Display ads can be a great way to reach new customers and generate leads for a small business. But if ads are to be successful, you need to make sure that it converts. Here are five tips for creating high-converting display ads that will help you achieve your marketing goals.

Topics: Local Search, Small Business Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing Trends, Ice Cream Business, Amplify Your Content, Advanced Targeting

Developing a plan to reach your target audience, such as customers who may need a new roof, is one of the priorities of your business. There are several channels you can use to reach consumers, such as direct mail, digital marketing, reputation monitoring, and video production. Learn more about these plans and how to find the right strategy for your roofing business.

Topics: Small Business Marketing, Reputation Management, Sales and Marketing, Video Production, digital marketing

As mentioned in the previous post, we've been excited about 360 video for a while and the impact it is going to have on content for businesses, broadcasting and gaming worlds.

Our last post on 360° video showed examples of pictures and video, each of which were deployed and utilized in different ways. The process of creating a 360 video is a bit more involved than creating a conventional video and more involved than just taking a 360 photography. While experimenting with this technology we put together a three part series of videos that shows how we shot and edited our 360 videos...this post is about how to shoot 360 video for your business.

Topics: Video Marketing, Broadcast Video, Small Business Marketing, video seo, Video production tips, Post Production, Video Production

We've been excited about 360 video for a while and the potential uses it might have for businesses...not to mention personal uses as well.

Topics: Small Business Marketing, Video production tips, Online Video

Strategic Marketing: Lessons from Donald Trump

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last several months, you’ve doubtless fallen victim to the tsunami of media coverage surrounding the most outrageous, bizarre, disturbing, and entertaining personality in recent political history – the star and frontrunner of the Republican primary race for the presidency – Donald Trump.

Topics: Social Media, Video Marketing, Small Business Marketing, Reputation Management, Lead Generation, content marketing, Sales and Marketing, 2015 Marketing, Jobs

Local SEO is a powerful way to promote your business, especially if you are a service provider. Local SEO can help you attract leads and reach potential customers.

Topics: Social Media, Web Design, Local Search, Small Business Marketing, Lead Generation, SEO, Blogging, Google, Rankings, content

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The Math Behind Your Marketing

If you're a marketing professional then this blog may touch on a topic a little scary to you. Marketing math. Numbers might be something you shun or embrace. But either way, numbers can help you explain the madness or methodology behind client marketing campaigns.

As a marketer you probably work tirelessly to move the needle on a long list of metrics, no matter which industry you work in. You look at website visits, conversion rates, leads generated, social media engagements, shares, click-through rates…and the list goes on.

Topics: Video Marketing, Small Business Marketing, Inbound Marketing, 2015 Marketing

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Google My Business:

Did you know Google is more than just a search engine? It is also a directory, and a great one at that for small businesses.

Topics: Local Search, Small Business Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Lead Generation, content marketing

As Digital marketers, the Avanti team spends a lot of time in search engine land but more specifically, following and measuring traditional organic search results. Over the past months there have been shake-ups to search engine results pages - and when we talk about search engines, we’re referring to the powerhouse Google.

In case you haven’t heard, Google has come out with an update called Pigeon, which for the most part has affected how Google uses and determines a searchers location. 

Topics: Video Marketing, Local Search, Small Business Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, video seo, content marketing

Topics: Social Media, Small Business Marketing, Lead Generation, content marketing