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Ten Ways to Use Google Trends to Increase SEO

Most people love free SEO tools. Google Trends is one of the most underused free tools; it is a place marketers can use to get their finger on the global pulse. Increase SEO using Google Trends in the following ten ways.

B2B Email Marketing

How to Incorporate Email Marketing into B2B Campaigns

Email marketing has been a popular strategy for decades, and there’s no sign of it slowing down as an effective marketing tactic. However, as a B2B business, successful B2B email marketing can be challenging. When it comes to B2C email marketing, many companies simply use it to promote new products or to advertise special promotions…..

JULIE 50th Anniversary

Stevens & Tate Marketing Wins Coveted Award Of Excellence 
For JULIE’s Long-Form Corporate Image Video

Stevens & Tate Marketing won The Communicator Award of Excellence for their 50th-anniversary video for JULIE, Inc. The video, titled “Protecting The People In The Land Of Lincoln,” highlights Illinois landscapes and JULIE’s dedication to safe digging and utility protection, using drone footage, inspirational music, and a heartfelt narrative.

brand identity prism

The Brand Identity Prism

Brand Identity is one type of identity to portrays the right image to its consumers. Logo, color palette, typography, and packaging are some of the visual components of the brand identity.

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The Advantages of Using Visual Metaphors In Advertising

Using visual metaphors in your advertising allows you to showcase your brand’s creativity and personality. As a result, your ads will be more memorable, and your audience will be more engaged.

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The Importance of Implementing a Marketing Dashboard

At this point in time, most businesses realize how important data is and how analyzing the data that they collect can provide valuable insight into the performance of their marketing tactics as well as into how their audience behaves.

How Your Web Page Speed Effects Your SEO and Google Ads Performance

Implementing a robust SEO strategy is crucial to ensure visibility and competitiveness in the digital landscape. Knowing how to optimize your mobile site for speed will make all the difference to your search engine rankings.

visual storytelling

Visual Storytelling Techniques That Will Take You To The Next Level

Not only has video content become incredibly easy to consume due to the quality of smartphones and tablets, but it’s become much easier — and affordable — to produce as well. Considering the fact that 72 percent of consumers would prefer to learn about products or services via video and that the average consumer watches around….

Factors That Influence Consumer Purchasing Decisions: Rethinking the Marketing Funnel

You need to understand consumer behavior to attract your target audience. In order to understand consumer behavior, you need to understand consumer purchasing decisions, and what influences them.

customer relationship

Customer Engagement Strategy

Learn how to build a long-lasting relationship with your customer, by following these 3 steps.