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How do you create the ideal website? How valuable is it? These are questions that many business owners are searching for answers to, and the biggest gap in the road lies with the tactics behind your website. Whether you have a marketing department internally or rely on an agency for your coding and website design, it is crucial to have a website which is strategically built for your audience. So what does this look like? Well let’s take a look:

Here and there we find ourselves hitting a stroke of luck without any intention or guidance. No matter what area of business you are in, these random unforeseen victories are few and far in between. In order to sustainably build your firm’s standing in the market, you need to have a clear aim at the target. Let’s take a look at how we approach making growth attainable through strategic marketing:

Although most Millennials are great at social media, there are many factors to think about when developing a social media strategy. Whether you are a startup with no following and no brand recognition or a company which has been around for years, the process of using social media effectively stays constant. Here are keys to stay on your A-game in social media:

You have probably heard rumors of this Search Engine Optimization (SEO) service which is crucial to the success of every business with a website. Do you know what SEO is? If not, don’t fret. There are many people, even marketers, who are still trying to wrap their heads around the science of it. As ambiguous and challenging SEO is, there is reason and a process to the madness.

Marketing is a challenging department for any business. Unless you are the sole provider of a product, good marketing is what will set you apart from the competition. It is what let’s your customers and prospects know what the latest and greatest is at your company. Traditional marketing was slightly above the accuracy of searching for Gold. However, now we are able to move past this technological gap and enter the race for complete transparency across your marketing agenda.

If you thought old-fashion direct marketing campaigns are dead - you are wrong, and probably of the opinion that your idea of design and creativity is awesome.

I speak to hundreds of entrepreneurs each month and many have the same opinion. Direct marketing is dead. I beg to differ. In fact, I know that this statement is not only incorrect, it is only spoken by people who either have no idea, or don't have a creative bone in their body, although quite often their mind fools them into believing they do.

As Marketers we are always trying to think outside the box, coming up with new ways to showcase our products or reach new audiences. However, this isn’t as easy as it sounds. Throughout each part of the marketing mix evolves a balance of structure and chaos. Walking this fine line takes a special mind, and we’re going to look at why this is.

Even though advertising isn’t as ambiguous as it once was back in the day, it takes a savvy marketer to get real traction. One has to understand the value in being meticulous when it comes to planning, launching, and maintaining campaigns in the digital world. Unlike a Billboard that is posted and not changed until it’s time is up, digital ads require a different level of attentiveness to be effective.

In every industry there are general best practices as it comes to how to perform certain tasks. However, due to technological advances, innovation has evolved into a much more powerful and fast moving obstacle. Every industry is being challenged both annually, quarterly, and even monthly to keep up with the times, maintaining competitive standards with the competition. So what does this mean for not just marketers, but everyone?

Back in the good ole’ days we used to speak to each other completely differently than we do now. Granted I am a millennial and aren’t that old, but I can definitely see a vast change in the way our parents and ourselves interacted as kids. We conversate informally and we internalize it now. This has caused marketing professionals to make vast adjustments across the board and take an unusual route to engaging the younger generation.