Out with the old and in with the new. With 2019 in full swing, you’ve probably done one of two things: charged into the new year and are intent on keeping your resolutions or you’ve already fallen back into your old habits. Continue reading “5 SEO Tactics to Stop in 2019”
“Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.” Tony Hseih
10 years and going strong. Congratulations DirectiveGroup team members. What a milestone! As I age and look back, 10 years doesn’t seem very long. BUT… OMG… when I look at the past 10 years through the lenses of digital marketing, the reality of the rollercoaster becomes apparent. Digital marketing truly moves at warp speed which provides countless opportunities for learning.
Going back through time – the year, 2008 – On a scorching hot, Saturday afternoon, in Phoenix, I proudly walked up to the graduation podium to take possession of the master’s degree in marketing for which I sacrificed many hours of sleep to earn. Little did I know then, that 10 years later most everything I learned about marketing would be obsolete. However, there are always … Continue reading
An inordinate amount of money can be spent on pay per click (PPC) advertising like Google ads, but using these methods just to get visitors to your website isn’t going to benefit you in the long run. The objective isn’t to get as many random visitors to your site as possible. The goal to draw the right visitors to your website.
For example, let’s say you sell collectible baseball cards online. Obviously, not everyone who searches the web is looking for vintage baseball cards. Yet there are many internet users who are looking for cards to add to their collections. Our goal then becomes finding ways to put your site out there to make it easier for card collectors to find and access. You will want to understand what these card collectors are looking for and what their needs are to be successful.
The better you identify … Continue reading
“Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, more able to get where they’d like to go.” – Seth Godin
Alright, we are kicking off our 10-year anniversary content series with a post on 10 Things To Do For Marketing Success.
Let’s get in to it!
Successful marketing starts with an intimate understanding of your customer. What does she want? What is she trying to avoid? What keeps her up at night? These are all questions, you should know the answer. If you don’t, it’ll make communicating in a compelling way much more difficult.
If your marketing isn’t working and you didn’t take the time to get to know your customers. Start with an empathy map. It will help you quickly flesh out important insights about your customer that will make … Continue reading
DirectiveGroup helps our clients dominate their online space through strategically cohesive, tactically brilliant, fully integrated digital marketing programs built on a foundation of business intelligence. In a nutshell, we deliver results.
… DirectiveGroup was formed to help local, regional and national companies harness the business-generating power of the internet. In particular, DirectiveGroup has focused on offering complete solutions that deliver measurable results, and as such, we have had a heavy emphasis on directional media such as search engines.
To kick off the festivities and celebrate our 10 year anniversary, we decided to publish a series of articles that will feature 10 things about each of the topics we love the most. Look forward to articles like:
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Podcasts have long gone mainstream, with subscriptions to podcasts crossing 1 billion long back in 2013 and over 67 million men and women being monthly podcast consumers. Monthly listeners have grown steadily through 2017 from 21% to 24% year over year. Unfortunately only about 6% of online marketers have warmed up to producing podcast content. The on-demand audio format of podcasts makes it ideal for reaching people even when they aren’t sitting at their computers, unlike video content. Businesses can reach out to more people and more often through podcasts even when they are working out at the gym, running, driving to work or working around the house. Podcasting doesn’t just develop your brand and establish you as experts in your industry; it also helps start meaningful conversations with potential and existing customers. More amazingly nearly 63 percent of podcast listeners made a purchase based on something recommended during … Continue reading
