Why A Digital Agency is so Important Today or How to Win at Digital Marketing.

Why A Digital Agency is so Important Today or How to Win at Digital Marketing.

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

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Why Facebook Jail is going to become more commonplace for users in the future. And what you can do about it.

Why Facebook Jail is going to become more commonplace for users in the future. And what you can do about it.

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

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The Spicks & the Specs of Spec Work

The Spicks & the Specs of Spec Work

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

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The Correct Way to do Facebook Interest Targeting

The Correct Way to do Facebook Interest Targeting

If you are wondering how come Facebook ads seem to follow you around, here’s how: Its called Facebook Interest Targeting. As a marketer you need to know how to make it work for you. How do you know how you’ve been Facebook Targeted? If you check out my Youtube channel there’s a video I did showing how to find out how Facebook advertises to you. In fact Facebook is the

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The ODPMTT and building a Best Social Media Strategy

The ODPMTT and building a Best Social Media Strategy

What the ODPMTT disaster can teach us about doing business online. On October 10th the ODPMTT or Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management was part of TATT’S 27th ICT open forum. The title was Resilient Communications: Staying Connected During a Disaster. Mark Lyndersay of Lydersaydigital.com attended and recently reminded us via Facebook post that everything said at that meeting, especially by acting CEO Colonel (ret) Dave Williams, was lip service

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Programmatic advertising and Death of Large Ad Agencies

Programmatic advertising and Death of Large Ad Agencies

Programmatic advertising may spell the death of the large ad agency and not just the creative part of an agency, but media buying as well. There has always been the fear of automation, of having an intelligent machine, or program, take over the role of making something that humans used to do before. It has happened in many industries, the car manufacturing industry for one. In fact, in recent times

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Facebook advertising: Crafting a better Facebook visual.

Facebook advertising: Crafting a better Facebook visual.

Facebook advertising requires many varied ingredients to come together to realise an ultimate digital marketing goal. Take a minute to watch this little vid. A Few Good Creatives The line that you should print and stick somewhere prominently is “We write great ads or people die.” It’s a bit extreme, to be sure, but it drives home that crafting a message and making it creative will set you apart from

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