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Digital marketing generally means getting the word out online about your brand and getting customers to see why they should buy from your business. But in today’s hyperconnected world, your customers can also shape the reputation of your business online in (nearly) real time. This is very important as 77% of consumers read online reviews […]

Businesses around the globe are cashing in on Facebook’s massive audience and unique features to increase their growth, sales, and overall success. Is your business using Facebook Ads yet? Are you apprehensive to get into Facebook Ads? Never fear! At Be 1st Online, we can help you get a well-deserved Facebook boost by: 1. Capitalizing […]

An optimized website means that it is structured, coded, designed, and has content published in a way that will allow Google to rank it. Why is this important? Well, if Google can read your website correctly and interpret your content then it will understand the product or service that you are selling and so present […]

So you are a new business gone online, or you are a business that has decided to step up your marketing campaign by having a new website built, and you have created some pages on social network sites like Facebook or Instagram. Maybe you have a blog out there as well, and you have started […]

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What makes an effective web design? Is it the visual elements, or is it the functionality? Truth be told it is a combination of both. As Steve Jobs once said, “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Websites with great usability and function tend to perform […]

Consumers are quickly shifting their reliance on digital channels for all of their travel preparation, from researching to booking. Adobe Digital Insights forecasts online revenue growth for the travel industry, with spending expected to hit $98.02 billion. The typical customer-traveler spent an average of 53 days browsing 28 different sites over 76 online sessions, with […]

There are many things you can do to get more traffic to your door. One of the things that are surprising is that many local physical businesses don’t have, or don’t think they need local SEO, such as getting listed on major local business listings. Not having some type of online presence is a big […]

Have you ran a digital marketing campaign for your business before? What tactics and channels did you use? Here are 7 digital marketing trends you should know: – Content marketing is still the dominant technique. – Top 3 B2C content priorities: a) providing engaging content, b) utilizing visual content, c) measuring content results. – Facebook […]