Hashtags were used in 58% of nationally-run Super Bowl ads this year--setting a new record. Hashtags are becoming more and more important to marketers, as they connect conversations, users and content, as well as reveal trends. For marketing, hashtags help build exposure. Hashtags are to social...
Often times, the launch of a website needs better planning. So much goes into the prior stages of design, development, testing, etc. The launch of an enterprise website can often feel like a by-product rather than a signature event. For this reason, many websites have awkward launches with clumsy...
Social media is a great way to reach out to potential customers as well as advertise your products or services. As it stands, global social marketing commerce earnings are expected to reach an estimated $30 billion by 2015. In the United States alone, 50 percent of businesses use social media to...
Remarketing allows marketers to display ads to visitors who've previously been on your website as they browse the Web. Remarketing uses programmatic buying to display ads on a broad array of participating websites. Within the Google ad network, a prospect who visited a brand website may see the...
The new year represents fresh beginnings. For a business, fresh beginnings do not happen automatically, but the perspective your team brings to the game, does help inspire, restore and renew. Additionally, updating brand assets help inspire employees, partners, customers and leads. One area we...
Easy and cost-effective ways to make a presence online AWeber, a global email marketing software provider, released a survey today on small business owners and marketers. This study indicated that 94 percent of small business owners and marketers declared online marketing to be very important for...
Marketing across multiple social media platforms can be a chore to keep up with, but when used correctly, it can be an asset to gaining website views and building an audience. Instagram, for example, requires a bit of know-how to ensure that an account doesn’t run stagnant and useless....
Many start-ups face enormous pressure to succeed. This pressure causes many start-ups to adopt bad marketing practices, as they try to drive short-term sales, website traffic and build subscribers. At concern here is the adoption of bad practices like buying links, buying followers, joining link...
Destination organizations are challenged with providing great information online in an era of information overload. In addition to providing great information, destination websites are also charged with demand generation, driving traffic to partners, engagement and capturing interested users....
As we begin the year, a couple of trends stand out that marketers should consider in their practices. By now, it is fairly obvious (maybe cliché) to say that marketing is undergoing a constant state of disruption, but it is true. Taking note of evolutions in technology, practices, and user behavior...