Do you work in marketing? Are you struggling to capture the attention of your target audience? If so, you need to read this article to find out what you should be doing. One of the most important steps in marketing is understanding your customer. All too often, marketers get caught up in the minutiae of their work. Forgetting that they are working to create something for someone else’s use.So let’s
Nowadays, a company needs a digital agency. If only to keep up with the ever-changing world of marketing. Digital marketers are much more than social media managers. They are responsible for implementing marketing strategies. Strategies that align with the company’s business goals and objectives. These professionals help you develop your customer base. By focusing on customer engagement and building relationships with them through content creation. There are many companies out
Need a logo design? Tough. I don’t do that. I build you brand. That is all. Be so informed.
So you’re in Facebook Jail, banned, restricted from liking, commenting and posting. I’ve been there recently and I’d like to relate my experience and what I’ve learned as a digital marketer. It’s correct to say that it’s becoming difficult to play virtual whack-a-mole with Facebook’s “Community standards”. There is a fine line between trampling freedom of speech and protecting the community from abuse. Unfortunately as a marketer one slip up
The way to get paid digitally locally is best described as fragmented, but it’s not unnavigable. This is part two for my previous article on why now is a good idea to get an e-commerce site. You can read that here first. Note at the time of writing this article the Government created a “Post Covid 19 Reconstruction” committee. This committee’s mandate is to, amongst other things, help further along
What if the MadMen team were working from home? It might be entertaining & also a learning experience that with Corona it’s no longer “Business as usual”
We all know Baby Yoda from Disney Star Wars The Mandalorian. via GIPHY Incidentally, Disney’s been trying to remove all Baby Yoda gifs from the internet, citing “Copyright infringement” Sorry House of Mouse, I don’t think that’s going to work. Ok so he’s stolen the spotlight. But the show on Disney+ has some of the best post credit scene artwork I have ever seen. There are a number of artists who
Google Ads are like planting seeds in a garden. Plants need water man. I learned a long time ago, having been given cacti over the years, at McCann, that I’m not really good at keeping plants. This is of course different from planting plants in a garden, but yeah I’m not really good with that either. You’re probably wondering where I’m going with this? If you’ve read my previous article
TL:DR A secure, well made website can cost between US$175 to up to $US5,000. I explain what you get for those prices by doing a breakdown from doing a simple landing page to a large e-commerce site. Whilst chatting with a real estate client of mine, he shared with me an interesting insight. He said “One cannot sell real estate these days without having online real estate.” This got me
The ecommerce industry has been experiencing steady growth over the past few years.
In fact, Statista predicts that global retail ecommerce revenue will amount to $4.88 trillion by 2021.
Come let me tell you a tale of pirates, big bosses DMCA takedowns and the struggles of being a t-shirt entrepreneur using teepublic.com.
“Any band that tells you it’s all about the music is bullshit.” – Derek Riggs- an artist you should know.
My five Indesign cheats are here to help you. Using advanced searches like GREP and resizing pages with liquid pages will certainly show you the power of this Adobe app.
Producing a Weekly Podcast: “But That’s Not Important Right now“ As a weekly podcast producer, I want to share my challenges. Who wrote this anyway? I don’t consider myself a “Podcast producer” But my friend Jarrod and I decided one day to start talking on Zoom. I would then take the recordings and put them online. This in theory was an awesome idea. Doing it, that’s another story. This is
What is Website Testing? Why should you test your website? Website testing is the process of analysing a website’s performance. It’s important to review your site’s content, design, and functionality. Website testing is an important step to take, as it can provide a lot of insights on your visitors. It’ll tell you more about who they are, what they want from your website and how they interact with it.Website testing
Republic Bank Limited’s much needed digital banking upgrade quickly turned into a nightmare for the company. Let’s talk about it and learn from it.
How to work with your graphic designer. Or how I learned to stop worrying and let the creative weirdo do it. This was part of my speaking notes for my presentation on The Brandprint Summit held in August 2020. This blog is connected to this presentation here. So you installed Canva and are scrolling through tons and tons of templates, reds and blues, pretty stock imagery flying past, you find
Transitioning your business in a post Covid-19 world. 5 ways you can do it. In this article I’m going to talk about how to make that transition from normal operations to operations in a post Covid 19 world. I read this article about gyms being a “thing of the past”. I don’t agree entirely with that broad statement, but things will change. One of the solutions offered is only allowing
The spicks and the specOf the girls on my mindWhere is the sunThat shone on my headThe sun in my lifeIt is dead. . . Bee Gees – “The Spicks and the Specks” It is dead Spec work is the best way to destroy an industry. Many would argue that “Speculative work” is the best way to get the top tier work from creatives. I’m here to tell you that