In Google’s latest version of Google Analytics, there will be a transition to an entirely new platform. Google Analytics Universal will stop collecting data on July 1, 2023. Google Analytics 4 is a powerful development in website data tracking that accounts for user privacy and offers better information on how individual users experience your site….
Many businesses think of their website kind of like an interactive billboard. They hope it is a good advertisement, but the site passively waits for someone to click on a call to action. In reality, business owners can collect a ton of website data that allows them to turn it into their top-performing sales agent….
Digital marketing is constantly evolving, which can be both exciting and exhausting. It’s exciting for small business owners to have new, and often more customized, ways to connect with their ideal clients. But the constantly changing landscape and new learning curves can be exhausting for busy owners with so much on their plate. There are…
Of all the ways to advertise on the internet, pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns are the most efficient and direct. Though it does take time and effort to perfect them, they are an effective way to reach the customers who are actively seeking your product or service. Compared to pre-internet marketing, PPC is most like paying…
If you’ve been following my posts on developing Marketing Personas and how to use them, you may be worried that personas are too narrow-focused to bring in enough customers. It’s understandable why you might believe that targeted messaging leaves money on the table. It’s important to remember that digital marketing is different than the decades of…
Marketing personas provide value to you as the business owner in understanding the motivations and buying patterns of your best customers. If the concept of a Persona is new to you, back up and read the previous blog post on why you need a Marketing Persona. If you have already gone through the effort of…
Running a small business demands that we know who uses our products or services and what drives a purchase. Yet, many businesses, big and small lean on basic demographic information to make these decisions. To begin to build a more targeted and effective marketing plan, you need to know more than demographics about your best…
At the risk of sounding repetitive, 2020 has changed us. It’s changed marketing. We are all looking forward to better days ahead, but we are not there just yet. Many of the marketing lessons we learned in 2020 still apply and will continue to apply through the pandemic. As business has evolved this past year,…
Pay per click marketing is an exciting yet daunting idea for many small business owners. With careful planning and refinement, small firms with a limited budget can reap the rewards of an efficient pay per click campaign. Knowing exactly where to focus when building a new campaign can save valuable time and money. We’ve used…
