Category: Marketing

If you’ve ever woken up to a trending hashtag about your brand — and not in a good way — you know how fast a small issue can become a full-blown PR crisis. Fortunately, I have not been there, done that, or got the t-shirt, but I know plenty of people who’ve been left holding…

Remember the last time you got an email that started with ‘Hey {First_Name}’ and immediately felt like deleting it? That visceral reaction isn’t just about poor execution — it signals a fundamental shift in buyer expectations. HubSpot research shows that 78% of customers expect more personalization in business interactions than ever before. Yet only 47%…

HubSpot‘s Transactional Email add-on is a specialized email delivery solution that helps businesses send automated, relationship-based communications like order confirmations, password resets, and account updates through a dedicated IP address. With seamless CRM integration and unlimited sends that don’t affect your marketing contact limits, Transactional Email ensures reliable delivery of critical customer communications. Here‘s what…

With more than 1 billion monthly active users, Instagram is one of the most essential social media platforms for marketers and business owners to connect with their audience. If you’re new to the platform, you’re probably wondering how to get Instagram followers who are genuinely interested in what your business has to offer. Growing your…

Microsoft Excel know-how is so expected that it hardly warrants a line on a resume anymore. But how well do you really know how to use it? Marketing is more data-driven than ever before. At any time you could be tracking growth rates, content analysis, or marketing ROI. You may know how to plug in…

Whenever I work on branding with companies, I see everyone light up about the tactics. It’s fun to play with logo makers, brainstorm names with ChatGPT, or post their first updates on Instagram. Yes, your product, logo, website, and name are all elements of a strong brand identity. But what’s less flashy (and far more…

Do you need to learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in web design when you can easily create websites with AI-powered tools? That’s a question that stopped me in the tracks because there’s no easy answer. Still, for someone whose first taste of web design was with Macromedia Dreamweaver, I’ll say it helps to know how…

When I started in content marketing in 2013, my digital marketing analytics strategy was refreshing Google Analytics to check if page views were up. Traffic climbing meant we were winning; traffic dropping meant panic mode. Over many B2B SaaS roles, I learned that tracking traffic alone can‘t answer the question every exec asks: “Is our…

There’s a challenge brewing for businesses everywhere. Content is becoming virtually indistinguishable online, and it all boils down to the latest industry disruptor: AI. It’s no secret that AI adoption is reaching top speed across many aspects of life and work. Forbes predicts that by the end of this year, 378 million people will be…

Social media SEO is a hot topic right now, as it should be. Conversations around search engines and social media marketing have been happening for years, and it’s about time social media and SEO unite. As an SEO consultant with a boutique marketing agency specializing in search and pay-per-click, the biggest challenge I face in…