Are you struggling to stay innovative in marketing, because there are just simply too many things changing, and your daily tasks have you buried? Or, maybe you don’t even know where to go or what to do to stay innovative.
Inbound marketing is a powerful tool for generating leads and growing business because it’s driven by data. Knowing what metrics to look at and how to analyze them makes the distinction between a successful and unsuccessful inbound strategy. Measurin…
Are Paid Media and Paid Ads Worth It?
Are you one of "those people" who think Public Relations is a thing of the past? A tactic that doesn't bring in leads, is a waste of your investment, and can't be measured? If so, you are not alone. I run into this belief from customers quite often. …
Did this title catch you off-guard a little? Creating a landing page is one thing; creating one that drives results is another. If you’re like most marketers, you may not know if your page is performing as it could (or should). And in 2020, we want y…
There are (in my opinion) pillars to customer service and then there are KPI's. I think much of customer service is hard to put an exact KPI to as it depends on so many variables: how do they feel today, what is going on in their world, how big of an…
Actually, everything about inbound marketing is not about sales. They are very separate crafts – but when they’re combined, they can both be fire. In the past, marketing and sales have worked together about as well as glue and water. The creative pla…
The Story of Travis McGinnis of Leighton Interactive
Ok Google, is my brand ready to be discovered?
Achieve Services is an outstanding non-profit in Minnesota that dedicates its time and resources to employing adults with disabilities and finding them other enriching opportunities. When they found out their government funding would be cut by nearly…
Have you ever heard of the word “octothorpe?” Meriam-Webster defines it as another word for the pound (#) sign. And ever since Chris Messina invented the first hashtag in 2007 on Twitter, the # sign has taken the social media world by the handle with…
Back in 2013 or so, I was using YouTube’s video transcription feature to create a transcript for a client video to use in a blog post. The video was about knee pain. It had a section where the doctor said, “…sometimes, you don’t know why your knee hu…
Raspberries from Hopkins, MN Over a decade ago, my neighbor and dear friend Andy transplanted some of his prized raspberry bushes alongside the fence that runs around the property in my backyard. When I say prized, I mean prized. Special-as-hell. The…
Have you ever read the book "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls? When you get to the end, I promise you'll be crying like a baby. My daughter just completed fifth grader and her class had wrapped this book up and she lamented over its ending, …