The Marketing Agency If you didn’t read my post on Paul Roetzer’s amazing book called The Marketing Agency Blueprint, you should absolutely read it. He discusses a variety of current opportunities, threats and transformations and provides a blueprint of how to build a dominant position in digital marketing. The biggest failing of business leaders is a…
Ad Blocking We all should know that when anything becomes too extreme, there’s a reaction to it. PPC and banner advertising has become an extreme issue for Internet users, particularly the growing segment of mobile device users. Continuously loading and annoying ads are crippling the customer experience and throttling bandwidth. The demand for ads has become extreme…
Consistently Promote Yourself and Your Business If you’re like me, you’ve probably had to sign a number of non-compete agreements or worse had to take your website down while you worked for a company. Logically and from first hand experience, I know taking a site down is unwise. Whether for you or your business, it’s…
Solve a Problem and Win a Customer Of all your digital content, your copywriting is the one that moves the needle for business. It orchestrates and choreographs a persuasive process to grow leads and sales. I can’t think of a more powerful aid to new business development and customer loyalty than great copywriting. Relevant, interesting…
SEO Services in SD and LA Hundreds of SEO companies and digital marketing firms in Boston, Los Angeles and in Silicon Valley offer services something akin to SEO. Yet, keyword loaded copy and buying blog guest posts doesn’t work now. . In my new book just published, I explain that content engagement is the key…
What is Going on With Vancouver’s High Home Prices? Where is the Vancouver housing market headed for 2020 and 2021? Some are calling this latest jump in prices a recovery of some sort. Yet, it seems rather sudden. Is this bubble sure to burst? It was only 10 months ago that Vancouver home sales dropped…
Smart Content Strategy for Insurance and Real Estate Startups Do you know why your insurance or real estate website sucks compared to the top sites in your industry? Why do so few people visit or return, talk about you and your amazing products and services or share your stuff on social media? Great websites are engaging,…
Vancouver Condo Market Still Booming As you may have read in the Vancouver housing market forecast for October, sales of homes and condos have rocketed. It’s unsure of why demand is so intense right now. That demand has spilled eastward into the interior and the Okanagan Valley, where buyers from Calgary are bidding up home…
Should I Buy a House Now or Wait? With the US economy doing well, and amidst a record bull run in the stock market, buyers here are asking again whether they should launch efforts to buy a house. They’re also asking when is the best time to buy a house? Young buyers in particular have…
Jim Cramer of Mad Money Jim Cramer is arguably the most interesting character in the world of investing. There’s plenty of reasons for writing about him and for you to know how he started in the world of investing and the stock market. You’re likely interested in what he’s saying about the stock market, which…
How to Increase Your Real Estate Lead Conversion Rates If you were to double or triple your online real estate lead conversion rate, how would that factor into your commissions? You’ve asked “how do I convert more of my Website leads” so here’s a number of things you need to do. One is to Wow them…
New Home Developments in Richmond Hill ON Almost quietly, Richmond Hill has grown to almost 200,000 residents which is Canada’s 26th largest city. The astonishing speed of population growth is due to the fact it is covers a large area north of Toronto, and many Toronto area homeowners are selling and moving to Richmond Hill….
The Vaughan Real Estate and Community Development Report The city of Vaughan is still a mystery to many people in the GTA yet this fast improving community is serving up some big lifestyle benefits for residents. The development plan for Vaughan is audacious and exciting as these videos below reveal. This post offers a good look…
Homes for Sale in Denver Buying a home in Denver this year might be the wisest decision of your life, and it’s cheaper than renting. Renting gives you no equity, but then you know that. Where to live? Denver has a good quality of life and the homes here are affordable. And Denver’s economy looks…
Finding the Right Restaurant Fast If you’re a vacationer in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, Las Vegas or San Francisco, you’re likely on a highway right searching with your smartphone for a great place to eat with just the right atmosphere. Where to eat right now? The right food at the right location. It’s…
Will Top Rankings Change Anything? If you’re jumping head first into social media and PPC for leads and sales, you might want to check out the real facts about whether Google is a better source. The fact is, websites and free organic traffic will never go away. And we’re getting close to a time when Google…
NetFlix Stock Price Forecast It was Mad Money’s Jim Cramer who named the 5 FAANG stocks (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google), but he wants to remove Netflix from it. The FAANGs are the super giant monopolies who can move the market and make their own terms. They have the finances and political power to…
Local Search Optimization What if I told you I doubled the traffic of a major hotel? Well, it happened. From 1.2 Million visits per year to 2.5 Million per year. A lot of people travel and search for hotels online and they often book with the first few they see. Being ranked at the top…
Digital Marketing Services Aurora Skilled digital marketing experts aren’t all living and working in downtown Toronto, Boston, or Los Angeles. And some digital marketing strategists have a broad skillset that provides the results you need at a fraction of the price of a Toronto agency, or a local one here in the Aurora, Richmond Hill, Markham…
2020 Stock Market Correction The 2020 stock market forecast was calling for more volatility. And with the pandemic, wow did ever happen! Good call except the cause was unforeseen. (This is an old post) If manufacturing comes back to the US, it is bound to stimulate investment, jobs, and of course stock performance. Yet, the monthly…