Here at Clench Media, we love hearing from like-minded digital marketers. It is always a thrill to exchange ideas and hear about their experiences with different online marketing strategies. This guest post was written by Brad Shorr, Director of Content Strategy at Straight North, a Chicago SEO services provider. With more than 25 years of sales a...
Niche Marketing has become a hit over the past few years. Unlike conglomerate corporations that target the masses and work with big budgets, niche markets target a specific segment of the population and usually work within a limited budget. Having a more focused approach, niche businesses come to know and understand their market really well and are...
How consumers spend their time online is something that has intrigued marketers since the dawn of the digital revolution. Their behavior, in regards to how and when they want to engage with a brand, is something that always seems to be changing. Because of this, businesses often struggle when it comes to continuously improving their customers' expe...
A study on attention spans conducted by the Canadian Consumer Insights team at Microsoft has been a hot topic among marketing professionals since its publication back in 2015. Findings in the report showed the average human attention span as dwindling - from 12 seconds in 2000 - to 8 seconds in 2013. In response, several marketers have shifted thei...
With so many exciting new marketing channels available today, it might be hard to believe that channels over 20 years old could still be relevant. Technology may forever be changing, and the list of new channels and tools for marketers to try may always be growing, but sometimes referring back to those old "tried-and-true" strategies is what ends u...
At the end of every year, marketing experts and bloggers love to put out their predictions about what content, tech, SEO, analytics, social media, mobile, and email trends will be hot in the upcoming year. In fact, with the amount of articles put out about predictions, it seems to be the one topic that marketers love to write about - and read about...
What do customers really want? That is the question marketers find themselves asking every time they set up a new campaign. With customers who are constantly changing their minds about how they like to engage with brands, and a never-ending flood of emerging trends to research and test, marketers today sure have a lot to keep up with! This is why...
Have you noticed an increase in traffic to your website, but no increase in conversions? That attractive new web design may have drawn people in, but you need to go further than web design to turn your leads into potential customers. You need to show them the next step - what action to take. Increased traffic to your website may make you feel good,...
Marketers are always trying to come up with new ways to capture their audience's attention. But no matter what strategy or tactic they end up trying, marketers must make sure they answer this important question for their audience: "What's In It For Me?" Known by experienced salespeople as the WIIFM Factor, this question represents your audience's...
There is a great paradoxical tension in the marketing world today. Customers want the content that brands send to them to be personalized, yet the sheer amount of content they receive each day overwhelms them and makes them demand more privacy. How can you send them the kind of personalized content they want, but also cut through all the marketing...