Digital Marketing

Influencer marketing is at an all-time high, but the summit has yet to be reached. Influencer marketing is an outlet for people with authority to share information about your business or product.

Are you looking for a better way to keep track of your customers? Understanding consumer patterns, how often customers visit your business, and how much time they spend at your business not only helps you but can work to promote customer loyalty. Currently, one of the best ways to accomplish this is the use of geofencing.

Last month, we posted about how remarketing, also known as retargeting, can be an effective online marketing strategy for your business. Remarketing is a series of banner ads that target a potential customer after they visit your company’s website.

What exactly is remarketing? Sometimes referred to as retargeting, remarketing is a series of banner ads that target you after visiting a company’s website. So, for example, if you visit macys.com looking for a new coffeemaker, you may see Macy’s ads on other websites you visit afterward.

The millennial generation, defined as people born between 1982 and 2002, now makes up 25% of the U.S. population. This generation is larger than the Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1955) and three times larger than Generation X (born between 1961 and 1981). They spend approximately $1.3 billion a year on goods and services and this number continues to grow each year. Here are a few more interesting statistics that are important for small businesses to keep in mind.

Did you know that 79% of American adult internet users have a Facebook account? 78% of these users log in daily, and 55% of those daily users log in more than once a day. Usage of other social media sites, particularly Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter, is also quickly growing. To think about these statistics in a different way, this means that the vast majority of your customers, both current and potential, are using Facebook at least once a day. In order to reach them, your business must have a social media presence. How do you achieve this?

This past week, Facebook announced that they now have over TWO BILLION users. To put this enormous number in perspective, that’s about 27% of the entire world population. In the United States, 79% of American adult internet users have a Facebook account. Also impressive is how frequently social media sites are accessed by their users. 78% of Facebook users log on daily, and 55% of those daily users log in more than once a day. Usage of other social media sites is quickly growing as well. 32% of adults with internet access have an Instagram account, 31% use Pinterest, and 24% are Twitter users.

One of the most frequent questions our team hears from small business owners is, “Why do I need you to build my website? Can’t I do this myself for free?” Becky Chumley, Evolve Impact Group’s Director of Digital Marketing, explains it like this...