As marketers, we oftentimes forget that what is common knowledge to us is not common knowledge to others. It’s definitely not common to our clients, who hire us so that they don’t have to learn this information. At Smarter Searches, we each have our department
As a busy entrepreneur, you wear many hats; and if web designer is on that list, you know how overwhelming trying to build a website from scratch can be. You need to write all your content and organize it into pages, gather up your images,
Our last blog covered some of the ways we expected the novel Coronavirus to affect businesses and their marketing efforts. Although it seems not long since that blog was posted, we have seen dramatic shifts happen rapidly across industries including restaurants, grocery stores, and retail.
Your customers may email your business for a variety of reasons: a question about your products or services, praise for your business, or even a complaint or problem they have experienced with your business. Regardless of why a customer sends your business an email, they
One of the unfortunate aspects of running a business is that you likely won’t be able to please every customer or they might not love every aspect of your business. As the use of social media has continued to increase, so has customer reliance on
Black Friday for 2019 was a record-breaking year as both online and in-store figures rose over 2018’s numbers. Data from 2019 also demonstrates that more consumers than ever are comfortable with shopping and getting their deals on the go, as the number of shoppers using
Black Friday was originally the day after Thanksgiving in which many stores would offer discounts and deals on their products and services. However, in recent years, Black “Friday” has really become an extended weekend starting on Thanksgiving Day and ending on Cyber Monday. According to
Before we tell you why you should use A/B testing, you should first understand what it is. A/B testing is a method which helps businesses measure and achieve different types of goals (i.e. increase conversion rates), by comparing two versions of a webpage against each
When you first start working in marketing, most of us have big dreams and ideas about how it will work, the products you will be advertising, all the fun and creativity you will get to be a part of. But oftentimes, in this industry, you
On May 25th, 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws will go into effect. GDPR is designed to protect the personal data of citizens of the EU as a part of their “consumer first” approach to data protection. The EU’s rollout of GDPR
