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June 29, 2017

What is Marketing? | Part Three: Search Engine Optimization

What is marketing? It seems like a simple question. While some may believe that marketing is mostly comprised of ads that help…

Nikki Bisel

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June 21, 2017

What is Marketing? | Part Two: Social Media

What is marketing? It seems like a simple question. While some may believe that marketing is mostly comprised of ads that help…

Nikki Bisel

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June 14, 2017

What is Marketing? | Part One: Content Creation

What is marketing? It seems like a simple question. While some may believe that marketing is mostly comprised of ads that help…

Nikki Bisel

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March 20, 2017

Six Reasons Social Media is the Future of Content Marketing

At least five days a week, your morning begins with the same incessant ring: “Wake up, you need to make money!” your…

Nikki Bisel

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March 2, 2017

Three Iconic Ways Brands Have Used Emoji In Digital Marketing Campaigns

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? For businesses embarking on ji ji in their digital marketing efforts, a picture is…

Nikki Bisel

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February 23, 2017

How To Use Emoji in Digital Marketing

In modern society, communication is king. Regardless of the culture you represent or the languages you speak, words have the power to…

Nikki Bisel

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February 8, 2017

Assembling an Elite Team is Key to Building Business Success

People, the world is full of them (7 billion of us, actually). And we are all unique in our own special ways.…

Nikki Bisel

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December 7, 2016

The Internet Marketing Sales Funnel: Traditional Meets Digital

Marketing changes fast. Technology changes even faster. This creates quite the hurdle when you’re looking to modernize your marketing and advertising efforts.…

Nikki Bisel

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October 17, 2016

Why You Need Digital Marketing Help

This article started simply enough. We wanted to take a look at some of the changes made to Google Penguin and offer…

Nikki Bisel

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August 30, 2016

How To Use Marketing Automation To Generate Quality Leads

You may have heard the term marketing automation buzzing around over the past couple of  years. It seems to be one of…

Nikki Bisel

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June 29, 2016

How to Improve Your Website Design to Increase Conversions

For any business that has a website, the one single goal that overrides all others in significance is the conversion rate. To…

Nikki Bisel

June 27, 2016

How to Approach Reputation Management in a Digital World

It can happen in a flash; an angry customer responds to a well-intended post on social media. They quickly share an awful…

Nikki Bisel