How would you define your current target market? How detailed can you go? When you identify your ideal customer, you start seeing patterns in their behavior. One type of customer may have certain hobbies, read certain magazines, or eat certain types of foods. As a...
Have you ever taken part in a focus group? They’re used all the time in the world of marketing and sales. A group of people are gathered together based on specific traits and demographics. They share ideas, thoughts, and perceptions about a particular topic, product,...
Think, for a moment, about the last time you bought something big. A new phone, a refrigerator for your kitchen, or maybe a new car. Did you buy the first one you came across? Of course not. When we’re in the market for something new, we take time to ensure we...
The basic idea of behavioral targeting is easy to understand. It’s a method of advertising that shows a user ads based on the behavior they exhibit while searching online. But putting it into action is a complex process. Have you ever shopped for something - a new...
Remember the good ol’ days, when printing up thousands of postcards and having your friendly mail service would do the trick? You could expect customers flowing into your business based on one simple message. Then the marketing world got much more complicated. All of...
What’s the easier sale: screaming your message to a crowded room, or walking up and delivering your perfectly prepared message to one interested person? That’s a no-brainer. If you're in sales, you’d love to have a list of individual people that are interested in what...
If you’re in business, target marketing is a necessary part of your business. And the deeper you get into the target marketing world, the more likely you are of discovering niche terms and metrics that apply to how effective your approach is. One metric in particular...
What is a landing page? Simply put, it is any page that gets traffic from anywhere other than the pages on your site. A landing page can be associated with a pay-per-click ad on Google Adwords, for instance, where you can drive traffic to a specific URL that is...
Is part of your marketing plan to reach out and find people as they are searching online? Then you can’t ignore Google. Over 46 percent of all searches on Google are for local businesses and recommendations. Over 50 percent of all people who conduct a local search on...
Do you hear the terms SEO, SEM, and SMO and think, “huh?” Or maybe you think, “Yeah, I should probably get on board with that.” It’s not just for the mega giants in the online world. In fact, if you hope to be in business in the coming years, you can’t afford NOT to...