READ Last week, Instagram made changes to their API without letting Web Developers know, and it affected many third party apps that track analytics, follower growth, follow-backs and more. But it also affected basic websites that simply pull in Instagram feeds. Some WordPress Plug-ins, like Feed Them Social, still have the free version working, but…

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WATCH READ If you own a restaurant, or manage marketing for a storefront location – a product based business – not a service based business – there are certain web design data points and digital marketing analytics that drive what works best for your business in a very specific way. 70%-80% of people viewing your…

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WATCH READ Breathe easy. You don’t want to see your own ad. Here’s why… One of my most frequently asked questions is by clients who don’t understand why they don’t see their own ads when running Adwords campaigns. They’re bidding on the top spot. They’re ready to rock. They search for their own keywords, hoping…

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WATCH READ What do you want people to do? Call Your Business? Visit Your Storefront? Take Action On Your Website? When getting stuck at that first screen of creating a Google Adwords Express Ad – just pick one and go. 🙂 I’m all about finding what works to generate business for any company. The data…

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WATCH READ I’m on a mission. I’m on a mission to show marketers the tools available to them to quantify their promotional efforts. Translation – let’s use data to see what’s working – NOT OUR OPINIONS. One such tool is hidden – nested deep – if you will, within Google Analytics – it’s called “Top…

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WATCH READ Facebook isn’t “just Facebook” anymore my friends. And I don’t even watch the news, so I’m not sure what that statement means to you, but what it means to me is – Facebook is a FULL BLOWN digital analytics platform. You probably know of my obsession with Google Analytics – the amazing web…

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READ I’ve waited for a few weeks to make this post. Well, I’ve procrastinated, as today is the day that my Michigan State Spartans DID NOT win the national championship. In fact, not only did that NOT happen, but their arch rival Michigan Wolverines made it to the Championship game of the NCAA Tournament, losing…

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WATCH READ Yo, one question I’ve gotten for years from clients, partners and co-workers, and STILL get all the time, is how to write for SEO. Both conceptually and tactically. From a conceptual standpoint, it always makes sense to write for the user first, establishing a voice that they can relate to and make it…

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READ I’ll never forget this day as long as I live. I’ll never again get April Fools’d the way that it happened to me, clear as day, in 2004. I was the newly minted Director of Public Relations for the 2003 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock. Just 22 years old. Working my ass off for the…

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