When you’re browsing your favourite sites and social media online, what kinds of content do you consume most? Which do you find most engaging? Articles and posts? Not likely. Pictures? Sometimes, but generally we just skim them. Videos? Yes! Research recently published in HubSpot’s ‘State of Inbound 2016’ shows us that 45% of people watch more … Read more
Hiring marketers is hard. You want a professional ‘jack-of-all-trades’ in marketing as well as a critical thinker, high achiever and someone sociable. The perfect employee doesn’t exist. We wish they did too – but they don’t. So we’ve put together our top 10 things you should be looking for to give you a helping hand with … Read more
Inbound Marketing has been at the forefront of a lot of business’ marketing efforts in recent times. It offers you the ability to engage with your target consumer on a deeper level without the need for cold connections. But like every marketing platform or avenue, it has its drawbacks. From long wait times to see … Read more
No matter if your marketing budget is set seasonally, quarterly or yearly – there’s no time like the present to start putting any extra funds to work. Here, we’ve outlined 13 ways to spend that extra cash and fill your marketing initiatives with a few great avenues that can easily pay for themselves. 1. Facebook Live Cost:2 hours – … Read more
One of the big advantages to using “all in one” marketing systems such as HubSpot is that it gives you closed loop reporting. This means you aren’t trying to join together a bunch of different data sources to figure out where your website traffic and leads are coming from, but instead have it all in … Read more
In 2015, Tom Goodwin of Havas Media started to uncover the truth behind some of the world’s most successful companies. Giants like Alibaba, Facebook, Airbnb and Uber all had something strange and unique in common: they are content non-generators.
Alibaba creates no stock. Facebook creates no content. Airbnb owns no real estate, and Uber owns no cars.
They don’t generate content, they manage it.
Inbound marketing has been one of the hottest buzz topics surrounding marketing in the last few years. Once seen as something businesses were unsure and anxious of, the relationship-building it offers means it’s no longer the little-known sister of traditional and online marketing. We’ve put together a short list of 5 easy inbound marketing tactics you can implement … Read more
“How do I know what people want?” One of the most common questions we get from clients is how can they figure out what people want to read? When a particular blog post receives fantastic engagement in the forms of views, shares and responses, while another similarly written topic gets poor traction and a few ‘Likes’, … Read more
“I hate it here.”
That’s the last thing you want somebody thinking when they land on your website. You’re offering a product or service that the customer wants. You’ve put in the effort to make sure your ads and organic results appear for their searches. All of that is thrown away by an unappealing landing page.
Creating an online strategy from scratch is probably the most difficult thing a business can do, yet time and time again I see companies throw in the towel mere weeks into the development. I wonder if they have ever looked at the time and effort they have put into setting up their business and compared … Read more
