Tag: Local Online Marketing

 Black Bear Design is a proud Google Partner! This video from Google offers a rich program with a ton of takeaways if you are considering using AdWords for your digital advertising. Some fascinating facts: More than half of all web traffic is now coming from smartphones and tablets. 79% of consumers use their smartphones for […]

When was the last time you searched for something on Google? Ten minutes ago, maybe? Let’s say you were searching for a new marketing agency in Atlanta. You might type in those exact words, “marketing agency, Atlanta.” When you press enter you’d see a page of 10 results with anything from award sites, to websites, […]

Hello again! It’s me Lauren, the Social Media Strategist here at Black Bear. Thanks for joining me for part 2 of how paid and organic reach can affect your business’ social media presence. In my last blog, we discussed how to create a winning Facebook ad, which falls into the realm of paid reach. Paid […]

Ah, the IoT – the amazing web that connects the tiny glass phones in our pockets to almost every aspect of our lives, including voice controls on our door locks and our always-listening smart TVs and home devices. Have you ever wondered what might happen if the security of the IoT was breached or interrupted? […]

How To Use Visitor ID in Sharpspring to Find Leads I want to talk a little bit about how you can use the Visitor ID tool in SharpSpring to get information for some of the people that have been on your website, but they haven’t filled out a form or gave any information that would tell […]

Digital marketing has become increasingly multifaceted with the passage of time. Google’s algorithms are always in flux, turning search engine optimization into a highly specialized field. Web design, code, and content marketing all need to be placed carefully into a digital marketing strategy that has as much nuance and complexity as a Van Gogh painting. […]

Social media is the best, free way to market your business. Getting in front of potential customers in their homes, at their jobs or while they’re running errands is possible with the use of social media. Unfortunately, we can’t talk to hundreds sometimes thousands of people about the products and services our company offers. With social […]

A recent study conducted by eMarketer concluded that more than 140 million people read blogs in the United States alone. For bloggers who are able to distinguish themselves as an authority on a particular subject matter have an ability to greatly influence purchase decisions. According to a study by Technorati, 31.1% of consumers claimed that […]

Attending trade shows is an incredible way to gain exposure, get publicity and even find sales reps for your company. But let’s face it—hundreds or thousands of companies attend the same trade shows, so you’ll need a way to stand out. Here’s how. Everyone is vying for your audience’s attention at a tradeshow. And they will […]

Black Bear Design is proud to partner with Steel to redesign the site, which reflects the company’s re-focused commitments to their clients. Steel, LLC is inviting users to explore their new website at www.steelincga.com. Black Bear Design is proud to partner with Steel to redesign the site, which reflects the company’s re-focused commitments to their clients […]

A/B testing is one of those key elements you should be doing if you are serious about using your website as a lead generation tool.  Making small changes could make a big impact on conversions rates.

If you are running marketing campaigns and tracking ROI and effectiveness, there is probably a key piece of data you are missing. Video Transcript: Welcome to 2-Minute Tuesday… I am Joel Black with Black Bear Design Today, I am going to talk about the missing piece of information in your online marketing campaigns.  First, before […]

Do you have corporate brochures that detail your products and services? Are you looking for new ways to announce sales and other upcoming events with your brochures? Regardless of the reason for creating printed materials, it is critical that you are using this tool effectively. If you’ve been struggling to get customers to pick up […]

A website is useless if you can’t get traffic to your website. Here are a few ideas on how to get traffic to your website.

Black Bear Design announces today their partnership with BrandMortgage, one of the Southeast’s largest full-service mortgage lenders. Black Bear Design will help to coordinate the design efforts of BrandMortgage’s corporate branding initiatives, loan officer collateral, Realtor® and builder campaigns, press and media communications, and will also assist in enhancing their web presence. What sets Black […]

3 factors to take into consideration when deciding how to organize a website. It’s not all about being flashy, it’s more about purpose and strategy.

Regardless if you love automated email marketing or you hate automated email marketing, when used correctly, it can be a tremendous benefit to the users experience. Video Transcript Hi, I’m Joel Black with Black Bear Design and this is 2-Minute Tuesday… The first thing you might notice today is that I hung my whiteboard; the […]

The foundation of every online marketing campaign is the website. Setting up a website is imperative in order to set in motion every other marketing strategy, whether it’s an SEO strategy, a social media strategy, a content marketing strategy or more. However, companies that don’t have user friendly websites are going to fail right out […]

Not ready to redesign your outdated website?  There may be small improvements you can make to your website to buy you some time, including fonts, pictures and backgrounds. Video Transcript: Today, I want to talk about taking something plain and boring, and making it a little better than plain and boring!  What I have done […]

Recently Facebook release retargeting features to allow users set up Facebook retargeting, or remarketing as some people call it. In the past, you could only set up Facebook retargeting through larger advertisers. As a result, there’s not a lot of information out for a small business to set up retargeting on Facebook themselves. In this post I’ll show you step by step […]

Last week we talked about how to set up your automated marketing campaign and what the first steps are in setting that up.  Then we talked about what is the first question you need to ask yourself to set that up.  My idea was, “What is your sales funnel, and what does it look like”? […]