With approximately 250 million US consumers on the internet, it’s an absolute requirement for a business to have an online presence. Amidst this growth, some companies make the decision to forego a dedicated website in favor of a Facebook Page. While having any online presence is better than not having one, relying on Facebook to […]
Read More →What Are Good Click-Through Rates for Online Advertising?
With the increase in online advertising, one of the things our clients frequently want to know is how to measure the effectiveness of their online ads. While there are a number of good measures, the simplest and most commonly used benchmark remains ad click-through rate (CTR). So What’s a Good Click-Through Rate? Since this is the next, […]
Read More →Branding in the Age of Digital Media
Is Traditional Branding a Thing of the Past? I recently read an article by Brian Millar on Fastco Design about Why Branding Is An Artifact Of The Past. In the article he was basically making the case that traditional branding no longer makes sense, nor is it effective, in today’s digital age. He gave examples […]
Read More →SEO: Using Social Media to Build Links
While link building is only one aspect of a balanced SEO strategy, it’s a very important one. Because of the important of inbound links, it only makes sense to take advantage of one of the best sources of good links. We’re talking about using social media networking to increase inbound links and traffic. It doesn’t […]
Read More →Social Media: The Great Equalizer for Small Businesses
Note: This article originally appeared as a guest post for Grow Your Enterprise. Never A Better Time If you’re a small business owner, you’ve probably, at some point, debated with yourself on whether or not to do social media. Depending on how your internal debate went, you may be doing some already. At Frontera Marketing […]
Read More →Does Social Media Fit into the Traditional Marketing Mix (4 P’s)?
Is the Marketing Mix Still Relevant The 4 P’s of Marketing, or Marketing Mix, have been the traditional building blocks of the marketing foundation since the early 1950’s. While there have been changes and additions, these pillars have generally stood the test of time and remain key pillars in the science of marketing. The question […]
Read More →Why Large Companies Have Problems with Social Media
Emerging Patterns We engage in Marketing activities with a variety of companies and our work crosses a number of boundaries with regard to industry and available resources. Additionally, we’re fortunate to work with companies of varying sizes from start-ups to large and established entities. Over time, a number of patterns have emerged and one of […]
Read More →Social Media Use in Business: Social Customer Service
Ready or Not…Here it Comes Social Media as Customer Service function is an area that is developing very rapidly. This presents a number of challenges for all types of businesses as many don’t have a Social Media strategy and, more specifically, they don’t have a specific plan for Social Customer Service. Our advice to clients […]
Read More →Why You Need a Digital & Social Media Marketing Plan [Infographic]
Digital & Social Media Marketing Explosion Regardless of the size of your business or brand, it is more important now than ever before to have a Digital and Social Media Marketing component as part of your overall marketing plan. It should come as no surprise to anyone not living on a deserted island that the […]
Read More →Don’t Treat Twitter Like Facebook
No One Knows It All We’re a marketing company and we do a lot of Social Media. Believe it or not, people actually pay us to do it! You might be thinking, big deal. Right? Anyone can do Social Media and you don’t need to be an agency to know what you’re doing. To a […]
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