Inbound Marketing Blog

Community building is a necessary component of being successful online. The stronger the community you have, the more likely it is that you will be able to sustain your online business, whether you are selling goods online, making money through advertising revenue or selling a service. Having a strong brand is key on the web, especially with so many other businesses vying for that coveted spot as the leader of a specific industry or niche.

Social media presence is huge for a business today. Are you posting at the most opportune time to reach your audience or are you posting when you find time to?

When it comes to running a business some things can only be learned through experience. When your new business grows by leaps and bounds overnight, nothing can prepare you to navigate that kind of rapid company expansion quite like being in the trenches. Through our own journey in growing a company from zero to twenty, we have a couple good lessons worth sharing:

If you are trying to run an effective online advertising campaign of any kind, then it certainly pays to look into creating a good landing page experience for your potential customers. A landing page is simply a stand alone page that is created for a specific purpose of converting a potential customer that is geared toward a specific ad group or campaign. While a conversion can mean many different things, the conversion rate of your ad campaign is a definitive number that can mean the difference between a successful and unsuccessful campaign.

If you are unable to come up with a catchy, creative way to present data or begin an article, take a walk. A brief stroll can significantly increase creativity. You can walk around the office or around the block. Either way it’s going to help.

As content marketing trend continues to rise, businesses are spending increasing large amounts of time and money on it. The first step in content marketing is to simply figure out what you’re trying to accomplish. Do you want to generate leads or create a buzz? Many content plans fail because businesses have no idea what they’re trying to achieve. They just want to have a large amount of content because someone in the office went to a seminar once and heard that it’s a good idea. Content is a good idea, but there has to be an expectation. Here are some content ideas that are great for any business to follow.

When talking in terms of search engine optimization, we often used language that may be foreign to people outside of the industry. It always helps to be reminded that not everyone speaks the same language and understands industry jargon when speaking with prospective clients. The great thing about web marketing is that it essentially uses the same tactics and information as traditional marketing, but applies it to the Internet.

As the nature of business changes and moves more toward web based services and sales, it’s important to realize where your business stands with its web marketing efforts. Most companies today have some sort of web presence, most likely in the form of a website.

Boise, Idaho- Tribute Media, a Meridian based web design and marketing agency has recently been going through some big changes. They are growing at a rapid rate and have brought on a new project manager, Lindsey Bowshier.