by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Marketing
The wide range of marketing skills and talents fall into two categories of people, Marketing Creatives and Marketing Technologists. Marketing creatives include branding specialists, designers, creative directors, content writers, and copywriters. While the creative...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Marketing
Over the past few months, I’ve written about the changes in Google search results pages and how they impact companys’ search performance. There are many ways people may learn about suppliers. Ranking high in search results may not be essential for every company. But a...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Search Marketing
Many online platforms aim to keep you on the site as long as possible in the hope that you will eventually click a link in a digital advertisement. Social media platforms do this by entertaining and displaying content that their algorithms predict you’ll spend...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Marketing, Search Marketing
Google continually makes changes to search results pages, walking a fine line between providing a good user search experience and increasing search ad revenue. The coveted #1 search position for any particular search term may not even appear above the fold, which is...
by Tod Cordill | Customer Communication, Marketing
Edelman PR consultancy recently released their annual Edelman Trust Barometer report. They surveyed over 36,000 people in 28 last November to gauge trust in institutions. A recent survey shows that people trust businesses more than NGOs, governments, and media. Trust...
by Tod Cordill | Direct Mail, Marketing, Tools
It’s no secret that direct mail has been an effective marketing channel for decades. While the twenty-first century saw the rise of digital marketing, digital variable data printing technology allowed extreme segmentation and personalization of direct mail. Large...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Direct Mail, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Slider
People working from home create challenges for the B2B marketer that wants to utilize direct mail. This blog post addresses this common problem and provides a real-life example to obtain people’s preferred mailing addresses. The goal of this article is to:...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Direct Mail, Marketing, Print & Digital, QR
Last month’s Have QR Codes Finally Reached Their Glory Days? Blog post illustrated the resurgence of the QR code in marketing. When looking through my mail the other day I decided to take a look at how companies are using the QR codes in their direct mail. The...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Direct Mail, Interactive, QR, Trends
QR codes have been used by marketers since early 2010. As smartphone adoption increased, phone manufacturers and marketers realized the camera on the phones could be used to scan the codes. The hope was that response rates would increase as consumers find scanning a...
by Tod Cordill | Customer Communication, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Print Sales, Print Services
The other day a client forwarded me an email that was written by the president of a commercial printing company who asked: Does anyone have suggestions for marketing specifically designed for lead generation? I’ve done plenty of work with this client over the years...
by Tod Cordill | Customer Communication, Marketing, Print Sales, Sales
I remember the first time I read about the marketing funnel and how prospects go through an awareness, consideration, and decision process on their way to becoming a customer. It made so much sense. The other elegant thing about the funnel is it is large on top and...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Marketing
When creating their website, most companies pay a large amount of attention to website design and content. But it’s the things you can’t see, such as how pages are structured and how Google measures your website quality, that often have the most significant impact on...
