Building a good presence on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ should be a central part of any digital marketing strategy. A strong following can boost your business visibility online, and it’s a great way to engage with customers on a more personal and direct level. With a strong following also comes a ready audience for promotions and messages, which can be shared and passed on, extending your reach and growing your business.
Did you know 59% of senior executives said that if they were given text and video on the same topic, they’d rather watch the video? (Source: Digital Information World, 2016). And I don’t blame them! Personally, I find that watching a video about a tough topic often serves to embed the information in my mind […]
You may have heard that marketing methods can be separated into two categories: “push” and “pull” techniques. Push marketing uses techniques that are pushed under the noses of your audience like online banner ads, broadcast advertising, handing out flyers, or social media ads. Push marketing is also known as “outbound” marketing. “Pull” techniques however are […]
Marketing and psychology are intrinsically linked. We need to know how prospects are going to react to certain stimuli to maximise our chances of a sale. For those of us with a passing interest in marketing psychology and language, you may have heard the term “FOMO”. It was only added to the Oxford English Dictionary […]
Everything seems very doom and gloom in January. Once you’re back at work, Christmas feels like it was months ago! But there are reasons to be cheerful. Don’t worry, I’m not going to bore you with feelgood platitudes like “a baby’s laugh” or “the brotherhood of humankind”. We marketers have a lot to look forward […]
Google+ has about 2.2 billion user accounts and even up to a year ago Google+ was making updates to their platform, so it may have come as a shock to some regular users that it will be closing in April 2019. Even though Google+ has a high number of user accounts it is estimated that […]
2018 was a great year for online video. As a format, video has well and truly cemented itself as the king of content. There are so many awesome and inventive concepts doing the rounds at the moment and creators of all kinds can share video more inexpensively than ever. Video is also an undeniably powerful […]
It should go without saying that influencer marketing is absolutely booming. And if you’re here, chances are you’re considering harnessing its power for your own company as we step into 2019. But why is it so popular? Well, let’s look at a couple of statistics from Social Media Today: 94% of marketers who use influencer […]
Scary thing, making a joke as a business. Humour is a wonderful way to make your brand seem natural and human but it can so easily go wrong. Trust me: I’ve been there. You do not want to go viral for an off-the-cuff remark that’s reposted out of context on every platform on this internet. […]
You’re probably familiar with the true (yet awfully overused) adage that Content is King! And 2018 only saw content’s reach and influence grow. No Game of Thrones is going to take down this monarch any time soon. So as we move into 2019 (hands up if you’ve only just got used to writing “2018”) and […]
Social media is becoming an essential part of doing business online, so if you’ve not particularly needed social media up to this point, my hat goes off to you! You’re obviously doing something right with your other channels – congrats! But starting to work with social media can be a real turning point for your […]