SEO search optimization starts with general strategies such as optimizing your website and Google Business Profile. Hyperlocal steps, such as keywords and content catered to your neighborhood, can help you reach further. The first result in a search engine is like the gold medal of digital marketing. Every other business in your industry, and even […]
By Jaimie Siegle | Advertising Systems Inc. Navigating the social media landscape in 2026 can be overwhelming for small businesses— especially for those who are still figuring out A) what to post, B) which platforms to post on, C) when and how often to post, and D) which analytics are most important to track. Read […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Though there’s still much wariness about generative artificial intelligence and AI in general, one in four internet users will be using genAI at least once monthly this year, according to a report from the experts at eMarketer/Insider Intelligence. This week’s report cited one key reason for that already […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Elon Musk’s sudden rebranding last week of Twitter to “an everything app” named X sent branding and marketing experts abuzz, with some calling the billionaire’s move a worthy risk and others wondering if it will be a “dud.” Since acquiring Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion, Musk has […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. As a marketer, you’ve been anxiously, perhaps hesitantly waiting for the clock to tick into 2024, when the world of third-party cookies will have slowly crumbled away. Major browsers such as Chrome, Safari and Firefox will have phased out third-party cookies — one of the chief tools in […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Though some advertisers are cutting back on their spending as concerns about inflation bring 2022 to a close, marketing executives seem to be more upbeat and optimistic about the year that lies ahead. About 89% of chief marketing officers and senior marketing executives polled for a recent survey […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Assuring your customers that you’re here for them in pandemic times is brand messaging that we addressed in this space last month. Such “we’re here for you” messaging was dominant with advertisers as COVID-19 began to sweep across the United States, and it still is what your customers […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. In this app- and social-media-minded age in which we live today, it’s easy to think of email as something that’s a bit passé. But email refuses to be outdated. Recent data from Statista and Smart Insights, respectively, show that 85 percent of internet users in the United States […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Whether you’re building a website for a new business or wanting to take your site to a new level, one of the more important decisions you’ll make is which content management system to use. A content management system (CMS) is a software program that allows your business to […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. We’ve already identified several top digital-marketing trends for 2019 in this space, but what are other observers foreseeing in their post-holiday crystal balls? As Santa’s checking his lists and loading up his sleigh with nearly a 20-percent rise in online holiday sales from a year ago, prognosticators are […]