marketing_trends

Digital Advertising in 2015

Recently I was lucky enough to moderate a Panel Discussion for Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association on digital advertising looking forward for 2015: “Predictions for Paid: Search Engine Advertising in 2015.” There were questions raised to panelists representing PPC and overall paid placement content roles for Atlanta prominent agencies and corporate. This seems an especially awesome

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Online Marketing – Kicking it to 1995!

How did we do it 20 years ago? We did it with Prodigy, Compuserve – and don’t forget AOL – all “On-Line” at “The World Wide Web!” Interesting – the channels may change, but we publicize and list them to promote our many different channels across the digital space. These examples come from independent comic

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SEO, Social Media & a Three-Legged Elephant

I was lucky enough recently for Georgia State University Robinson College of Business to request an article on today’s state of social media marketing. The article was for their solid magazine, The State of Business. I chose to write on one of my own more common themes. As both a consultant and speaker/instructor, I am

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Is Local & Mobile SEO Right for You?

One of the increasingly growing trends in today’s online space includes local and geo-location-targeted search (e.g., Google Maps and Yahoo! Local) and mobile apps with location-based technologies (e.g., Yelp and Foursquare). For businesses needing customers around a specific location to succeed, localized SEO can mean the world… Let’s say a parent lives in your area

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What’s Best for Your Web Copy? Widgets or Pages?

Many small businesses today are ditching their Web 1.0 static websites in favor of content management system (CMS) sites, such as WordPress websites (in fact I’m building three such websites for customers now). The functionality and widget capabilities in WordPress are attractive – yet they can often go overboard! Here’s what I would recommend for gauging when and how it’s appropriate to use a widget versus web page content display options:

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