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What to Do Before Implementing Your New Digital Marketing Strategy in 2020

January 14, 2020 by Advertising Leave a Comment

New year, new digital marketing strategy! Now that we’re halfway through the first month of 2020, it’s time to talk about your business. Analyzing your business is the first step to understanding your plan of action.

Are you wondering where to start? Here’s what you need to take into consideration before you figure out the best digital marketing strategy for your business.

What to Do Before Implementing New Digital Marketing Strategy in 2020

Digital Audit – There’s always room for improvement and your business online presence is no exception. When was the last time you updated your website? How about your online directories? Taking care of your online properties strengthens your SEO, which results in generating more leads for your business!
SEO Audit – This is when you determine which keywords bring you the most traffic or which web pages attract relevant traffic to your site. Tools like SEMrush work great to figure this out on a page by page level. Once you figure out the list of your best keywords, make sure to go over your meta titles, descriptions, headings and content for each webpage to see where you can improve.
Content Audit – Think of your content as a marketing opportunity to reach your potential clients. What you put out there has a great power to take your clients from the awareness to the decision stage. Does your current content provide value, relevancy and include a call to action?
Social Audit – What social media channels are you currently using? What type of engagement is your business getting? How about your followers and online reviews? Once you figure out which platforms are generating the most interactions, you will know what social media channels are worth your money and time.
Insights Audit – Monitoring your website each month is crucial to know how your digital marketing efforts are supporting your business objectives. Free tools like Google Analytics are easy to use and the data they provide can help you make informed business decisions in the future.

As you can see, the first step to creating a comprehensive and successful digital marketing strategy in 2020 is looking at a big picture. Once you audit all of the mentioned avenues, you will have a better understanding how you can improve your strategy so your business can thrive!

Need help? Contact Advertising Is Simple today! 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, TV, 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.

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A Recipe for a Successful Content Marketing Plan

November 19, 2019 by Advertising

Spending more money on advertising doesn’t necessarily make for winning more customers. However, a well-designed content marketing plan can level the playing field. Here’s how.

Content Marketing

Getting all employees on board for a cohesive action plan can make a small business’ marketing efforts successful. A unified front on all aspects of a marketing campaign can help to better brand and make your business an authority in its industry.

Before you dive into creating content, take the time to identify your ideal customers and find out what they need help with so you can work on topics that will interest and capture their attention. Focusing in on their concerns and problems and offering solutions will make you stand out as an authority and help develop a trusting relationship with your customers.

Why should customers buy from us instead of our competitors?

If you haven’t taken the time to answer this question, then you haven’t identified what makes your company stand out from its’ competition. Maybe you provide a better personal service or a better made product. Whatever it is that makes you stand out, it should be a focus point of your content.

Creating fresh and engaging content that is then optimized by social media posts and emails is very effective in getting visitors to your website. As a business, you need to keep adding fresh relevant content to your website and social media platforms to educate and engage your audience about your product or service. The more content you post, the more of an authority you will become in your industry. So yes, a popular saying among marketers – Content is King – is still relevant!

Finally, content marketing is a slow and steady process. It most likely won’t lead to a sudden spike in sales. Creating a consistent and quality content marketing plan will give your business a better chance of becoming a known authority in your industry, which ultimately will lead to a gradual increase in sales.

A Recipe for a Successful Content Marketing Plan

If you would like help with your content marketing plan, get in touch with Advertising is Simple of Delaware. We help small to mid-sized businesses with all their digital marketing needs.

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6 Holiday Marketing Strategies to Maximize Your Advertising Efforts

November 6, 2019 by Advertising

With Thanksgiving only a few weeks away, now is the time to get your holiday marketing strategies in place. Don’t know where to start? Best way to do this is to connect with your customers on an emotional level and tap into the spirit of giving back before your competitors.

If your goal is to increase conversion this busy holiday shopping season, Advertising Is Simple has you covered. Here are 6 holiday marketing strategies that will maximize your advertising efforts.

