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Creative Marketing Strategy Defined

According to the website, businessdictionary.com, the definition of creative marketing is, “The outline prepared by the creative team of an advertising agency for the launching of an advertising campaign or message. A creative strategy is generally the result of a...

Google Doesn’t Discriminate – Even the Big Guys Get Penalized

Getting on Google’s bad side doesn’t just happen to small companies, even the big guys get their hands slapped if they misbehave and the cost can be big. Earlier this year, eBay was hit with a search penalty by Google. eBay’s estimate of a loss of $200 million in...

Stop Cliche Marketing – Get Real in Your Messaging

cli·ché klēˈSHā kli-,kli-,ˈklēˌSHā/ noun a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. "the old cliché “one man's meat is another man's poison." synonyms: platitude, hackneyed phrase, commonplace, banality, old saying, maxim, truism,...

The Power of Why in Marketing Your Business

English poet and author, Rudyard Kipling, suggested the use of six questions – as a model for better thinking. Here is Kipling’s witty poem called, Six Honest Men: I have six honest serving men They taught me all I knew Their names are What, and Where and When; and...

Google My Business – What Does It Mean for You?

Google has been working hard on the launch of their new product, Google My Business, designed for small business owners in order to increase their visibility within Google Search, Google Maps, and Google+. Google provides services to two important groups, paid...

Three Business Lessons from Target – When a Giant Falters In the Market

What Not To Do – Courtesy of Target In November, 70 million Target customers were violated when tech criminals stole trusted personal information when they hacked into Target’s computers. Many feel Target blew an opportunity to build trust with their customers....

Online Marketing Has Changed the World, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Not too long ago, small mom and pop stores couldn’t compete with the big guys through traditional offline marketing. People went to the big name stores advertised in magazines, television commercials, billboards, and flyers. We thought big name brands meant quality,...

Penquin 2.0 Has Landed – Did You Get Affected?

Recent news on Penquin 2.0 shows that most of the sites that were affected were porn and gaming sites. A few big brand sites were hit as well, which further proves that no one is immune; sites like salvationarmy.org, dish.com, and REEDs jewelers. The official release...

Penguin 2.0 Is Coming – What Does This Mean For Your Business?

With the latest news about Penguin 2.0 coming out soon, many are hypothesizing and trying to plan ahead for their websites. What will this update include? Is my business safe? Every website owner should be asking themselves these very important questions. The best...

Happy Holidays from the Grafique Team

We hope we put a smile on your face. 2014 has been a wonderful year of growth for us. We’ve added new members to our team and have redesigned our website with a new, fresh face. We hope you like it as much as we do. As we approach the holiday season and the...

How to Prove Social Media Marketing is Profitable

Before you can begin to build your social media strategy your website should be filled with interesting and compelling content (blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and whitepapers). Why is that important? When used properly social media can extend the reach of...

Having Generic Keywords On The First Page Doesn’t Guarantee Sales/Clicks To Your Website

People seem to think just because they have a keyword or key phrase on the first page of Google that it automatically means people will buy their product/service. That isn't the case. Generic keywords, also called short keywords, are words or phrases with a relatively...

Why You Should Outsource Your Marketing

It is already common practice to outsource development, accounting, customer service, and other areas of your business because it’s been found to save money/time on overhead, commitment, recruiting time, training time, and expenses that come with a full-time staff....

Google Promoting Mobile-Friendly Websites

Starting on November 18, 2014 Google started to add a “mobile-friendly” label to mobile search results which they expect to roll out globally over the next few weeks. What makes a site ‘mobile friendly’? According to Google, a page can qualify for the...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a time for feasting, football, and family, and sometimes frustration. After shopping in long lines, missed flight connections, lost luggage, recipes that flopped, and relatives who can get under your skin, who couldn't use a few laughs on Turkey Day?...

Google Likes Long Form Content

The mantra ‘Content is King’ has not changed but the desired length of the content may have. Google understands how easy it is for webmasters to slap together a 400-word blog post and then optimize it for a keyword or two. Google is looking for and rewarding sites...

Twitter’s New “Buy” Button

After months of reports and rumors, Twitter unveiled their first commercial product – their “Buy Now” button. Twitter is testing through a small sampling of merchandiser partners how well the “Buy Now” button will work. This is the firststep Twitter is taking toward...

How to Bring More Customers in to Your Local Business

In order for any business to earn a share of the marketplace, there are four critical areas they need to work on: Engage, Grow, Increase, and Results. Engage You need to be able to engage your audience (in this case your potential customers). We can assist in...

Local Promotion Guide

In this day and age, having an online presence can be the best thing you do for your business. People search for what they need through search engines, typing in certain keywords to help them find businesses or services in their area. This is where local SEO...

Get The Most Out Of Your Online Shop Using Shopial

Do you have a shiny new online shop, with a service like Shopify or Etsy, but aren’t making your sales goals? Promoting your items on Facebook is one idea, but what if your store actually existed on Facebook? We’ve discovered a new tool called Shopial that will allow...

Get in tune with your prospects using Answer The Public

Knowing what questions your prospects are asking about your niche can help you produce better content, and help you rank better in search engines. For a while now one way to do this was to type in a keyword, and take note of what would come up in Google suggestions. A...

How to Research your Competitors with iSpionage

If you’re thinking about starting a Pay Per Click campaign, or you’re looking to improve your organic ranking in search engines, the place to start is competitor research. Looking at the keywords your competitors put money into, or rank for, can help you be much more...