Digital Marketing Blog

Are you looking for a gift to reward your in-house or contracting digital marketer for a great job this year? Perhaps you have a family member who works in digital marketing, and you’d like to get them a useful gift for their job. Or maybe you are a digital marketer, and you’d love to drop […]

Planning for the holidays always involves big lists – there’s food and gifts to buy, travel to plan and events with family and friends to juggle. Planning your holiday marketing needs a list too. But if you put in the effort in the weeks beforehand you can enjoy some well-deserved time off when the holiday

If you’re a modern business you should have a digital marketing strategy. But even if you do, you might still struggle to come up with content ideas. There are people that can help you with that. And we’re not talking about professional marketers (although of course, professional digital marketers can be a great asset to

Every business needs a good digital marketing strategy, whether you run it in-house or outsource to a digital marketing contractor or agency. But like any plan, there’s no real point to it, unless you are continuously measuring it against your desired outcomes. That’s why your strategy should include a series of marketing metrics that you

A webinar is an amalgamation of the word’s ‘web’ and ‘seminar’. It refers to an online presentation over the Internet using webinar software. Participants can generally join from anywhere in the world. Many organisations use webinars to educate, inform, and promote their products and services. They’re often conducted live and can be an effective tool

Do the blogs and social media posts you create follow a plan that makes sense for your business and drives things forward? Or do you find yourself posting in an ad hoc way, with bursts of content (some relevant, some totally random) some weeks and then nothing for months on end? Perhaps you aren’t utilising

If you’re relying on social media for your marketing, then you’re missing a huge opportunity. It’s amazing how many businesses aren’t building an email list and taking advantage of email. If done well, email marketing is a direct opportunity to communicate with an audience who once engaged with your product or service. If you’re not

Congratulations you’ve set up your digital marketing business. Now you just need some clients!  There are a few ways you can get clients as you begin your business. You can try online job sites, listing yourself on work directories, cold pitching, or warm pitching through networking.  However, if you find them you need to make sure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has raised concerns among many, because of its potential impact on jobs, lack of regulation, and ethics. I must admit, as a copy and content writer, when AI dropped, I was deeply concerned about what it meant for my career. It didn’t help that several colleagues compared my role as a copywriter

Marketing is about exchange. In a general sense, commercial marketing is straightforward. For example, I will give you $2 and you will give me a chocolate bar. However, marketing for behavioural change is a more complex task. How do you convince someone that if they exercise for 30 minutes a day, they will reduce their