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Social media is a crucial part of marketing and growing your company’s brand in this day and age. It’s not enough to have social media accounts, though. There is a certain amount of precision involved in posting the right content at the right frequency and at the right time of day. So how often should your business be posting on social media? Here are some tips to figure it out.

Digital marketing is a crucial part of reaching your target audience in this day and age. Unfortunately, it is widely overlooked in political campaigns. According to CT Mirror, during the 2016 election season, Connecticut Republicans spent 12 times what Democrats spent on digital marketing, playing a major role in Republicans gaining 8 house seats and 3 senate seats.

Here is a conversation with John, Matt and Jeffrey Cohen on the future of ImageWorks,LLC.

How did Search Integrations come to life?

Matt: Search Integrations was founded as a millennial-driven digital marketing agency that emerged with an in it to win it attitude for our clients. Whether it was political, advocacy, non-profit or corporate clients, our foundation was to provide a custom digital plan that helped our clients dominate their competition. This included using our proprietary bidding algorithm and our creative digital marketing solutions.

Email marketing is a great way to grow your business. Emails can help build trust among your clients and strengthen your relationships. It’s a great way to reach people on various devices after they leave your site. In order to fully take advantage of email marketing, it’s important to make sure your strategy is effective. Here are some ways to improve your email marketing strategy. 

The reality of PPC management is that it's incredibly difficult, very deep, and obfuscated by Google intentionally. Compounded by the fact that competition among business classifications can be tough,  unless you have someone that really knows that they are doing handling your campaign, you are going to waste countless hours and huge amounts of money, while making a tremendous number of mistakes. The learning curve here is not to be understated.

Poorly run PPC campaigns end up wasting time (how do you quantify THAT loss?), the marketing dollars you are putting towards your campaigns,  and most importantly add to the cost of lost opportunity by missing out on potential new clients! Running a Google Adwords campaign and running a successful one are two very different things.

So why should you outsource your PPC management?  Because the company you hire to run your paid search campaigns understand all of the following:

To properly target your content, it’s important to consider your buyer personas. Your content should be speaking the language of your buyer personas and focus on addressing their problems. In order to create your buyer personas, you need to create an accurate idea of every aspect of your potential buyer. Here are some questions to ask when creating your buyer personas.

Social media is an important part of branding and promoting your business. However, if your social media isn’t done right, it will be of no use to you. Ineffective social media can be harmful to your business, as potential customers are less likely to trust your brand. In order to make your social media effective, it’s important to properly construct each post. Here are some tips for writing effective copy on your company’s social media channels. 

1. Get Personal

It’s important to remember the social part of social media. Users are on social media to interact with others in an informal way. Leave the business rhetoric behind and focus on your audience. Use first person words like “I” and “we” to make your posts feel more personal and address your audience directly. Keeping your posts personal is the most effective way to get your message across on social media.

So, you’ve mapped out your Google Ad, scoured through demographic data, personas and keyword planners to determine the optimal keywords for each of your ad groups. You even have a basic understanding of how to match your landing page for your campaign. Think that’s enough to rein in customers for years to come? It’s not.

You still need to write a memorable ad that invites customers to click. A poorly written ad that does not incorporate best practices can come off as spam or simply unappealing.

Writing Google Ads is a nuanced art. Even if your copywriting skills fall well below the titans of your industry, you too can make ads that get click-throughs and results.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an important factor not only to increase traffic to your website, but to grow your business overall. Because most searchers don’t click past the first page of results, it’s crucial that your site ranks well in search engines. Despite its importance, many people aren’t taking advantage of SEO and don’t fully understand the process and what it can offer. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about SEO.

Google is the Only Search Engine That Matters

It’s a well-known fact that Google is the most popular search engine. For this reason, it’s a good idea to focus your efforts on Google. However, forgetting about other search engines can be a mistake. Bing and Yahoo combined make up about 30% of web searches. Because Bing powers Yahoo’s searches, focusing your efforts on one will improve your rankings on both. 

Social media marketing is a great way to promote your brand and grow your business. However, unless you’re doing it right, it won’t be very helpful. Worried you’re not using social media to your full advantage? Here’s some mistakes you should avoid.