You’ve done it. You’re officially a college graduate: diploma in hand, thousands of dollars in debt and a caffeine addiction later. Making it through college is no easy feat. In fact, according to College Atlas, 70% of Americans will study at a four-year college, but less than two-thirds will graduate with a degree, and 30% of first-year students drop out after their first year of school. Getting a college degree…

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68% of the U.S. adult population is on Facebook, and of that 68%, 74% of users visit the platform every day, according to Pew Research Center. So if you’re making mistakes with your Facebook ads, you’re missing out on tons of valuable potential. The scary part is, some of these mistakes are so commonplace, that you’re probably already making them. However, because of this, you can be assured that if…

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Pop-ups. They’re simple, they’re powerful, and they’re annoying as hell. Well, when done wrong that is. You ever open a website and you’re ready to dive into your online shopping escapade or scour over that intriguing article your uncle posted on Facebook, only to be hit with the dreaded “PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!” pop-up? A lot of the time it has some fairly passive-aggressive messaging too, like “YES I want to subscribe!”…

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A marketer’s work doesn’t end with content… oh no. In fact, content creation is only the first step in a job that, quite frankly, is never quite finished until you’ve squeezed every last juicy drop of data out at the completion of the campaign and analyzed it until your brain is overcooked like a fried egg that would provoke Gordon Ramsey to unleash the full extent of his wrath on…

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Summer is the slow season in the marketing and advertising world. In fact, it’s kind of a slow season for everyone and everything, even the businesses and clients we serve hit a decline in revenue and traffic. You’d think the market would be heating up in summer… what gives?! Tons of people go on vacation during summer, so they’re not really thinking about interacting with content or consuming goods. Kids…

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Instagram is a magical place. You can share photos and stories with your followers, interact and engage, and advertise your brand in the most fun way possible. But are you using Instagram to its fullest potential? Even more importantly… are you using Instagram right? Now you may be thinking, hey wait a minute, I thought you just said this was supposed to be fun! But there are rules?! Not so…

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As a small business, it often comes with the territory that you must work within the confines of a small budget. But this doesn’t mean that you have to limit your potential, especially when it comes to social media marketing. In fact, when you’re just starting out, building a presence on social media is one of the best ways to get your name out there. Therefore, it’s crucial to know…

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“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, just wait until you hire an amateur.” — Red Adair Over the past few years, there has been a rise in DIY-style website builders that cater to anyone from the everyday individual to massive companies. And it makes perfect sense why these tools would catch on. They’re simple, easy to use, sharp looking, and they save you…

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The worst thing you can do for your brand is hire a marketing agency that will produce cookie-cutter content for an exorbitant price. Not only will your fans be able to tell that you’re speaking to them through generic copy-and-paste methods, but you’ll end up wasting precious advertising funds in the process. And when you’re a sports team looking to gain traction with potential new fans or marketing any kind…

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As marketers, we are the mercy of algorithms at ever turn – from Facebook, to Instagram, Google to YouTube. The simplicity of launching campaigns and getting eyes are days passed, and it takes much more skill and intentional to craft a successful campaign. While some channels are rather reserved about the secrets of their algorithms, YouTube, the most popular video platform, has been remarkably transparent. In 2016, YouTube released a research paper that…

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