I Don’t Need an Agency to Run My Social Media

3/21/2019 - The vast majority of business owners agree that being on social media is non-negotiable. The questions come in when deciding who will complete your social media marketing tasks? You can do it. But do you have time? Do you know what you are doing? You could hire someone. But that gets expensive, right? On today’s […]

Is Television an Outdated Form of Marketing?

3/15/2019 - Television has been around since the early 1940s, and millions of dollars have been spent on placing ads on the platform. Television used to be the main and most effective way to reach a wide range of people. But is this still true? Everyone has the internet in the palm of their hands. Has […]

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3 Ways Autonomous Travel Could Change Tourism

3/13/2019 - Originally a necessity, over time as the means to move have become less significant and cumbersome, and the perception of traveling navigated to leisure. Soon railroad infrastructures not only carried valuable goods and materials but wealthy travelers. Cars and planes revolutionized our accessibility to travel yet again, making our world increasingly mobile and empowering lower-class […]

Smart Speakers Are Forever Changing Marketing

3/11/2019 - “Alexa, play yacht rock radio.” This is a line I hear every time I visit my parent’s house. I don’t own a smart speaker, because I’m an Apple snob and I can’t justify spending the money on a HomePod. Not yet. However, my parents have integrated the Amazon Echo Dot into their home. They make […]

Do Higher Bids Equal Higher Placements?

3/7/2019 - It takes money to make money and the more you have the more you will be seen, right? Well, when it comes to paid digital tactics, that not may be the case. In today’s episode of The Marketing Myths Podcast, Tobaria and Aaron talk through the myth that the more money you throw at your […]

Understanding Your Visitor: Generations of Travelers

2/21/2019 - How well do you understand your core visitor? Going beyond age and income, what do you know about them? Do they have a shared interest? Is there a consistency in their family unit (or lack of family) that make them stand out? Does it change with the seasons? We know, and research confirms, that travelers […]

A Digital Marketing Trial: How to Prepare and What to Expect

2/18/2019 - Digital marketing is being pitched and sold by thousands of agencies across the country. And rightfully so, as consumer behavior now revolves around the mobile device. For the first time ever, digital advertising in 2018 accounted for over $106 billion or 51.5% of all advertising sales in the U.S. according to Magna Global. This statistic […]

My Demographic Isn’t On Social Media

2/14/2019 - Every business owner and marketer is looking for their “golden ticket” to reach their customers. For some reason, we keep hearing that the demographics a business is trying to reach aren’t on social. Is social media really only useful for reaching young people? Can you only reach affluent people on LinkedIn and the local newspaper? […]

You Can Set & Forget PPC Campaigns, Right?

2/7/2019 - Many marketers use paid search ads to serve text ads to people searching for their products and services. Pay per click, or PPC, campaigns can be very beneficial and provide a solid return on investment. However, some people believe that once the campaign is set up and started the job is done. Tobaria and Aaron […]

The Power of the Traveler Review

1/28/2019 - Familiar with the saying, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”? In the age of digital, a bad experience with a brand or product can have detrimental effects on said entity. Online reviews have become very important, as 90% of people read an online review before visiting a business. A squeaky wheel, or negative review, can […]

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