Have you started planning for your marketing in 2023 yet? I hope so, since it’s right around the corner. And, by some accounts, 2023 is going to be a more difficult year for small and medium businesses than 2020, 2021, or 2022. There are predictions of a recession, ongoing inflation, and interest rate hikes that may extend well into next…
Business spending on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and digital marketing, including Pay Per Click advertising, has increased exponentially. Smaller companies are feeling the pressure to include digital marketing in their stack in spite of the fact that it frequently consumes 100 percent of their available budget. Is it worth it? As a Marketing Strategy Consultant, it is very rare for…
It's not uncommon for me to be asked by a client why their email marketing is not producing sales. And my response is always a question: How are you using it and what other marketing tactics are you using? I would not expect email marketing to produce sales if it's being used in the manner most companies are using email.…
Do you have video in your marketing strategy? How many and what type videos are you using? When and where are you deploying your videos? If you aren’t using video as part of your marketing strategy, or you only have a single explainer video, you are likely missing out on the benefits of one of the most powerful tools available…
I get dozens of newsletter type emails every day. Some have great information and others…well, let’s just say I don’t contribute to their open rates any longer. Even among the ones that I do open, very few are actually doing all of the work they can do for the sender’s marketing program. The top three mistakes are common. Are you…