Tag: SEM

I recently discovered that a URL 127.0.0.1:8888/orange.html was hitting my website as referral traffic several times per day.  I first noticed it as I was testing landing pages in Adwords, as the page URL’s were not published, only an ad could hit the URL. 

 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 […]

The new Google analytics email reports are a little more difficult to set up than the old analytics system, but pretty straight forward if you know what you’re doing. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to set up your weekly or monthly email reports. First, visit your Google Analytics dashboard and click the Email […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Google Adwords campaigns are simple, yet complex if you are just getting started. In this video, learn what a campaign is, learn what an adgroup is and learn what ads are. Also learn how to create an optimized ad.

Inbound marketing is a sure way of generating traffic and leads on your website. It should be a part of your digital marketing strategy. Make sure you have the analytic tools in place to measure your marketing effectiveness.

There are many online content promotion strategies you can use and it’s easy to get in the web of using any and all forms of promotion methods.

As an online marketing company, I fall into the trap of statistics. When is the last time a stat purchased a product or service from you? People buy products, not stats!

It’s simple, there are 3 ways you can increase sales from your website: Traffic, Conversions, Quality.

When leads join your sales funnel, you want to connect with them on a personal level. People buy from those that they trust and this also applies to online buyers. Prospects have to trust you before they can buy your product or service. How do you build trust online? By providing value. You want to interact […]

When choosing a domain name for your business, keep these three things in mind: domain auction, spelling, keywords

Creating high converting landing pages is not something that you do the first time and get it right. You have to test and optimize your landing pages.