Are you wasting your online marketing budget? 6 ways small businesses get it wrong
Here are six common ways small businesses burn money on digital marketing without seeing results. Don’t waste your budget on these!
October 9, 2026
Here are six common ways small businesses burn money on digital marketing without seeing results. Don’t waste your budget on these!
A lot of the startup marketing advice out there is either too vague (just build a brand!) or too expensive (run Google ads). If you’re running lean—and what startup isn’t—those options feel out of reach. What you need is something that works without draining your entire runway. That’s where content
Anyone remember the good ol’ bad days of SEO? When winning in the search results meant stuffing a keyword into all kinds of weird and woeful places in the copy? No? Good! Google and other search engines have gotten a lot better at discerning results that are actually helpful to
Short answer (we seem to say this a lot): It depends on your business. But let’s be honest; “it depends” doesn’t help much when you’re staring at a shrinking budget and trying to figure out whether you should post more on LinkedIn, hire an SEO consultant, or finally run that
When you’re a small business owner watching every dollar, paid ads can feel like throwing money into a black hole. One month, you’re getting leads; the next, crickets. Meanwhile, your organic blog post from six months ago is still bringing in traffic. So, should you focus on organic content? Or
Imagine you’ve just launched a new consulting firm that offers specialized services to growing businesses in your region. You’ve invested countless hours over the years developing your expertise. Successes with previous clients have enabled you to create powerful case studies. You’re confident that your knowledge and skills will impress prospects
97% of marketers achieved success with their content marketing in 2023. As a small business owner and/or marketer, you know you need to get into this marketing magic called “content marketing.” “Start a blog!” you’re advised, so you set up a blog section on your website and get ChatGPT to
A client recently sent us a Facebook post claiming that Meta admitted to shadow-banning posts with logos in images. We dug around and found no official confirmation. But it did get us thinking about the role of social media, organic social media in particular, and what businesses can (and can’t)
“Blogging is dead.” Now there’s a line people love to throw around. A look at Google Trends reveals that people have been asking the question “is blogging dead?” for years. But blogs are still here. And you’re reading one right now. Blogging has been around for over 30 years, going
“SEO stays the same.” Said no one, ever. AI is changing the SEO game, and it has been for a while now. Here’s the thing: AI is not a new concept in SEO. In fact, search engines like Google have been using AI algorithms for years to rank and display
Whether you’re looking for a place to eat, an auto mechanic, or a new accountant, one of the first things you do is Google. In most cases, the top results you’ll see (particularly on mobile) contain data from Google Business Profiles. Think of Google Business Profiles as the internet’s version
Who doesn’t love a good brand transformation? Perusing before and after images of a rebrand rarely reveals how much thought and work went into the change. If you’re considering rebranding your business, check out these lessons we’ve learned from helping our clients through the process. Why should you rebrand your
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