WATCH   LISTEN READ She has this way of articulating what I’m trying to say much more eloquently and concisely than myself. 🙂 For those of you who have ever made it through a business meeting or phone call with me, that shouldn’t surprise you. And it makes sense, quite frankly, as she represents The…

Read More

WATCH READ Anyone telling you brands can’t get reach and engagement off of Facebook or Instagram just honestly doesn’t know HOW TO. It’s that simple. The truth is always in the data. When we analyze the social media accounts we manage, including our own brands, we see two constants on Facebook. There are two main…

Read More

WATCH READ Ever hear the phrase – “you should try to put yourself OUT OF BUSINESS every day?” As an entrepreneur, it’s one that resonates with me big time. As a super small digital agency proven capable of working on the largest of large projects that any big agency does, it’s a concept that doesn’t…

Read More

WATCH READ Did you see this post? Even though we boosted it, and it got some engagement, there’s still an 80% chance you won’t see it. That’s why we post 3-5 times per day. This is due to Facebook’s algorithm, which only shows a certain amount of posts from brands users follow in their news…

Read More

READ Recently a colleague wrote me an email that read: “The data is really only useful if you know what to do with it, right?” Very true. Which inspired me to write this blog post about heatmapping. Many of you have heard of it. A few more actually know what it is, but even less…

Read More

WATCH READ As marketers we TALK all the time about “putting ourselves in the audience’s shoes.” It’s extremely important to know who we’re talking to, of course, but recently I’ve started to realize how much more important it is to cut through the clutter and just flat out tell the audience the value proposition of…

Read More

WATCH READ As you can imagine, I get asked a lot of questions on a daily basis from clients. I try to take the most common questions and roll them up into video and blog content here at Data Driven Design. One of the most frequent but really basic questions I’ve been asked lately is…

Read More

WATCH READ Your fans, you know, the ones that like your Facebook page and follow you on social media. Do you know WHEN they’re online? Well, the truth is ALWAYS in the data my friends, and on these pay to play platforms like Facebook, you know as well as I do the challenge of reaching…

Read More

READ Often seen as “the easiest job in the NFL” – the “clipboard holder.” Why would I say that the correct mindset is to think like a back-up quarterback? (It’s not because I’m from Michigan State and we typically have the most back-up quarterbacks in the NFL – see Drew Stanton, Cardinals, Brian Hoyer, Patriots…

Read More

WATCH   READ I’m extremely passionate about finding ways for emerging brands and small to mid-size businesses to actually make an impact on Google Adwords. After years of seeing CPC and first position costs skyrocket, I’ve been testing a lot on Google Adwords Express (I think of it as a remnant product). The concept is…

Read More