More and more marketers are making potentially ill-judged, all-too-swift investments in new platforms in an effort to reverse declining response rates, caused for a raft of reasons: increased marketing channels, customers having more choice and savvy consumers zoning out prolific advertising, to name just a few. So, what can marketers do to improve returns...
Retargeting
Retargeting works by keeping track of visitors to your website and displaying your ads as they move around the web and visit other websites. On a technical level, this is done by placing anonymous retargeting “cookies” in the browser of those who visit your website. This enables retargeting platforms such as AdRoll to display...
A Guide to Launching New Campaigns on Social Media
Top tips when launching a social media campaign: 1) Be authentic – not promotional Avoid appearing overly promotional, because it won’t appeal to consumers and definitely won’t engage them to follow you. Instead try to tie your content into current events or cultural moments that are of interest to your audience. Not only responding...
Lead Generation for Your Business
Here are some key strategies for boosting your lead generation campaigns. Knowing your audience This is where it all starts. If you don’t know your audience, you won’t be able to make informed decisions about what content to write to meet their needs and interests. Get this right and the following points become that...
Top Tips On Blogging
A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web. Blogging can be a right royal pain in the backside for many people who are short of ideas and pushed for time so I have put together a short list of things to help. Everyone will have different opinions on...
The Main Content Marketing Metrics You Should Track
Creating a range of engaging content is essential to your marketing strategy. But how do you actually know if that content is engaging? Strategies need to be adaptable and versatile, ready to change in an instant to meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers. The only way to stay on top is by tracking your content...
Setting Up Your Facebook Campaign – The Basics
1) Choose Your Objective What do you want to accomplish with your ad? Do you want people to visit your website, ‘like’ your Facebook page or claim an offer? Or do you want people to download your app? The main options used are to send people to your website and boosted posts, but there...
Email Marketing Rules The Roost For ROI
Over recent years there has been a love-hate relationship with email marketing as digital marketing has matured, but the channel continues to hold it’s top spot for returning investment… 1. Email leading the ROI charts 73% of company respondants rate email marketing as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ for the company when it comes to return on...
Building an online reputation
what is link building? Link building is the process of acquiring links from other websites to your own. This is an extremely important element to the SEO process – Google was initially built focussed primarily on links around the web. Onsite SEO: are the changes you make to your website, with the overall aim of telling...
Why Does My Business Need Google AdWords?
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and Google AdWords – the two go hand in hand. When a prospective customer is looking for a product, service, promotion, or anything from anywhere in the world, they’re likely to search for it on Google. By using Google AdWords – it will get you found. For a small business,...