Marketing Next Practices Blog
Simplifying Marketing in a TMI World
In the age of information, it’s easy for a company’s audience to feel overexposed to marketing and ads. It’s also a lot of extra work for an organization’s staff to keep up with a multitude of platforms. It’s time to simplify marketing efforts, for the benefit of both...
Successful Search Requires New Tactics
Today’s marketplaces are busy, and information is abundant. Your customers want access to your product and service information quickly and easily. They expect this timely, convenient access starting from their initial search and then once they have moved onto your...
Blogging Challenges and Tips for Success
Your company started a blog maybe a year or so ago for all the right reasons. As a marketer you know the value of having new, relevant content on your website. You created a posting schedule, worked hard at writing many of blogs, maybe even found some company guest...
Rented List Compilation Top Tactics – Part 2
If you’ve found direct mail working well for your company, you may be ready to expand your reach and attain more prospects through a rented mailing list. The two overall categories of rented lists are complied lists and response lists. For most businesses...
Direct Mail House Lists Rule – Part 1
The debate over which is better email vs direct mail may continue on into the next century. And that’s okay. It’s often been said that email generates a quicker profit and direct mail produces more engaged customers. So for many businesses there is value in using a...
Leveraging Millennial Engagement on Instagram with Influencer Marketing
Instagram has a far-reaching effect for brands trying to engage Millennials. Instagram, which delivers an entirely mobile experience, has seen huge growth over the past few years, in part because 60 percent of its active users are Millennials. Due to their very...
Captivating Millennials on Instagram
Millennials are the most connected generation to date. And as marketers, that’s something we need to remind ourselves of every day. The reason being – they use that connectedness as a tool in their shopping and purchasing decision-making process. Our job is to find...
Website Page Speed – An Important Search Ranking Metric
Please take a minute and check out your website’s speed at Google’s PageSpeed Insights. It really does only take a minute or two and it is paramount to your business’s success. (And also consider a more in-depth, free website analysis for more actionable tips to...
Six Healthcare Marketing Tactics to Empower Patients
Creating the ultimate customer experience is a goal that organizations across all types of industries are talking about. In fact according to Gartner by 2018 more than 50% of businesses will focus their efforts on customer experiences. Healthcare organizations should...
How to Implement Experiential Marketing for your Brand
The movement towards building a customer centric company is leading marketers to consider a shift toward experiential marketing. Experiential marketing or engagement marketing puts the customer and their needs squarely on center stage. It is a strategy that immerses...
Marketing Confidence Strong in 2018
A recent study by the American Marketing Association and Kantar Consulting takes a look at marketers’ optimism and abilities in the first Marketers’ Confidence Index of 2018. Marketing’s reach today has evolved into the realm of technology and social media requiring a...
Promo Codes Help Drive E-commerce Sales
As more and more marketing moves toward a digital strategy, companies need to continue to delight and entice customers during their online experience. A pervasive and persuasive tactic happening during online shopping are pop-ups that feature promotion codes. Those...
Google is Officially Mobile-First
Google knows where the future of search lies - on your smartphone screens. After announcing its prioritization of mobile over desktop searches in 2016, Google has finally moved to index mobile-first in order to improve the search experience. What is Happening? Mobile...
What is the Next Big Thing in Marketing?
It’s important for all marketers to stay on their toes and adapt to the ever-changing marketing climate. At the very least, it’s critical for their survival against rivaling companies; if they aren’t adopting the newest practices, they can easily fall behind. At the...
Inbound Marketing Primer
The term “inbound marketing” originated on Hubspot years ago, but it’s still critical for marketers today. You earn the customer or consumer’s interest, often in a more targeted way, rather than blasting it to the masses via traditional marketing. 4 Phases in the...
How to Land a Google Featured Snippet
Featured snippets improve the search experience for users, especially in a world where users are increasingly using mobile and voice for their search. Instead of clicking through countless links, the answer will be provided at the top of the search results page. One...
What is a Marketing Stack?
“Technology stacks” are the buzzwords of the tech community, but have you ever considered the same concept applied to marketing? Read further on what a tech stack is and how it can be applied to marketing. Back Up: What is a Tech Stack? Essentially, those creating a...
How to Win at RankBrain
Search engine optimization (SEO) is evolving in 2018 as Google now says 100 percent of its queries are processed through its artificial intelligence (AI) program, RankBrain. RankBrain was actually introduced in October of 2015, but it wasn’t until last year that...
Should You Use Facebook Groups for Your Business?
With organic social reach becoming scarcer than ever, now is the time to get creative when marketing to your target audience. There’s no question that Facebook is a powerful social media channel; as a result, Facebook expects businesses to pay if they want to reach...
Event Marketing Preshow Tips
Trade shows offer a unique way to connect with your target audience for a little face-to-face time. Businesses in a range of industries including technology, construction, electronics, health & wellness, medical, business services, entertainment, etc. use trade...
