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We want to let you in on a little secret about paid media advertising. Ready? The number of clicks doesn't really matter! Say it with us! What prospects do once they click, that’s the good stuff. Think of it this way: What is worth more? One hundred ad clicks with one sales conversion or 50 ad clicks with 10 sales conversions? Exactly. The 20% conversion rate with 50 clicks is worth far more than the 1% conversion rate with 100

Although we may be well into 2021, much of what happened in 2020 will have lasting effects for years to come—especially when it comes to purchase behavior. While most of us shifted our spending in many ways due to closed brick-and-mortar locations, stay-at-home orders, and a lack of access to activities, experiences, and entertainment we’ve grown accustomed to—this led to an even bigger shift when it came to how we’re making purchases within the booming eCommerce ecosystem. Businesses around the

Offline Conversion Tracking Is Your Secret Weapon: Here’s Why It Matters Online conversion data doesn’t give you the full picture of who’s buying your products or services. Business happens offline, too. Someone might download a free eBook on your website but sign up for a service agreement in person. A homeowner might find a plumbing company via paid search but then call the company directly to schedule an appointment. A foodie might see a banner ad for a new product

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”

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