Follow Daily Themes Choosing themes for specific days of the week will make it easier to come up with content for your social media accounts. Recurring themes also create consistency for your brand and give your audience something to look forward to every day. Try one or a combination of these themes and see what receives the most engagement from...
Minimising Your PPC Costs
Pay-per-click advertising is one of the most powerful tools available for online marketers, giving companies of all sizes an opportunity to reach their audience quickly and efficiently, whatever their budget. The accessibility of PPC makes it easy for anyone to run their own campaigns, but costs can quickly mount if you don’t follow best...
It’s Happening.. Longer Tweets From 19th September!
Changes to Twitter that will see individuals and businesses able to create longer tweets will come into effect on 19 September, the company has confirmed. For many, the 140 character limit is a struggle – particularly when talking to more than one person at a time. But Twitter didn’t want to specifically extend the...
Social Media Lessons from the US Election
7 Hashtags to Follow With the 2016 US presidential election inching closer, candidates are ramping up their social media efforts. While 2012 was considered the first social media election, its 2016 successor will likely blow it out of the water in terms of engagement and overall impact. Below are seven election-related hashtags to follow...
How Pokemon Go Has Taken Over The World & Web!
In the week that political resignations, leadership battles and market turmoil dominated news headlines, a certain monster-hunting mobile game was busy making waves online. Pokemon Go’s mixture of gaming and reality has proved a huge success. SimilarWeb says players are using Pokemon Go for an average of 43 minutes a day – that’s more...
Jump Xtreme Lands With A Bounce!
We’re really excited to have been a part of the Jump Xtreme Tamworth website and park launch! After being involved with the project right from the start, developing the brand, website and other marketing collateral we can now finally celebrate it’s grand opening! From start to finish Give The Dog A Bone have worked closely with Jump Xtreme to...
Realising Real ROI on your Digital Advertising
UK businesses are spending a lot of money on advertising. How much of that is being spent well is a matter of debate. 2015 saw expenditure reach £20.1 billion – £8.6bn of which was spent on digital channels, and £2.6 billion on mobile. Digital advertising is a high growth, high potential area, and one that’s...
Blogging For Your Business
It’s All About The Brand When it comes to writing a blog you want to make sure that you stick to what people expect of your brand. If you know your brand is recognised for its friendly tone of voice and is accessible to your customers, then your blog also needs to do the...
How To Improve Return!
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...
Customer Experience Tools that Benefit Businesses and Customers
ECOMMERCE EMAILS SHOULD BE MOBILE OPTIMISED Email is still one of the biggest ROI drivers in ecommerce. Referral schemes or email offers sent via newsletters can often start a new relationship with a business, or they can bring a lost client back. Presenting new products and deals in the form of a newsletter can...