digital marketing profitability

5 Tips To Help You Be (And Feel Like) A Better Marketing Director

It’s challenging to make the transition from a creative employee to a creative director. It’s one thing to work on your own ideas and those given to you by your boss and another to be in charge of the creative work of others. So how can you get yourself to let go of the reins and trust the skills of your employees? 5 Things You Can Do To Be A Better Marketing Director It’s no

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value versus price

Are You Buying Digital Marketing Services Based Solely on Price?

When it comes to digital marketing solutions, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles perhaps said it best, “You better shop around.” While it’s natural to want to choose the lowest price option, this strategy often comes back to bite those who select digital marketing agencies and solutions based solely on price. What Is the Value of Your Brand? If someone asked you to damage your brand in front of potential customers for $500 would you take

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best practices

Are You Not Understanding What You’re Buying from a Digital Marketing Agency?

If you’ve hired or are considering hiring a digital marketing agency to guide your messaging, strategy or implementation, there is considerable value to be gained. Yet, it’s important to truly understand what you’re getting for your money to ensure there is sufficient return on your investment. What Do You Need from a Digital Marketing Agency? To increase your understanding of what an agency is offering, it’s important to start with evaluating your own data. Only

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marketing strategies

Is Lack of Marketing Planning and Research Sabotaging Your Success?

While successful marketers place a lot of focus on the execution of marketing strategies, they also know that the underlying foundation for success is ongoing marketing planning and research. As marketing becomes increasingly complex and digitized, the need for well-thought out planning and in-depth research only continues to increase. Still many marketers make the common mistake of “winging it” and not investing sufficient time in the essential preliminary work and then are dismayed by disappointing

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How a Digital Marketing Agency Can Save You from Job Burnout

You may remember how marketing departments operated prior to the digital age. Sure, there were deadlines and goals to meet, but projects typically ran at a manageable pace. In stark contrast, marketing professionals today are dealing with fast-moving business elements that range from content development and branding to public relations, SEO and a growing list of digital channels. Skill sets must now also include knowledge of mobile technology, real-time data analysis and even programming. Both

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