Experimenting with your Marketing Tactics
Experimental practices have long been an important part of developing marketing strategies. They are an important first step in testing out marketing ideas before they are released to the public. They can be helpful in providing quantitative and qualitative support for whatever tactics you choose to go with. Below are a few of the most popular experimental and scientific techniques used in the field of marketing, and how each can be helpful in crafting your strategy.
Influencer Incentives Beyond Compensation
As the field of social media influencing has grown, the expectations for compensation have grown along with it. When influencing was a new concept, it was more of a hobby than a job for most people, so partnerships offering free product in exchange for posts were the norm. Influencers were more willing to do more work for less. However, as the field has become more established, it has become a full-time job for many. Influencers have come to expect payment, just as you would for any other job.
Hot Social Media Trends for the Cold Months
It’s cold outside, but keep your social media pages hot with these trends all winter long!
Ways to Support Local This Holiday Season
It’s only fitting that 2020 will be coming to a close with a weird and unprecedented holiday season. Many small shops, restaurants, and other businesses are hurting, and need support now more than ever. Luckily, whether you’re planning to leave your house or just take care of all your holiday preparations from the couch, there are plenty of ways you can support local businesses. Below are a few ideas.
Taking Advantage of Your Strengths
As a business, it is important to know what your strengths and competitive advantages are. If you have any sort of advantage over your competitors, you really need to make the most of it! An advantage could be anything from a lower price, to a specific product feature you offer that your competitors don’t, to the variety of products you offer, to the creativity of your advertisements. No matter what it is you do best, we’ve laid out a little roadmap below for how to recognize and take advantage of your strengths as a company.
Instagram Ideas for Restaurants
When it comes to your brand’s Instagram, you always want to be switching up your content and posting new things. This can present a bit of a challenge for places like restaurants, who tend to offer a small number of products within one product category. Even if you feel like your restaurant has limited material to work with, there are some ways you can still make your Instagram presence strong! Here are a few suggestions to step up your restaurant’s instagram game.
Quick and Easy Updates to Your Ecommerce Site
A well-designed and easy-to-navigate ecommerce site is an essential element of success for any business. Other marketing is what drives customers to your site, but the site itself really seals the deal. These quick fixes can help make your ecommerce site as effective and simple for your customers as possible.
Maintaining a Small Business Feel as Your Company Grows
Growing a small start-up into a full-fledged business is an exciting endeavor. With growth comes so many new opportunities for production, marketing, distribution, and more. However, there are also positive aspects of a small business that you do not necessarily want to lose as you grow. Especially for employees that have been with you since the beginning, there can be challenges and frustrations that come with company growth. Here are a few ways you can try to maintain the perks of a small business while leveraging the advantages of growth and expansion.
Improve Your Targeting with Psychographics
Targeted ads are a great way to make the most of your digital marketing dollars. However, sometimes standard demographics, like age, gender, and location, are not nuanced enough to allow you to accurately target the audience you are going for. That is where psychographics come into play. We’re breaking down what they are and how to best make use of the below.
How to Effectively Use Your Digital Marketing Data
In marketing today, data is everywhere. Even small companies need to use big data to inform their digital marketing decisions. There is so much to be gained from analyzing digital marketing data, but it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. We’re here to walk you through a few of the major ways you can make use of your data to help your marketing efforts.