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5 Reasons You Need to Start Creating Video Blogs

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Today’s customers are hungry for information and we know it. In the past, blogging and short form content has been one of the best ways to deliver useful and digestible information to many online users all at once. It not only gave your business a competitive edge but it also just simply helped with marketing. Do you know how to take it a step further these days? Consider sharing video blogs in your online articles. 

It’s a fact that online consumers prefer fast information and it’s best if they can get it in a form of a visual content over text. 70% of marketing professionals report that video converts better than any other medium. Internet users spend 88% more time on a website that has video than one that doesn’t. So why not include video blogs in your articles? Here’s a few more reasons. 

5 Reasons You Need to Start Creating Video Blogs 

  1. Video Marketing is a powerful tool for reaching customers. The best way to capitalize on video content is to integrate it with your other marketing efforts. When done strategically, videos can be used to help increase engagement with your blog posts. 
  2. Videos increase the time spent on your content. It’s important to note how your readers are interacting with your content. Is your bounce rate high? By sharing video blogs in your online articles and marketing campaigns, you may keep your customers online much longer. 
  3. Videos help break up the text in your blog posts. As a marketer, you need to understand how your consumers or audience absorb your content. It’s been proven that breaking up the text in bullet points or sharing photos and videos every few paragraphs enhance the online experience. Digestible and interactive content is key! 
  4. Videos attract Millennials. Videos are a major driving factor of Millennials’ consumer behavior, and much of their buying decisions result from watching video content.  
  5. Video Blogs can be used in Cross Promotion and/or be Repurposed. Once you create a video, always upload it to your YouTube account first. When it’s live, you can then share your website URL under the video, post the video on social media or use it in blog posts and email marketing campaigns. There are so many opportunities for cross promotion and repurposing! 

Here’s a few more articles explaining the power of video content in marketing: 

Think Your Business Doesn’t Need Videos? You’re Wrong 

Keys to Video Marketing and Why It Is Important to Your Business 

How to Improve Engagement with Video Marketing 

Needless to say, if you are not including video blogs in your content strategy, you are missing a great opportunity to engage your target audience, expand your brand and boost sales.  

If you would like help with creating video blogs, get in touch!  

Advertising Is Simple  is a full-service marketing agency located in Wilmington, Delaware helping small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing, radio and television advertising needs.  

Advertising Is Simple | 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com 

What New Digital Marketing Trends Should We Expect in 2019?

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2019 digital marketing trends

Can you believe it’s almost time to say goodbye to 2018? As we close in the fourth quarter, we can’t help but reflect on this part year. There was surely a lot going on in the digital marketing world! From Google Chrome security updates, Facebook and Instagram algorithm changes to rise of new smart technology, we can’t wait to see what new digital marketing trends 2019 brings! 

Speaking of the new year, do you have your new marketing strategy in place? If you still haven’t thought of new digital marketing trends that 2019 might bring, here are our predictions: 

 

2019 digital marketing trends to watch out for: 

 

  1.  Optimize Content for Voice Search – Now is the time to brainstorm new keyword strategies that will cater to all those customers who love using the latest smart technologies (Alexa, Siri) in their search queries.
     
  2. Diversify Your Content Strategy – In the past year, digital creators and marketers focused more on long-form content (+2,000 words) to rank higher in search. However, it’s been proven that blogs or articles don’t have to be long to be considered valuable. That’s why it’s good to focus on both short and long-form pieces in the new year, so you can cater to those with shorter attention spans as well.
  3. Consider Influencer Marketing – This form of marketing/ advertising will only continue to grow in the next year. Partnering with influencers and content creators to promote your products or build brand awareness is an excellent and effective way to organically reach more valuable customers.
  4. Produce More Video Content – Video is already getting a boost in search from all voice queries, so don’t neglect it in 2019. Producing video content is a great way to liven up your marketing strategy!
  5. Invest in Chatbots – According to Forbes, research “predicts that the chatbot industry will grow significantly as enterprises are enabled to substantially reduce operating costs”. Needless to say, consider investing in this kind of a 24/7 customer service representative to take your business to the next level in 2019.

 For more on the future of marketing, please read this WSI article. 

Can you see these digital marketing trends to grow in popularity in 2019? What are your predictions? We would love to hear your thoughts! 

 

Do you want to take 2019 by storm?  

Contact Advertising Is Simple! We help small to mid-sized business owners who are too busy running their businesses to focus on their marketing and advertising efforts. We specialize in internet, television, and radio advertising, and are particularly vested in search engine optimization, website design, mobile website design, pay-per-click campaigns, and original content management in order to help our clientele claim their share of the marketplace. 

 

Advertising Is Simple| 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com  

 

8 Holiday Marketing Strategies for this Season 

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8 holiday marketing strategies

With Thanksgiving only about a month away, now is the time to get your holiday marketing strategies in place. Don’t know where to start? Think of ways to connect with your customers emotionally and tap into the spirit of giving back. 

If your goal is to increase conversion this busy holiday shopping season, we got you covered. Here are 8 holiday marketing strategies that will maximize your advertising efforts. 

