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Why Some “Best Practices” Aren’t Really “Best” for Your Business

Google defines best practices as being, ‘commercial or professional procedures that are accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective’. In the world of social media and content marketing, we spend a fair deal of time talking about best practices. We write blog posts about best practices to help others, and we updated our social streams with […]

Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing

Geo-targeted Mobile Ad Spend On the Rise

As mobile budgets swell, brands are eager to find ways to make their ads contextually relevant to consumers. As a result, the use of geotargeted mobile display advertising is on the rise, as are campaign results, according to a new eMarketer report, “The Effectiveness of Geotargeted Mobile Ads: Location Data Pumps Up Performance.” However, not […]

Digital Marketing

B2C Businesses Find Success with Content Marketing in 2013, Survey Says

by eMarketer Will the marketers of the future look back and decide that 2013 was the year of content marketing? Maybe so, according to data from the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs. In a survey of marketing professionals in North America at business-to-consumer (B2C) companies, the overwhelming majority of respondents—90%—had used content marketing in […]

News, Small Business, Social Media Marketing

Foursquare Rolls Out Promoted Listings Internationally

by John McDermott, AdAge Foursquare is opening its promoted listings ads to all small businesses around the world. The promoted listings show up in the app’s Explore function, which consumers use to discover nearby restaurants, bars, parks or other attractions. If a Foursquare user searches for “burgers,” for instance, then a nearby burger shop can […]

Digital Marketing, News, Small Business, Social Media Marketing, Technology

The Truth About Big Data

by Steve Olenski This past July Econsultancy issued a report which made reference to the fact that Big Data is causing big frustrations for those who make their living in the marketing world. The sub-headline that appeared on their site in announcing the report read: “Big data has become something of a buzzword over the past year or so, […]

Digital Marketing, Small Business, Technology