Social media is the best place for businesses to increase brand awareness and strengthen their community by showing support for relevant causes. The most effective social media strategies start with a content calendar that is built around trends but still stays focused on your overall goals. Your social media strategy should be able to answer the following questions: Who are you...
Historically, Memorial Day Weekend has been the biggest movie weekend of the year, kicking off blockbuster season. Even just two years ago, Top Gun: Maverick became the highest-grossing Memorial Day Weekend release of all time. This year, the summer blockbuster kick-off was an absolute dud — becoming the worst performing Memorial Day Weekend box office in the last 30 years....
At launch, TikTok started out as a mobile-only platform for 15-second videos. Since then, the app has been downloaded 2.7 billion times worldwide — becoming a global phenomenon that changed video marketing forever — and has evolved into so much more. Meanwhile, every major video platform has sought to mimic the success of the short-form video content giant. Instagram Reels,...
AI tools such as ChatGPT, Scribe and GPT-4 are highly appealing to many businesses and practices, and they hope these convenient and inexpensive tools can fulfill all their content marketing needs. Unfortunately, many businesses have yet to learn that AI often fails to deliver the human touch needed to connect with target audiences and keep them engaged. Replacing human-written content with...
Testimonials have become the digital version of word-of-mouth marketing, increasing brand awareness and credibility throughout the online world. It’s no secret that online reviews are a crucial part of marketing. A lot of marketers think the work stops here. However, collecting positive reviews is only the first step. The challenge continues with finding the creative inspiration to use positive testimonials...
The last few months of 2023 brought a big change to the digital marketing world —the end of third-party cookies (also known as tracking codes or tracking pixels). Digital marketing experts have been anticipating this restriction for quite some time now. In fact, Europe has been placing restrictions on third-party cookies since May 2018 through the General Data Protection Regulation...
The NFL Super Bowl is recognized as the highest-rated and highest-watched televised event each year in the United States. The game itself often takes a backseat to its iconic, star-studded halftime performances and highly-anticipated commercials. However, commercial advertising has been a hot button topic in advertising since streaming dominated over cable for the first time in 2022. Considering how much...
As a business owner, you understand the importance of marketing your business to attract new customers and stay competitive in your industry. However, with inflation on the rise, it’s important to adjust your digital advertising budget to ensure that you’re still receiving the same level of return on investment. In this blog, we’ll explore how to adjust your business’s digital...
We read an article questioning the importance of patient testimonials in healthcare marketing. The author made a vague claim that healthcare content “seems to be geared to specific patient experiences” rather than “provide readers with factual information on health-related topics” to reach target audiences. The author argued that, in participating in the latter, the content and its source become trustworthy. As...
Optimizing your Google search ads can seem like a challenging, ongoing task with so many features and options available to you. However, with the right strategy and knowing the areas to focus on first, you can optimize your ad budget and get the most out of your Google Ads campaign. Here are five tips to help you optimize your Google search...