 

8 holiday marketing strategies: 

 

  1.  Offer Special Deals – Reward your best customers for their loyalty throughout the year by giving exclusive discounts or personal gift based on their purchase history. 
  2. Create Holiday Landing Pages – Create holiday landing pages that you can send customers to from your social media and emails campaigns. Be sure to have several different designs and do some split testing to determine the highest converting pages. 
  3. Start a Social Media Campaign – Use holiday specific images, hashtags and special offers to attract customers willing to spend. This is the time when they are starting to search for deals! Encouraging social media interaction will also get people in the holiday spirit of shopping. 
  4. Focus on an Email Campaign – Use email more often to get customers excited about upcoming deals. Make sure to triple your marketing efforts on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Offer a contest, game or countdown to get more engagement. Don’t forget to add a popup subscribe form to your website and welcome new email subscribers with a discount code as well. 
  5. Focus on High Sales Days – Take advantage of the highest selling days of the season. Offer special promotions for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. 
  6. Give Back to the Community – Show support to the community by sponsoring a food drive or collecting clothing and toys for needy families. Many of your customers are looking for ways to make the season more meaningful by sharing with those less fortunate. 
  7. Send out Holiday Cards – Let your customers know how much you appreciate their business by sending out a holiday card with a personalized special offer just for them. For example, if Customer A repeatedly purchases a certain product or service, provide them with a coupon for that particular item. Continue to send out cards that may invite them to a special event, sale, discounts or free gift promotion. 
  8. Create a Holiday Video – Get your team together for a fun and inviting holiday video. There’s nothing more personal than sending good wishes to your customers and showing your fun personality at the same time!

Read more: 25 Days of Email Marketing Tips for the Holidays 

 

If you’re looking to up your sales this holiday season, contact Advertising Is Simple. We help small to mid-sized business owners who are too busy running their businesses to focus on their marketing and advertising efforts. We can help with your digital marketing plan this holiday season, so 

Advertising Is Simple| 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com 

 

 

 

 

How to Choose the Right Facebook Templates for Your Business 

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Managing a Facebook business page can be intimidating, but thankfully there are certain features that can guide you through this process. We’re talking about Facebook Templates! Choosing the right one for your business can be detrimental to capturing leads, so make sure you give it some thought before you start setting up your business page. 

If you’re a Facebook Business Page admin or manager, you probably received one of these messages from Facebook recently:

 fb template update

The primary benefit of updating your current template to the one that suits your business the most, is the fact your customer will have a better understanding of what you have to offer as soon as they land on your page. 

If right now you’re not sure what Facebook templates are best for your business, here’s a breakdown of each option.

Facebook Templates 

 

  • Standard Template 

Good for all Page types, with buttons and tabs to help showcase what’s important to you. 

  • Services Template 

Designed to help people find your services and get in touch. Recommended for most businesses. 

  • Business Template 

Designed to help you manage your business, including ways to post jobs and special offers. 

  • Shopping Template 

Designed to showcase products and make it easy for people to shop online. 

  • Video Page Template 

Designed to showcase video content on your page. 

  • Politicians Template 

Designed to help politicians reach their supporters and communicate their message. 

  • Restaurants & Cafes Template 

Designed to highlight photos and important info about your menu, hours and location. 

  • Venues Template 

Designed so you can highlight useful info like your venue’s hours, location and upcoming events. 

  • Nonprofit Template 

Designed to highlight your cause and encourage people to fundraise and donate to your nonprofit. 

  • Movies Template 

Designed to highlight show times for your audience. 

 

Want to help people connect with your business faster and more easily? 

If you haven’t updated your Facebook templates before August 23rd, 2018, don’t wait any longer with making any necessary changes. The process is easier than you might think! Once applied, you will not only enhance the user’s experience but also make sure your business mission is loud and clear. 

 

Need help? Contact our social media experts at Advertising Is Simple! 

 

Advertising Is Simple is a full-service marketing agency located in Wilmington, Delaware helping small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing, radio and television advertising needs. Call us now.    

 

Advertising Is Simple | 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com   

 

 

Recent Facebook API changes You Need to Know About

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Recent Facebook API changes You Need to Know About

Social media never stays the way it is for too long. In fact, as soon as we get used to some apps, features and functionalities, API changes once again. For those of you who don’t know, API is an application program interface, which in other words means a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications.  

Speaking of changes, just this past February we shared an article on the new Facebook algorithm and what we should expect from those updates. Today, we’d like to discuss yet another announcement made by Facebook on April 4, 2018. 

Interested to know what Facebook API changes have been announced recently and how they may affect your social media marketing? Please keep reading! 

 

Recent Facebook API changes You Need to Know About 

 

  1. Enhanced security and safety measures – At the base of the API changes lies the fact Facebook wants to limit third party applications access to your Facebook and Instagram account. To protect your personal information and content usage, a lot of those apps (e.g. Hootsuite, Buffer) need to adjust their functionalities to the new policy. 
  2. Third Party Apps cannot use the Instagram API Platform to crawl or store users’ media without their express consent. In other words, Instagram users own their media and that right needs to be respected. So far, a lot of affiliate platform functionalities that used like-based shopping (e.g. LikeToKnow.It) have been greatly affected by this update.  
  3. Facebook Login – if you don’t log in to your app in 90 days, the app will be blocked and you won’t be able to access your personal data until you re-authorize it. 

 

For more information on API changes, please check out this article on Facebook for Developers and Facebook Business. 

 

FACEBOOK’s COMMITMENT TO YOU: 

“Innovation demands iteration; it requires constant change. And, while change is never easy, we believe the immediate platform updates we are announcing today will build stronger connections for people, developers and businesses in the future, while maintaining their privacy and security on Facebook.” source 

 

Are you a social media marketer? What are your thoughts on these recent Facebook API changes?

Let us know in the comments how these updates affected your work. 

 

 

Advertising Is Simple  is a full-service marketing agency located in Wilmington, Delaware helping small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing, radio and television advertising needs.   

 

Advertising Is Simple | 302.407.0431 | info@AdvertisingIsSimple.com  

 

 

 

 

 

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