Web Content with Juice | 6 Steps to Writing Better Copy
By Molly Esselstrom |
Optimizing your onsite content to your offsite content, yet still keeping your readers engaged in your brand, is a win-win strategy for optimizing your pages.
B2C Marketing and the Power of the Social Customer
By Molly Esselstrom |
Welcome to the social B2C customer mindset. From our experience building marketing communications that are relevant for today’s customer, there seem to be a few keys to social B2C marketing. In effect, they turn traditional B2C marketing on its head, incorporating experience, social engagement and harnessing the power of the new “right now” social customer.
Facebook | A Shift from Static Brands to Shareable Experiences
By Molly Esselstrom |
There was a recent question on our Facebook regarding how to ensure a Facebook fanpage is being seen by followers. And why some pages show up more than others, if it’s even worthwhile to have a fanpage if it’s not being seen and to what degree Facebook ads influence a page’s visibility. Let’s address these
Custom Photography + Marketing Agency. Together At Last.
By Molly Esselstrom |
Savy’s integrated marketing team seemed complete. It was robust. It had over three decades of experience. And it was good at producing marketing results that kept its international client base successful. Also, it was always expanding. Yet, Savy’s clients were often in need of quality, custom photography that captured the essence of their brand and helped tell their story online. Photographs that were able to tell the story of where the products have been. They were also able to tell the story of why they’re worth their purchase. We commonly referred out to regional photographers for custom photography. But, as an […]
Building W3C Compliant Websites
By Molly Esselstrom |
Building W3C Compliant Websites Web standards is the new buzz phrase on the web. What are web standards and why build W3C compliant websites? Web standards are basically the use of correct web coding standards as laid out by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The web standards which are of most concern to modern
Getting Involved in Social Media Conversations
By Molly Esselstrom |
It’s simple: the key to social media is getting involved in “the conversation”. Getting Involved in Social Media Conversations Here are some numbers to illustrate the point: Yahoo! News receives 44 million visitors per month. YouTube garners over 70 million visitors per month. CNN.com experiences 28 million visitors per month. Facebook is closing in on
Creating Social Media Relationships | Getting to the like behind the ‘like’
By Molly Esselstrom |
As business leaders, we face new challenges. We’re not quite sure how or why to implement the lessons and promises of social media into what we’re already doing, nor do we understand how to experiment with it in ways that are beneficial. Further, we’re faced the challenge of creating relationships that are meaningful to the brands we’ve built or manage.
Getting Your Customers to Engage (Part Two)
By Molly Esselstrom |
First, learn about integrating your efforts in part one. Now, experienced business owners and successful marketers understand that their communications and content must be relevant to the consumer for there to be any type of recognition or engagement. Until recently, content consisted of whitepapes, articles, or press releases in print form. Today, content begins at the
LinkedIn with the Best of Em: Five Steps to Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile
By Molly Esselstrom |
The first step in optimizing your LinkedIn profile so that it works for your brand or business is to complete as much of it as you can. So if you’re looking for employment now or will be in the future, this is your online resume that deserves the same attention as you would put into
Getting Your Customers to Engage (Part One)
By Molly Esselstrom |
Experienced business owners and successful marketers understand that their communications and content must be relevant to the consumer for there to be any type of recognition or engagement. Until recently, content consisted of whitepapes, articles, or press releases in print form. Today, content begins at the website, then email, social media, online articles and releases,
6 Steps to Social Media Success (for big brands and small businesses)
By Molly Esselstrom |
Businesses today know they need to integrate social media into their marketing mix. But, most aren’t sure where to begin, how to manage it or how to develop a plan. Social media is useful for many types of businesses. This includes both big brands and small businesses. The correct use of social media helps companies
Send More Organic Search Traffic to Your Website
By Molly Esselstrom |
Yet another of Google’s changes to its ranking algorithm is in full swing. Sites with low-quality content will continue to see rankings drop. As Google pointed out, the change is not a sum zero one: if some sites drop in the rankings, others will rise. So how to make sure your site delivers organic search