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You’ve got your tweets, your likes, your shares, your double taps, your swipe-ups…and the list  keeps expanding as new social platforms emerge and evolve. Without a doubt, the social media landscape can be a loud, crowded, and challenging place to navigate, break through, and get your voice heard—especially if you’re starting from scratch. With all eyes on social media’s newest darling, Clubhouse, there’s no time to waste—if you can grab an invitation and beat your competitors to the front of

What We Know - Apple’s Impact on Facebook Ads This is what our team currently knows surrounding the impact this change (update) from Apple will have on brands/businesses currently running ads on Facebook. *Facebook’s Pro-Active Opt-in* In an effort to get ahead of the situation, Facebook will be implementing its own preemptive opt-in ahead of Apple’s own. This opt-in is to provide context to the changes being instituted by Apple and reduce the number of customers blindly opting out of

HAPPY NEW YEAR! That felt fantastic. “Hey, last year, see you never.” Well, that’s not entirely true...before we store “2020” in the cloud (and in our minds) in the “DO NOT OPEN” file, let’s take a look back at some of the lessons learned and successes earned during this complicated, uncertain year.  We reached out to some of our fellow SMBs, asking them to share the silver linings that came about during this often dark time.  We share these “wins”

The popularity of podcasts has exploded in the last decade. As of January 2020, there were 850,000 active podcasts—up from 500,000 in early 2018.   Podcast consumption dipped a bit in the early days of the pandemic, but the number of podcast listeners has recently bounced back to pre-COVID levels. Today, more than half of consumers over age 12 listen to podcasts, mostly on mobile apps. Thanks to the exponential growth of technology, starting a podcast has never been easier.

In the final 2020 episode of our Digital Breakthroughs podcast, we wanted to shake things up with a guest host! This week, our own Director of Marketing, Matt Erickson, took the podcast reigns and put CEO Bernard May in the virtual hot seat. To close out the year, our CEO wanted to unveil a new strategic marketing framework that we use for all our clients so you, too, can add it to your marketing toolbox for 2021.   We call

2020 has been brutal for small businesses. Millions have had to cut staff and scale back their operations. While some businesses qualified for loans or debt relief under the CARES Act, others weren’t so lucky. It’s been a tough year, for sure. But there are reasons to be hopeful. With the new year upon us, now is the time to solidify next year’s marketing strategy. Even on a tight budget you still have plenty of options. Here are some tips