There’s a good chance your website has a serious problem. And I’m not talking about design – although that is important. I’m not talking about copy – although that is even more important. And no, it’s not that your site isn’t mobile friendly. Or that it “looks old”. All of those things matter, but they […]
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, […]
That’s the advice I recently gave a friend when he asked me about copywriting. It may sound cruel, but the fact is nobody cares about your business. They don’t care about how many employees you have, whether it’s your birthday, or how long you’ve been in business. They don’t care if you have the latest technology or who […]
In his book The Obstacle is The Way, Ryan Holiday tells the story of the Zemurray Fruit Company. The year was 1915. Zemurray was locked in a conflict with the much larger, much better funded United Fruit Company. The problem? Both companies wanted to buy a plot of fertile farm land between Guatemala and Honduras. But […]
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. […]
SEO is a huge mystery to many, many people. What is this black magic that causes one site to be ranked as the very first selection on Google while others are ranking on the second, third, or even fifth page? What makes the difference between the SEO “winners” and those taking up the other spots? […]
This week I had the opportunity to give a talk on the state of social media. It will be different than any social media presentation you’ve ever seen. I promise. You Suck at Social Media – But You Can Fix It…Maybe. from Analytive
Below are the slides for a presentation our Founder, Tyler Brooks, gave at Fort Collins Startup Week 2016. Getting Customers – Revenue from Day One from Analytive
I get asked often about the current state of analytics within digital marketing. In a world obsessed with measurement, how close are we to getting the information that we need to make good decisions. Although it seems silly that is really the crux of the question – do we have the information we NEED to […]
Framing the Discussion Whenever I talk to business owners about their marketing, they want to know about ROI. This is an absolutely fair question as the whole point of marketing is ultimately to grow your business and help you sell more products and make more money. But in order to really understand ROI, I think […]