SEO is a great marketing tool. Social Media is a great marketing tool as well. You have Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc. at your disposal. Many businesses fill their feeds with discussions about how reliable and celebrated their products or services are. Many have the persuasive copy needed to convince people to buy from […]
What You Should Know About the Latest Design Trends for 2018
If you own a website, or even several websites, it’s a good idea you know and understand the design changes that have been happening over the last couple of years. We’re talking about how a change in technology, and change in how people use your website, are directly affecting shifts in design. Website design as […]
BrightLocal Report: Ask, and You Shall Receive Reviews
Do you have customer reviews for your business? Based on a report by BrightLocal, getting reviews from your customers can be as simple as asking them. Here are some of the report’s key findings: 1) 7 out of 10 consumers will leave an online review if they’re asked to. 2) 50% of consumers have been […]
Why a Website Audit is Necessary
Your website is your online shop window. It is the first impression you are giving to your new visitor regarding the credibility of your business. If a customer cannot navigate your website to find what they are looking for, they will have no faith in buying from you. You should want it to provide a […]
Online Ad Pricing Models: Which is Best for Your Business?
Digital advertising has been proven to be an effective tactic to increase your business’s visibility, traffic and sales. And there are many different digital advertising pricing models to choose from. Here are 6: 1. Cost-per-click (CPC) – you pay for every click 2. Cost-per-mille (CPM) – you pay for every thousand ad impressions 3. Cost-per-mille-views […]
Reputation Marketing and How It Can Affect Your Business
Creating and maintaining a positive reputation for your business is a vital and important aspect in creating a loyal customer base while building your brand. No major successful or popular brand started out and became successful with a negative reputation. In fact, the reputation of a business has been proven to have a significant influence […]
Are You Wasting Money? What is Your Customer Acquisition Cost?
Your Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC is the total cost spent on acquiring new customers (marketing/sales expense) divided by the number of new customers acquired during that particular period. If you invested $1000 in marketing/sales in a one month period and acquired 10 new customers as a direct result of that marketing and promotion, then […]
Bounce Rate is a way to measure the success of your website. The ‘rate’ is the percentage of visitors who come to your site and then immediately leave (‘bounce’) instead of sticking around to view other pages. Imagine having a storefront and measuring the number of people who come in, take one quick look around […]
Good news for business owners in the travel and hospitality industry!
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 […]
9 Ways to Improve Your Web Design
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 […]