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Is performance marketing dead?
Marketing, Advertising, Branding, Content Marketing, SEO, Social Media June 23, 2023 | Tim Bouchard

Is performance marketing dead?

Digital performance marketing is the best isn’t it? Inexpensive clicks, direct call-to-actions, and fully trackable campaigns from impression to conversion. It’s so easy… or is it? Between privacy policies and decentralization of digital content, marketers Read More

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Is performance marketing dead?
Marketing, Advertising, Branding, Content Marketing, SEO, Social Media June 23, 2023 | Tim Bouchard

Is performance marketing dead?

Digital performance marketing is the best isn’t it? Inexpensive clicks, direct call-to-actions, and fully trackable campaigns from impression to conversion. It’s so easy… or is it? Between privacy policies and decentralization of digital content, marketers Read More

Does your website fail Google Page Experience?
SEO, Tips & Tricks, Web Design May 26, 2023 | Tim Bouchard

Does your website fail Google Page Experience now?

In 2021 Google Page Experience was introduced in Search Console. It initially had a minimum traffic requirement so it mostly affected larger sites. Then in March of 2023, the minimum threshold was reduced and a Read More

Things I Wish I Wrote: Spectrum Mobile’s “Unlimited $29.99, Next Line Free” Campaign
Advertising, Luminus Team, Marketing April 25, 2023 | Kellie Mazur

Things I wish I wrote: Spectrum Mobile’s “Unlimited $29.99, Next Line Free” campaign.

A series where a copywriter (Kellie) is not jealous about, but inspired by how other people’s words sound together. Spectrum Mobile has a current deal offering unlimited data plans for $29.99 with the next line free. Read More

Better brainstorms: where bad ideas reign supreme.
Tips & Tricks, Random April 04, 2023 | Tess Felton

Better brainstorms: where bad ideas reign supreme.

People love to say there are “no bad ideas” in brainstorming. This is a lie. There are plenty of bad ideas in brainstorming. In fact, your brainstorms should be mostly bad ideas. It’s not about pretending every idea Read More

The Secret to More Website Longevity? Better Site Mapping.
Web Design, Marketing, Tips & Tricks March 16, 2023 | Tess Felton

The secret to more website longevity? Better site mapping.

If you’ve ever looked at your website and wondered when its content and organization went off the rails, you’re not alone. For most companies, what starts off as a perfectly useful, functional website will slowly Read More

Things I Wish I Wrote: Hilton's 'It Matters Where You Stay' Campaign
Advertising, Luminus Team, Marketing February 20, 2023 | Kellie Mazur

Things I wish I wrote: Hilton’s “It Matters Where You Stay” campaign.

A series where a copywriter (Kellie) is not jealous about, but inspired by how other people’s words sound together. Hilton recently launched their “It Matters Where You Stay” campaign. The refreshed tagline, “For the Stay,” immediately Read More

How AI will impact SEO & content marketing.
SEO, Advertising, Content Marketing, Marketing February 13, 2023 | Tim Bouchard

How will AI impact SEO & content marketing?

AI is the hot new marketing topic and competition between the big tech giants, namely Bing (Microsoft) & Google (Alphabet) has heated up quickly (sorry IBM/Watson). Microsoft dropped ChatGPT in November 2022 and then surprised Read More

SEO Performance Metrics: What's Important?
SEO, Content Marketing, Marketing, Tips & Tricks January 23, 2023 | Tim Bouchard

SEO Performance Metrics: What’s Important?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the lifeblood of a website. Without direct transparency from search engines like Google about what can be done to improve search visibility, website owners find themselves in quite a mysterious Read More

Are you prepared to handle an SEO emergency?
SEO, Marketing, Tips & Tricks, Web Design December 19, 2022 | Tim Bouchard

Are you prepared to handle an SEO emergency?

What would you do if your website dropped off the face of the earth or in this case Google? It’s possible. Search engines like Google are constantly updating their rules and algorithms to improve their Read More

Choosing a B2B digital marketing strategy.
Marketing, Advertising, Content Marketing, SEO, Social Media November 28, 2022 | Tim Bouchard

Choosing a B2B digital marketing strategy.

Developing a B2B digital marketing strategy is no straightforward task. Wide varieties of proficiencies, audiences, and customer buying processes convolute even the most basic of goals. To complicate things even further, small businesses diving into Read More