These days, it’s not enough to have social media for your business. Whether you’re a small independent startup or a large national corporation, you need to be invested in social media analytics so that you can see what’s working for your marketing strategy and what isn’t. You need to determine which social media efforts are…
Are you ready to start using video in your marketing strategy? Video is the most powerful tool for online marketing right now. If you take a quick look, you’ll see how this content format has taken over all the major social networks. It also powers the second largest search engine in the world—no, not Bing….
How much to charge for social media management depends on your experience level Unless you are a social media management superstar with a big name, your ability to prove how much experience you have is going to be a huge deal when negotiating with a client. They’re going to want you to prove that you…
Email marketing is a critical part of any digital marketing strategy. After all, data driven email marketing has the highest ROI compared to other digital marketing channels. But competition for attention in consumers’ inboxes is steep (the average consumer receives about 120 emails per day). So while it isn’t likely you’ll be moving your marketing…
WordPress (WP) is the most efficient and well-known website builder. There is no doubt that WP is the content management system of choice of many web developers and designers. Currently, WP is supporting more than 75 million sites on the Internet, and along with that are 44,000 plugins and extensions. Because of WordPress, a lot…
If your job, business, or brand depends on creating or promoting content, you are probably familiar with BuzzSumo. BuzzSumo has really created a name for itself in the marketing space. It’s an excellent tool for discovering what people are talking about on websites, blogs, and social media so that you can jump in on popular…
Why your Business needs to be on YouTube Every company that wants to succeed on social media must consider implementing video content in its communication strategy. We can confirm that 79% of consumers prefer watching a video than reading about a product. This means that video content allows your business to achieve engagement and branding fidelity, reach potential…
By now, you’ve likely decided that your email marketing strategy needs campaign automation. After all, in 2018 great email marketing is about more than blasting your subscribers with promotional offers. And we’ve got the statistics to back that claim up: relevant emails are responsible for driving 18 times more revenue than broadcast emails. Building a…
Today we are highlighting a case study that was presented by Gatorade at our #SMSsummit event in San Francisco last year, which focuses on how brands can use native ad products within social platforms in order to create compelling customer experiences. If you are reading this blog, the chances are you understand that the internet has…
If you grew up in the United States, chances are that you’ve come in contact with some products from the iconic brands Kraft & Heinz, which merged in 2015 to form the Kraft-Heinz Company. We were lucky enough to be joined last year at #SMSSummit in Chicago by Social Media Manager James Vetrano, who’s presentation…