While companies have been “going green” and promoting sustainability for years, the demand for corporate environmental responsibility is at an all-time high and doesn’t appear to be slowing down. This focus on sustainability has been driven by headlines focused on climate change coupled with changing consumer behaviors from Millennials and Generation Z. Ahead of Earth Day, we took a look …
3 Steps to Defining and Finding your Target Audience
Before you craft a messaging strategy, you have to know who you’re talking to. This is why defining your target audience(s) is a crucial first step to every marketing plan. Once the audience is defined, you can better define your message strategy and the avenues used to reach these individuals – based specifically on their preferences and behaviors. Following this …
5 Ideas to Boost Your Holiday Marketing
With less than 70 days until Christmas, the holiday season is quickly approaching. That’s certainly hard to believe, isn’t it? Now, you might be thinking it’s a bit too soon to launch your holiday marketing strategy and respective promotions/offers. However, according to a recent article on Business2Community.com, the National Retail Federation (NRF) indicates that “each year, about 40 percent of …
5 Tips for a Successful Facebook Advertising Campaign
In today’s modern digital age, having a comprehensive digital marketing strategy with a Facebook advertising campaign is crucial to any business. With social media at the cornerstone of digital tactics, business owners and professionals have several effective organic and paid options they can implement to engage with users, drive traffic to their website, measure ROI, and more. While organic content …
LinkedIn Stories: What You Need to Know About this New Feature
While LinkedIn is considered one of the primary social media channels within a comprehensive digital marketing plan, it differs from networks such as Facebook and Instagram. It’s more geared toward business-to-business (B2B) social networking for businesses and professionals. Overall, LinkedIn offers an excellent platform for business owners and other professionals to establish themselves (and their businesses) as industry leaders and …
Understanding the 3 Facebook Advertising Objectives
Social media should be an integral component of any business’s digital marketing strategy. While organic content is important and valuable, social media advertising, specifically Facebook advertising, offers an inexpensive option for reaching your customers/target audience, driving traffic to your website, measuring ROI, and more. Among the most popular platforms for social media advertising is Facebook. With its affordable, flexible spending …
5 Tips for an Effective Email Marketing Strategy
Email marketing offers an effective, inexpensive, and uninterrupted way to connect directly with your audience right in their inbox. Using email marketing, you can create and distribute compelling campaigns that encourage customers or guests to buy, visit, and engage with your business. Now more than ever, as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, email marketing is a very important …
YouTube Combatting Misinformation
In recent years, YouTube has become more than just a video platform for vloggers, comedians, and makeup artists. It’s also a source for news and information that more and more users are turning to. Unfortunately, with few to no restrictions on who can start an account and who can then upload videos on any topic, a lot of misinformation can …
3 Strategies to Help Kickstart Your Reopening
Just as life and business began its slow return to normal (or close to), a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases has spurred a bit more uncertainty and challenges for business owners to consider and plan for. Whether your business has already reopened, is set to reopen soon, or remains temporarily closed for now, it’s crucial to have a marketing plan …
3 Things to Consider Before Rebranding
In 2007, retail giant, Wal-Mart did away with its “Always Low Prices” tagline, replacing it with “Save Money. Live Better.” According to a Business Insider article, this rebranding and marketing initiative was done in an effort to “put a positive spin on the company’s reputation for selling merchandise at rock bottom prices” and likely attract a broader consumer base. The …