Is DIYing Your Website A Good Idea?
Is DIYing Your Website A Good Idea? Thanks to Pinterest and HGTV, everybody’s into DIY (Do-It-Yourself) these days. We think that’s fine if you learn how to make a wreath for your front door or even remodel the bathroom, but trying to build your own website may be a bad idea. We’ve all heard […]
What To Do When Business Is Slow? Just Keep Rowing
For years now, my motto in life as well as in business has been, “If there is no wind, row.” If business is slow or failing to grow: Keep rowing. For us, the wind symbolizes a good team, good clients and good sales. We’ve discovered there will be times in business where the wind is […]
What is Geofencing and How Does It Work?
Remember mass marketing – when finding your target audience could be like standing at one end of the gym and trying to make a basket at the other end of the court? With tools like geofencing and remarketing, those days of “Hail Mary Marketing” are coming to an end. Businesses used to waste thousands of […]
Why You’re Website is Not Showing Up on Google
Why You’re Website is Not Showing Up on Google You know that cheerleader in high school you tripped all over yourself trying to impress, and, for about five minutes, thought was your girlfriend? One minute she made you feel like Maverick in Top Gun and the next like Steve Urkel? Google is just like her. […]
Top 10 Ideas to Achieve Digital Marketing Success in 2019
It’s never too early to get a jump on next year’s business plans or to start listing the goals you’d like to accomplish. And if digital marketing isn’t close to the top of that list, 2019 might get a little bumpy! Don’t worry, the team at Design the Planet has you covered. Each year we […]
How to Create Marketing Videos on a Budget
It’s likely you’ve heard by now that video marketing is the new sensation that’s sweeping the…well, globe! Recent data from Cisco anticipates that roughly 80% of all global Internet traffic will come from video content. In our current marketing environment, video content has become a necessity for many businesses attempting to reach their audience. What […]
Personalizing Websites: Adding That Human Touch
Personalizing your website can be executed in tons of different ways, but is mostly all about letting the interwebs see a more human side of your brand and […]
What’s with all these privacy updates? Breaking down the GDPR.
More than likely, in the last few months, several of your most frequented social media platforms and websites have popped up with this notorious message upon visiting the site: “We have made new updates to our privacy policy due to regulations from the GDPR…” This is no surprise; the world has been in a very […]
Does the tone of your website sound like your brand?
Marketers, these days, can easily promote websites using social media, paid advertising, SEO, and automated marketing to reach the target demographic that will have the highest rates of engagement online. While these integrated tools are indispensable to increasing that online traffic and expanding brand awareness, it can be easy to overlook one of the most important (and most […]