6 Holiday Marketing Strategies to Maximize Your Advertising Efforts

Offer Special Deals – Reward your best customers for their loyalty throughout the year by giving exclusive discounts or personal gifts based on their purchase history. Also, don’t forget to take advantage of the highest selling days of the season. Offer special promotions for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.
Create Dedicated Holiday Landing Pages – Send customers to a special page 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.
Implement a Social Media Campaign – Use holiday specific images, videos, 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.
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.
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.
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!

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Here’s How Claiming Online Business Directories Can Help Your Company

October 16, 2019 by Advertising

Using online properties to effectively develop a stellar digital reputation is a marathon, not a sprint. Getting your house in order (your website, your social media accounts and online business directories) is a good place to start. Having a consistent and diverse reputation management plan will keep your business and brand on topic and on the positive side of your audience.

However, ending there is not going to help you create the lead generation that will help you to grow your online presence. The key to marketing success is constantly updating, adapting, measuring, analyzing and tweaking your strategy to better optimize your results.

While SEO is in a constant state of flex, it is something you cannot afford to overlook. There is a lot of factors to consider well before you claim your share of the marketplace. First, let’s discuss business directories and how they play a big part of getting your business a great online presence.

Business Directories

If you want your company to rise in rankings on search engine results pages, take the time to claim your business directories as soon as possible. Think of it as yellow pages in a phone book. You want potential customers to know everything about your business in the most accessible way to get more leads. That’s why online directories are so important for your business.

Things like your company address, phone number, email address and website link should be consistent and updated regularly so any potential customer or client can find your business right away. Some popular websites to list your company information include Google My Business, Manta, Yellow Pages, Yelp, Facebook, Bing Places and Better Business Bureau.

Taking the time to claim your local business listings comes with many more benefits for your company. Besides helping your customers find you, you are also able to reach more people who are looking for specific services. How’s that for a FREE advertising opportunity? Yes, you read it right FREE, business directories are one of the most cost-effective marketing tools ever.

Needless to say, being properly listed in directories and using adaptive search engine optimization can be a game changer when trying to grow your business. Your business needs to be found!

At Advertising Is Simple, we simplify the complicated process of managing and verifying directory listings that are pertinent to your industry and location. We also optimize the directory listings with targeted keywords, optimized images and video.

If you have and questions or would like to find out more about how AIS can help you compete in the digital marketplace and manage your online presence, get in touch!

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What You Need to Know about Google My Business Service Area Feature

September 24, 2019 by Advertising

Looking to find more customers for your service-area business? Google is making it easier now for businesses that service a particular area to get discovered by consumers searching for services like theirs online in Google Maps and Search.

Does your business serve customers within a specific service area? If the answer is yes, you should go ahead and update your Google My Business listing asap. Listing your service area helps let customers know where you’ll go to visit or deliver to them.

Here’s who should be using the Google My Business Service Area feature:

A business that visits or delivers to customers, but doesn’t serve customers at its business address (e.g. a cleaning service).
A business that serves customers at its business address, but also visits or delivers to customers (e.g. a restaurant that also delivers food).

How it works?

You can set your service area based on a specific city, postal code, or other areas that you serve. However, it’s important to note that you can no longer set your service area as a distance (mile radius) around your business. If you previously did so, you won’t be able to edit it now. Instead, you’ll need to specify your service area by city, postal code, or other areas.

In other words, if you set up your service area as a radius from your business, Google My Business won’t recognize that any longer and will populate your business area as states instead of cities. This change is especially important to note if your business is located in the Tri-State area where states are so close to each other that it might tell your potential customers that you do business in parts of the state you don’t really service.

Keep in mind the following when updating your Google My Business Listing:

If you don’t serve customers at your business address, leave the address field blank and only enter your service area.
If you serve customers at your business address but also have a service area, enter both your address and service area.

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What to Do Before Implementing Your New Digital Marketing Strategy in 2020

What to Do Before Implementing New Digital Marketing Strategy in 2020

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