Danny Star recently passed along an article about “10 Successful Startups Founded During the 2008 Great Recession.” There’s an irony to this because each of us on the team were well aware of a particular startup that was founded during the Great Recession: the company we’re working for. Website Depot began in the absolute pit…
Category: Digital Marketing
Knowing What Your Customers are Looking for and Why
“Which keywords are right for me?” “I know the keywords I think are correct for my business, but I don’t know exactly which ones to use.” Every business is different from the rest. That’s true within your industry as well. For example, one pizza place might be better served by focusing on “pizza delivery near…
Keeping Control When You Work with a Marketer
Many of the clients that Danny Star and the team here work with previously worked with another marketing company. The stories they tell about why things went awry are all different. That said, they often share commonalities. Many are exactly what you think: they didn’t rank high enough on Google, the content was of low…
Don’t Just Lay Down On It: Lessons from Furniture Marketing
If you’re looking for inspiration in your marketing, you may look at your competitors. You may look at what you’ve done in the past. One thing that Danny Star and the team do here from time to time: look at the industries that are struggling. Look at the ones that have faced unprecedented challenges, the…
Making Your Company More Accessible Benefits Everyone
Accessibility is important. That’s true figuratively and literally. When Danny Star discusses “accessibility,” he usually means it in the context of “accessing your website.” This is often phrased in the question: “Is your website mobile optimized?” Can your customers/clients/anyone else access your site from anywhere on any device? However, another definition of accessibility is to…
Expanding the Range of What’s Possible for Your Business
Have you ever considered working with your competitors? Right. We almost closed the tab, too. Danny Star and the team came across this controversial (to say the least) article this afternoon. Obviously, you want to do this as little as possible. But, there were some interesting ideas that we wanted to explore. Many of them,…
Client of the Week: Pine Tar World
What They Do: They offer a wide range of protection products that provide wooden surfaces with real protection. Wood is beautiful. Wood buildings and structures can stand the test of time. To do that, though, they need help. Wood is a living material. It’s not like plastic, something that was never really alive. Wood…
Marketing Towards What So Many Want for the Holidays: to Calm Down
“What do my customers really want?” “Is there something I can give my customers that no one else can?” Business owners ask themselves (as well as Danny Star and the team here) that kind of question all the time. Usually, the answer presents itself: better services, improved products, boosting the overall customer experience, and so…
The One Thing Just About All Good Content Contains
“How can I improve my content?” “What is my content missing?” We’re often asked some version of that question from new and prospective clients. The truth is that every company’s content is going to be different. That’s the case whether you’re doing this through blogs, podcasts, videos, vlogs, and so much else. But, there’s one…
What We Can Learn About Digital Marketing from Home Furnishings
All industries were affected by the pandemic, more or less. Some were more affected than others, of course. But, each had to make changes. For many businesses, they ramped up their digital marketing. Others tried digital marketing for the first time because, well, they had no other choice. This morning, Danny Star and the team…