Marketing success is not just the result of sound strategy and disciplined execution. Those are of course key ingredients, but there's one more ingredient that I would argue is more important: Your mindset. Over the past many years I've created and executed marketing plans, I've come to realize that long-term success or failure is often [...]
I recently received the following question, "What are the steps to improve my marketing return on investment?" Like most general marketing questions like this, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. The steps for your business may not be the same for my business and vice versa. It all depends on your current situation. So the bad news here is [...]
Many businesses are so eager to get ranked in Google that they overdo it. They use aggressive SEO techniques that ultimately backfire, pushing their website further and further down the rankings... It reminds me of the guy who is trying so hard to impress a girl that he ends up doing the complete opposite - she runs away. When you overdo it with [...]
We're already a couple of weeks into the New Year, so it's time to buckle down and create your marketing plan for 2023 if you haven’t already. If you have writer's block, then this 4-step process will help you kick-start your planning. Before we dive in, I need to clear up an all too common [...]
Did you know there are 4 parts, or pieces, that every successful digital marketing campaign must have? If you're missing or deficient in any of these 4 areas, then your marketing will fail. It's really that simple. That leads us to the first key concept here... Digital Marketing Is A Lot Like Assembling A Puzzle [...]
As we start the New Year, it's important to take inventory of where you are right now with your online marketing so you can set aggressive, yet attainable goals for the coming year. To help you in this process, I put together 21 questions that need to be answered honestly and accurately. The questions go [...]
I recently had an interesting conversation with a business owner who wanted to start working on search engine optimization (SEO), but her husband (the other owner) didn't agree. This was one of those classic sales problems that I'm sure you're well aware of. The husband didn't see the value in SEO because currently all of [...]
This Sunday is the 2022 New York City marathon. Although I’m not running in this year’s race, I ran the NYC marathon back in 2015. I went through my old notes from the time, and I had 3 major takeaways from my training and race experience. There are a lot of similarities between training for [...]
Want to know the one, most critical factor that will determine the success or failure with Google Ads? I'll give you a hint: it has nothing to do with copywriting, quality scores, landing page optimization, or any fancy automation or research tools. Don't get me wrong, those are all important, but they aren't the most [...]
Whether you're new to Google Ads or a wily veteran, I can pretty much guarantee you will eventually fall victim to Campaign Tunnel Vision. This little-known ailment occurs when you overly focus your attention and effort on just one piece of your sales funnel at the expense of all the other key areas. For example, [...]
