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What to expect when hiring a digital marketing agency

What to Expect When You Hire a Digital Marketing Agency

Hiring a digital marketing agency is a strategic move that connects your business with experts who understand how to drive online growth. Whether you're looking…

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What to do when you don't have a marketing team

What to Do When You Don’t Have a Marketing Team

Let’s say what nobody else wants to say out loud: You know marketing is important. But you’re already juggling 57 other things. Hiring a full…

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Digital Marketing starts with SEO

Digital Marketing: It Starts With SEO

When we think about effective marketing, our minds are often drawn to a funny Super Bowl commercial or a clever meme being used for advertising…

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Ethical Web Design: Dark Patterns, Consent, and Doing Better

Web design isn’t just about pretty pixels, it’s about trust. In this post, I’ll walk you through what dark patterns are, why they hurt user…

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How SEO and I can fuel lead generation

How SEO and AI Can Fuel Your Lead Generation Efforts

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been a foundational element in marketing for years, and most business professionals have seen the benefits of implementing this strategy.…

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Digital Transformation for Manufacturers: A Leadership Playbook

It Feels Like 1994 Again I remember 1994 like it was yesterday. A time when people were proudly tossing around brand new terms like "World…

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How PPC can help drive qualified traffic

How Pay Per Click Advertising Can Help You Drive Qualified Traffic

In today’s crowded digital landscape, getting more people to visit your website isn’t the hard part — it’s getting the right people. Whether you’re a…

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Why smart B2B marketers will bet big on whitepapers

Why Smart B2B Marketers Still Bet Big on Whitepapers

One of the most misunderstood and underrated tools in business-to-business (B2B) marketing is the whitepaper. While other forms of content may seem to generate leads…

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Why you don't need to be on every social platform

Why You Don’t Need to Be on Every Social Media Platform (and What to Focus On Instead)

You’ve probably heard that your business “needs to be everywhere,” or you’ve been asked, “How are you not on [insert new social media platform here]?”…

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What We Learned at the 2025 North Canton Social Media Summit

In April, I had the opportunity to moderate the North Canton Social Media Summit, hosted by the North Canton Chamber of Commerce. It was a…

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Digital marketing for manufacturing

Digital Marketing Strategies for the Manufacturing Industry

Digital marketing has become essential for growth in nearly every industry, including manufacturing. As industrial buyers increasingly rely on online research to guide their purchasing…

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10 Takeaways from The 2025 Persistent Leadership Conference

I recently enjoyed attending the Persistent Leadership Conference last week, presented by Leadership Stark County. The day was full of great advice, exercises, and discussions…

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Smarter B2B Digital Marketing (Spoiler: It Actually Works!)

As a marketing agency that works with businesses of all sizes across many industries, especially B2B, we’re constantly asked what actually works when it comes…

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SEO Audit Takeaways

An SEO audit is a great way to do a deep dive into the health of your website. It helps identify what’s holding your site…

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3 Powerful Benefits of Local Business Partnerships

Most businesses naturally focus their time and resources on proven sales and marketing tactics to bring in new customers—think networking, sales calls, ads, social media,…