Optimizing your Google My Business

If you’re a locally focused business, you already know the importance of ranking highly in local search engine results pages. What you might not know is how big of an impact your Google My Business page can have, and how it directly affects your SEO performance. With 61% of searchers considering local results to be more relevant …

Marketing Automation: Why you Need it in 2016

We live in an automated world. Stores have self-checkout machines, hailing a cab has been replaced with the tap of a smartphone, and self-driving cars are now in our foreseeable future. So why not automate your marketing strategy? Marketing automation “helps organizations manage marketing efforts across multiple digital channels, automate manual processes, and track results.” …

Your Cheat Sheet to Advertising on Instagram

Sponsored content has been popping up on your Instagram newsfeed since late 2013. At that time, Instagram was being very selective in just who exactly was permitted to advertise on their platform, allowing only brands with existing successful accounts to post sponsored content. Now, businesses big and small can get in on the Instagram action. …