The fastest way to double your Google reviews is surprisingly simple. Ask. Asking gives you 100% more reviews than not asking. It sounds obvious, but a surprising number of businesses never do it. The real secret isn’t clever wording or complicated strategies. What actually moves the needle is timing and ease. Ask right after a […]
Have you been told that SEO isn’t worth it for your small or local business? That advice is usually aimed at people who can’t afford to throw thousands at an agency every month. There are a few simple things you can do today to improve SEO and help your business get seen on Google. These […]
Are you looking for the grandfather clock in the foyer? Not as cuckoo as it may sound… If you want your product, service, or yourself to stand out, it’s about finding and highlighting the one unique feature, the bit of colour, the small, seemingly irrelevant detail that makes something truly special. (Like spotting the grandfather […]
🎵 “Here I am, stuck in the (marketing) middle with you” If you’re like a lot of my clients, you’re stuck in the marketing middle. Too big for basic Fiverr marketing services… But too small for an agency that treats you like account number 29C or the 80-100K salary of a full-time senior digital marketing […]
Is there a website that you turn for inspiration, business tips or the latest tech tools and hacks? Ever wondered what websites entrepreneur swear by to save time and refine their skills? Here are 67 websites that entrepreneurs recommend in online forums. Canva, Trello, and Producthunt get a lot of love! The good news is […]
Just before a firing squad executed him, Gary Gilmore was asked if he had any last words. “Let’s do it,” he said. Swoosh to Dan Wieden, the founder of Wieden + Kennedy agency. Wieden told Dezeen Magazine how he picked the “Just do it” slogan: “The reason I did that one was funny because I […]
Here are some gems for a real world marketing directory. Content calendar What we’ll do if everything works perfectly, you pay on time and nobody has a day off. Content. Lorem ipsum Polyfilla to anyone except the harmless drudge who has to write it. Best Practice. What everyone else pretends to do. Or, […]
Billboard advertising and New Jersey just got a little weirder. New Jersey radio station, WFMU-FM, just put up a billboard featuring Justin Bieber, Rihanna and, uh, Charles Manson on busy Route 280 in Newark. The station is in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to choose and fund its “first (and last)” billboard advertising. As they […]
Why, sometimes, a bad review is better! Your business is your baby. A bad review on Yelp or Trip Advisor is hard not to take it personally. Especially when your reviews are mostly awesome. And that one’s bringing it all down. You may feel like doing this: A natural reaction is to sweep […]
Did they take his VRginity – and integrity? Last week, Reddit user vaskemaskine posted in the gaming subreddit: “Made my delivery driver’s night by showing him VR for the first time.” Reddit seems to think it was weird. Literally: “Wine. Big Mac. Invite delivery guy in. Take photo of him while he can’t see. Post to interweb. Weird.” […]
According to the latest Fluent Report on Marketing to women, an overwhelming majority prefer gender neutral advertising over advertising specifically aimed at women. Much of the advertising aimed at women is emotional, as in the cases of brands like Hallmark, Pandora, Electrolux and Huggies. Inspiring and/or empowering messages tend to drive campaigns as seen recently […]
Small business is big news in Ireland. Big, big news. Most businesses in Ireland slot into the category small-to-medium sized enterprises or SME’s. Of these SME’s, 90% are very small indeed, with 1-10 employees. They still employ over half of the country’s population. That’s probably one person to handle billing, accounts, taxes, inventory, audits, government […]
Small companies are team, goalie, centre back and centre forward all in one. Here’s how 8 tackled marketing. I’m a sucker for stories about how small and new businesses market themselves. Maybe it’s because they tend to involve the unexpected. Maybe because sometimes, they’re surprisingly moving. Of course, the small business itself will tell you […]
Using a recent tool called “Apply Special Sauce”, Cambridge University invites you to submit your Facebook likes to their on-line personality prediction engine. It then guesses things like your gender, age, political inclination and intelligence. As your digital marketing analyst, this diginuggeteer volunteered herself to see what digital signals we leave about ourselves without even […]
Periscope, it’s just…. stuff. by Siobhan O’Shea So says my 6 year-old digital native, when there weren’t enough people “doing crazy things” on the live streaming app. And she’s right. It is mainly just stuff. Stuff like people displaying the contents of their fridges. Gwyneth Paltrow’s fridge, if you’re interested, contains a stick of celery […]
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