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5 Cardinal Rules of Social Media Marketing

Using Social Media for Marketing Social media is one of the absolute best online tools available to marketers today. Each platform has its own affordances and best practices as far as marketing goes, but all of them have some basic rules that marketers should follow. Content on social media should be… Visual Regardless of what platform you’re posting to, odds are you can include visuals. Rarely would I ever post ANYTHING without some sort of visual element. I don’t just mean pictures, either. Get creative with it… don’t...

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EMSC at Envision Unlimited

Recently, our team had the opportunity to speak with the amazing staff and volunteers at Envision Unlimited about digital marketing and how to utilize different aspects of social media to get their message out. We will be working with their team to streamline their social accounts, help with email marketing, and much more! What is Envision Unlimited? For those that do not know, Envision Unlimited is an organization in Chicago that aims to provide persons with disabilities or other special needs services that promote choice, independence, and community...

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How Can Pokémon Go Benefit Your Business?

July 6, 2016 marks the launch of the biggest mobile game in history: Pokémon Go. The mobile app now has more active users than Twitter spending more time playing than time spent on Facebook. It is hard to walk around the city of Chicago without seeing at least 5 active Pokémon players. It is fair to say that the Pokémon Go phenomenon is sweeping across the country. But game players may not be the only ones getting on the action - business owners are finding ways to benefit...

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Premier Google Partners Chicago

EM Search Consulting is pleased to announce that we have been named a Google Premier Partner. This distinction is awarded to a very small percentage of digital marketing companies in the United States (less than 40 by our last count) and is directly connected to the quality of the ads we run for our clients. The digital version of the partner badge isn't yet availible but will be in the next few weeks. Thank you to all of our loyal clients for helping us achieve this.

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What Is Your SEO Company Doing For You?

During my conversations with small business owners, I am often surprised with how often they are unaware of the work being done on their behalf by their SEO companies. A vast majority of business owners understand the importance of having their website rank well for relevant search terms in their industry, but very few of them are able to tell me exactly what work is being done in order to accomplish this. “I’ve got people working on that” is a common claim. But when pressed to explain what...

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Using RLSAs Intelligently

Remarketing Remarketing is a powerful tool that has come a long way. It allows us as businesses to capture some of the most valuable eyes browsing the web—those who have already viewed our sites and products. Early remarketing was known to have its flaws, but luckily the technology at Google AdWords has improved over the years. Google introduced RLSAs, or Remarketing Lists for Search Ads so that businesses could more intelligently target their remarketing efforts. RLSAs allow us to segment our audiences and customize our remarketing solutions for...

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Google AdWords Update

One of the biggest changes Google has introduced as of late is the decision to delete advertisements from the right side of any desktop search, with a few exceptions. Fortunately, with the deletion of side ads, comes the existence of a fourth ad at the top of the page, while there will be three ads at the bottom of the page. Now, this addition is mainly for “highly commercial queries”, meaning for searches where Google believes there is intent to purchase. The exceptions to the deletion of side...

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Twitter’s New Algorithmically Sorted Timeline

For many new users, Twitter feels like speaking into a black hole in outer space. New users typically do not have many followers, and tweets are greeted with silence. The unsorted reverse chronological feed makes joining the Twitter world a tough task for new users. Twitter users were picky about who to follow, not wanting to bury their favorite accounts tweets within their feed. This made it tough for for new Twitter users to accumulate a following. Twitter believes its new algorithmically sorted timeline could solve its growth...

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Live Chat Company

Have you considered using live chat for your website? If not, its time you do. Live chat has been proven to increase conversion rates on your site, improve user experience and help your website work harder for you even when your business is closed for the night. In fact, 90% of your website visitors see live chat as useful and 63% are more likely to return to your site because it offers live chat. In Chicago we see a lot of websites using live chat for years. If...

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