs. A small business startup or franchise will give you the opportunity to find your passion, establish your own schedule, build a career around your strengths and limitations, and open doors to a better quality of life.

    8 Email Workflows and a Cheat Sheet That Will Engage Your Customers

    Even though gathering new customers is important, most e-commerce marketers focus only on that while somewhat neglecting client retention. But new customers cost them 5 times more than retaining the ones that are already invested in your company. Existing customers are 31% likely to spend more and 50% more likely to purchase new products.

    This is why marketers should focus on them.

    Here is an easy workflow of what you should do to optimize your emails for best results and an email automation cheat sheet that will make all the difference in your relationship with existing clients.

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