Tips for Beginner Investors Investing in stocks isn’t a game anymore for millions of retail investors who open accounts in stock brokerages or individual retail investing websites. Self-directed investing is all the rage but many investors learn their is perils for those who don’t create a successful strategy. Trades are low cost now allowing higher…
Going Wide with Your Keyword Strategy Is your SEO and content strategy stuck in the doldrums? Have you been gunning for the top industry keyword phrases and are coming up empty? It could be your keyword strategy is too limited. It might be time to build a new keyword net to capture better results all…
Costs Are Down, Travel is Up⇑ The American Automobile Association is a massive network of local travel businesses with reach to tens of millions of Americans. They enjoy substantial data on travel consumer behavior and travel intentions, to draw accurate travel forecasts. This holiday season, they’re projecting 115.2 million travelers will travel more than 50…
Link Building Strategy for Travel Companies Link building is a much-aligned and unappreciated aspect of digital marketing. That view needs to be changed. As I mentioned in the Links as business-accelerator post, link building might be the most important task in digital marketing. Link-building is often painful for several reasons: lack of active marketing promotions…
Compare Lowest Home Mortgage Rates The talk of the stock market and housing market is all about the FED pivot and when the central bank rate will see its first cut. As the Mortgage Rates Daily chart below shows, mortgage rates have been on the decline and homebuyers and loan refinancers are anxiously hoping for…
Toll Brothers: The Best Homebuilder Stock? It’s too well known that the housing market is undersupplied. Even the affordable luxury market as it’s dubbed is insufficiently supplied. So while you’re scanning for the most investable, lower-risk stocks, there are a few new homebuilder stocks that stand out. One in particular, Toll Brothers Homebuilders has a…
The Fundamentals of Self-Directed Investing Tens of millions of people have no investment accounts and that’s a shame because it’s vital to have money set aside for retirement or for emergencies. Times will not always be booming and given how our governments manage our economy, there is sure to be pain inflicted on the general…
Stock Market Forecast for the Next 5 Years The 5 year forecast period is still a key timeframe for investors. That number represents cautious, sound and strategic investing, in contrast to day trading and get-rich-quick gambling. In 2023, there was a lot of concern that the markets would crash and underperform for years. With the…
Mountain Bike Manufacturer Marketing The global phenomenon of mountain biking is still in gear. And while some speak of industry slowdowns, there is huge demographic of 12 to 72 year old’s participating in the sport. Research and Marketing’s report forecasts that the mountain bike market is poised to grow by $3.13 billion during the 5…
Market Outlook for Next Week The major stock market indexes all rose about 1% last week, finishing off another week in a 4-week winning stretch. It’s safe to say the bull market rally that Tom Lee of Fundstradt bravely predicted is happening and we’ve got 5 more weeks of trading remaining in 2023. If the FED…
Keys to Affordable but Strong Travel Marketing Your travel agency, tour company, or travel management software won’t market itself. Instead, you’re going to need some creative ideas (like Red Cows) to grab the attention of travelers. Build your value proposition with some great promotional messages. Create and brilliant content and publish it via affordable yet…
Tools for Travel Management Companies The travel industry has been greatly impacted by the rise of SaaS travel management software. Why am I mentioning SaaS travel management platforms in a marketing post? Because they more than experience and financial management tools. They have marketing power too. Using them, your business looks more professional, offers better…
SaaS Travel Marketing Software as a Service platforms, connected apps, and SaaS partners have helped to revolutionize modern travel. It’s easy to say that the travel industry couldn’t have evolved without the amazing travel products and services which the cloud has enabled. This new technology and strong global travel demand is driving the ambition of…
A Guide to more Affordable Powerful SaaS Marketing Software as a Service (SaaS) has opened a prolific source of online revenue that’s made most other online business models seem pale in comparison. It’s the golden child of the software industry and endless new businesses and startups are being built on this cloud-based system. However, too…
The Power of Links to Your Website 2024 is almost here, and a better economy is just ahead. You’re reading because looking for that one thing that will boost your business leads and sales prospect pipeline. Normally, we’d say there is no magic bullet. However, there is one thing that could power up traffic, leads,…
Top 25 Important Things for First-Time Home Sellers Selling your first home might seem a little like watching your oldest teenager move away to go to college. It’s a big change for you and for them and anxiety is a normal reaction. After all, this is the first one and you’re not sure of the…
Real Estate Video for Agents Video is a powerful medium for marketing. And it can be for real estate marketing and sales too. Realtors who master this medium take it to a level most agents and brokerages don’t. But the benefits in impact, engagement, and lead generation just keep on coming, as you’ll see in…
Best Energy Stocks to Buy: Southwestern Energy Competing with behemoth oil & gas companies such as BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, Phillips, and others is Southwestern Energy Corp which draws most of its revenue from natural gas production. Is this the sleeper stock that could rocket to new heights as the Winter of 2023/2024 arrives? Let’s…
Why Home Sellers are Finding it so Tough to Sell Realtors today face a host of issues trying to generate leads. It might not be enough to solve one problem. Seller leads might be available, and these people are likely online on Google or Facebook or Linkedin searching and trying to solve their desire to…
Los Angeles Weather Forecast Beautiful, sunny Los Angeles, California, experiences a Mediterranean climate, characterized by mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. That climate has drawn millions to the city in the last 100 hundred years, to enjoy its beaches, hillside communities, theme parks, restaurants, and thriving business sector. Millions travel to LA every year…