Over the past few months I’ve been planning a wedding and a honeymoon (I just got married last month!) As such, I’ve been doing a ton of Google searches. I searched for everything from wedding venues, to florists, to DJs, to honeymoon locations. In the process, I’ve clicked on a LOT of ads. Way more […]
I’ve read dozens of books on copywriting over the years. In fact, I’m in the middle of reading through 2-3 of them right now. And there are a million copywriting formulas. If you work in sales, you may have heard of the A.I.D.A. (attention, interest, desire, action) formula. That’s a good one. Or perhaps you’ve […]
Here’s a fun project for you: Open up a new tab in your browser. Type in “Top Google Advertisers in 2016”. Or you can pick 2017. Or 2011. In fact, if you pick virtually any year in the past two decades or so, you’ll find that Amazon was one of the top Google spenders. Most […]
When I meet with clients, one of the common questions I get is whether they should focus on paid ads or organic traffic. Pay-per-click Ads vs SEO. Which is better? The truth is they are different. And a good marketing strategy will have both. I like to think of it like this: SEO is a […]
This past week I received one of those marketing catalogs in the mail. You know, the ones that have about 250 ads and that’s it. No useful content or writing. As a marketer, I always thumb through them trying to see the ads. This ad caught my eye: I blacked out the business info because […]
Here’s something you may not realize: Facebook doesn’t want you to succeed organically. (And by organically, we mean getting people to like your page and see your posts without paying or boosting) I meet with business owners all the time talking about the work and effort they’re putting into their Facebook pages. They spend hours editing photos, […]
As we help clients build their businesses, I often get questions around which ad platforms should be used. When it comes to paid ads, there are dozens of different platforms. By far the most common (and often most powerful) are Google AdWords and Facebook Ads. But there’s often confusion on when to use which service. […]
Setting up your analytics properly is an important part of any marketing campaign. And perhaps the single most important part of properly setting Google Analytics (next to getting the initial code installed) is setting up goals. Goals are incredibly powerful in Analytics. Once you setup goals, you instantly begin to get a better understanding of […]
This week, I had the amazing opportunity to present to dozens of businesses on how I help companies grow. Here is the slide deck from that presentation. Zero-to-One – Building a Marketing Plan for Your Small Business from Analytive Text of Slides: Zero-to-One Building a Full Marketing Plan for Your Small Business Tyler Brooks // […]
When working in AdWords (especially for the first time or with a new website), there’s potential that your site and/or ads will not be approved on the first go. In order to keep their advertising quality up, Google is very particular about their ads and the sites that their ads point to. Some common warnings […]