32 Free & Easy Instagram Story Templates for Businesses

Instagram is the most popular social media platform consumers use to follow brands they like, and I think it’s safe to say that Stories play a large role in this: Stories from brands have an 86% completion rate, and 58% of consumers say they’ve become more interested in a brand after seeing it in a Story. Only one problem: Small businesses don’t...

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Google Marketing Live 2022: The 17 Updates You Need to Know

It seems like just yesteryear that Google Marketing Live announcements were fewer but bigger. Like responsive search ads in 2018 or max conversion value in 2019. Performance Max could pass as the big one for last year’s event, but it remains a pretty controversial campaign type. But what does it all MEAN?! The point being, Google’s list of updates...

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42 Memorial Day Instagram Captions (+7 Ready Made Images)

Since 1775, America has seen over one million casualties of war. That’s one million individuals, one million families of those individuals, and to be quite frank, one million reasons to dedicate all of your Instagram content surrounding this holiday to our fallen troops—not the summer, not the beach, not the day off of work.   So read on for Memorial...

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Why & How to Add Hashtags to YouTube Videos (+Pro Tips)

From a novice’s perspective, hashtags are just a bunch of meaningless words added to social media content like Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. But the social media savvy know that there’s more to them—lots more. And not just on Twitter and Instagram, but on YouTube as well. Hashtags can improve your videos’ visibility on YouTube, but you must...

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2022 Search Advertising Benchmarks for Every Industry (New Data!)

Marketers and business owners are always asking us how they can be sure they’re doing a good job with their advertising, and rightfully so. Because, sure, your conversion rate may have gone up compared to last month, but is it a good conversion rate? Are your competitors seeing better results? Worse? And this is especially important to know with Google...

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50+ Free June Marketing Ideas for Sizzlin’ Hot Campaigns

June. School is out (is it ever in?) No more warm weather teasers. Accordions abound (What? We’ll get to that later). June is filled with freedom and fresh air, so you can’t afford stale marketing campaigns! While it’s important to identify and harness content types and topics that resonate with your audience, it’s equally as important to step out of...

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5 Essential Questions to Ask in Every PPC Audit

Managing PPC accounts is a lot like playing a game: Once you understand the rules, you can start getting into creative strategy. Account audits are an important part of understanding the rules—essentially it’s getting the board ready to play. While there are different checks to be done in a PPC audit—some weekly, some even daily—many of them can be...

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The 7 Best Free Social Media Management Tools in 2022

Time-consuming. That’s one way to describe posting to social media, reviewing analytics for each platform, and handling other aspects of social media marketing manually. No wonder social media management tools are in such high demand. But with so many to choose from—and some with hefty price tags—you may struggle to figure out which tools are both...

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How to Find Your Target Audience in 5 Steps (With Examples!)

If you’re trying to please everyone, you’re pleasing no one. Right? It’s also true for your marketing: If you’re trying to reach everyone, you’re going to reach no one. People might see your ad or take a look at your website. But your ad and your message won’t resonate with anyone if you don’t have a specific audience in mind. That’s why it’s essential...

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The 2022 Guide to the Perfect Google Ads Account Structure

Optimizing your Google ads involves lots of things: ad copy, targeting, scheduling, and more. But what a lot of beginner advertisers don’t realize is that their ability to do all of that—and to do it efficiently—is impacted by how their account is structured in the first place. And with all its layers, features, and settings, mastering (let alone understanding)...

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