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The Importance of “Face Time” – Making Time to Meet in Person
It’s amazing how much we get accomplished on a daily basis communicating by e-mail, phone and other channels (texts, blogs, chat, and social media). In fact, I send and receive about 50 to 75 e-mails a day. In today’s fast-paced marketing and communications landscape these forms of communication are essential to stay connected with each…
Twitter Remarketing: It’s Awesome & You’re Ignoring It
I wrote a blog a few weeks ago about what a slam dunk Twitter cards could be for your business and how ridiculously easy they are to set up. It went over like a lead balloon. I believe it was officially the least viewed blog post I’ve ever written. (I’m totally not offended. But Twitter…
Stop Going Bald Over Google Local
Author’s note: This is a joint post written alongside Oneupweb’s Krista Olson. She rocks. It’s been a long time coming, but Google has re-invested in its local product, now named Google My Business. For years, business owners, search marketers, and social media consultants have bemoaned the mess that is Google for local businesses. Google local…
Marketing Tip of the Week: Speak to Me
This Week’s Tip: Speak to Me. No Matter How Far Your Message Reaches, I’m Experiencing It Alone In case you missed it, Check out and share last week’s marketing tip! Previous Tips: If You Do It—Put Some Budget To It Build Brand Loyalty Jargon Kills Marketing …
Do you NEED custom reports or do you WANT them?
It’s no secret that one of the great advantages to digital marketing is the ability to track and analyze dollar for dollar, just how well campaigns are working. So much so, that over the last couple of years I’m seeing a real rise in the number of marketing teams who are really, truly embracing their…
Google’s New Effort to Improve Mobile Search
As we know, Internet usage via mobile devices has overtaken access by desktop, and Google, as is its wont, is adjusting accordingly, so that it can continue to dominate search. The big G recently announced that if mobile searchers are thinking of clicking through to a specific page, and that page redirects users to a…
5 Fantastic Websites that Encourage You to Play With Your Food
As a creative medium, the Internet has given brands not just a new advertising channel, but new opportunities to entertain, educate and intrigue us. These five food websites remind us of what we knew when we were young—that playing with your food is fun—and present inspiring interactive experiences that strengthen the bond between us and…
Digital DIY—Operate At Your Own Risk
Digital marketing isn’t as dangerous as, say—mining or something. But it can get pretty technical. So much so, it’s easy to miss some key details. Yesterday, our brand manager Marta was showing me how to put together an email template in HubSpot. She herself is HubSpot-certified (and Google AdWords-certified; and an all-around pretty savvy marketer…
Marketing Tip of the Week: If You Do It—Put Some Budget To It
This Week’s Tip: If You Do It—Put Some Budget To It. Allocate enough time and resources to make it happen. To see real results, don’t do it halfway. In case you missed it, Check out and share last week’s marketing tip!…
Women—Make Sure You Practice Confidence
I recently read an article on the confidence gap many women professionals are burdened by. Yep—I get it—and I witness it often. First I read the article published in The Atlantic a few weeks ago and then I followed up with an article published on the same topic (counterpoint) in The New Yorker. Interestingly enough,…
Does This Ad Make Me Look Gay? 5 Brands Hitting the LGBT Marketing Sweet Spot
With Pride Month kicking off today, we wanted to turn the spotlight on 5 brands that are hitting the LGBT sweet spot and gaining support from the wider market along the way. With a nearly $800 billion dollar market share and quickly expanding, the LGBT community is a prime audience for brand growth across a…
Don’t Discount Google+ Yet
Okay, so Vic Gundotra, who led Google+, has left the company. And yes, plenty of sources, like TechCrunch, have reported that the G+ employees have migrated to other teams, which suggests a major shift or complete shutdown. But here are four reasons why you shouldn’t count G+ out yet. Reason #1: Google+ Is Not Facebook,…
