Snapchat has 158 million daily users, with a growth rate that remains on an upward trend. While this social media platform is known for attracting a younger demographic, one of the biggest areas of growth has come from the 35+ age range. B2C marketers have many ways to incorporate this unique social media platform into their […]
Reddit is infamous for being a marketing graveyard. Full of buried links from entrepreneurs and marketers that just didn’t “get it.” But Reddit shouldn’t be nearly as scary as people make it sound. Sure, if you’re a spammy marketer that doesn’t care about his customers, you will fail. I cannot help you. But if you’re
When most people think of LinkedIn, they think of networking. They know the platform is great for staying in touch with professional contacts and making new connections. But what they don’t realize is that it can also be a very effective marketing platform too. LinkedIn allows you to promote your business directly to interested professionals
In 2000, when the tech crunch was in full effect, an ambitious search engine company named Google launched the beta version of AdWords with just 350 advertisers. Fifteen years later, Google had earned nearly $52 billion in net annual ad revenue, representing 77.8 percent of all search ad revenue in the United States and 30 percent of
Since its inception, Snapchat has been changing the game for social engagement. If you can remember so far back as 2012, everyone was skeptical that Snapchat would ever monetize well. They didn’t see how the platform could leverage advertising the way Facebook was. Since then, they have surprised people time after time, launching new, unique,
Considering that over 2 billion people log on to Facebook every month, it’s no wonder Facebook ads are such a big deal in the marketing world. No matter what products or services you’re marketing, you can’t afford to not be on Facebook. Because of Facebook’s wide user base and ad targeting capabilities, virtually any business
NOW UPDATED! This post was expanded for 2017 with new tactics for leveraging YouTube for your business. You have a business and you’re looking to expand your reach, grow your audience, and increase your sales. If you’ve heard that advertising on YouTube is an inexpensive and lucrative means of doing this and aren’t sure how to get started, then you
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NOW UPDATED! This post was expanded for 2017 with new tactics for measuring your analytics. In 1955, Columbia House sold 700,000 records through no more than direct mail marketing and a telephone ordering service. Now, 93% of marketers agree that social media is important for their business. The business world is changing rapidly, and with it, marketing. Columbia House and other
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When it comes to PPC search advertising, Bing probably isn’t the first channel to come to mind. But if you’re already running AdWords and Facebook Ads, you really need to check out Bing Ads too. Bing represents 20% of U.S. search volume. They also partner with Yahoo! to display ads, which pushes them over 30% market
In 2016, Instagram started taking on rival Snapchat with Instagram Stories. The feature has since taken off and is now growing in ways that clearly mark its territory. What started out as a knock-off is now maturing into a channel of its own. You may already be using Instagram Stories to promote sales or build
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