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Design, Marketing

With the growth of sites like Squarespace, Wix and other WYSIWYG builders, the competition for user-friendly interfaces on websites has gotten intense. Wordpress has had the same editor interface for almost 15 years, so after 6 months of testing and community feedback, Gutenberg is finally here. What is Gutenberg? Gutenberg is the latest editor released for Wordpress. It is named after Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of a printing press which introduced printing to Europe during the 1400s. (Definitely not to be confused with Steve Guttenberg from movie classics like “Police Academy” or “Three Men and a Baby”!) Past builders required knowledge in HTML or to utilize shortcodes to make your site work correctly. The introduction to this new builder means you now build content with “little blocks”. The goal is to make creatively dynamic and rich content available to users of all

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Advertising, Design, Marketing

Every year people spend thousands of dollars upgrading our lives. From the cars we drive, to the clothes we wear, to the houses we live in. We want the best, up-to-date styles, and let last year’s fads slip into sweet nostalgia. One thing that we often overlook, however, is popular trends in everyday marketing design.   At one point in the history of the world, Comic Sans made its debut as a popular, informal document/childrens materials font. Thankfully, the world one day decided that it was time to put it on a shelf and leave the style in a box labeled “not for reuse.” That’s exactly what needs to happen with some trends that still make their way into popular culture and common designs.   To help sort it all out, here are 5 design trends that we don’t feel make the cut for

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Business, Marketing

Your Business Website Needs Captivating Blogs! Here’s why. A weblog, or blog for short, is an online informative journal that displays information chronologically, from newest to oldest, and is a platform where a single writer or group share their views on various subjects. If utilized for the purpose of content marketing, blogging is a necessary part of a comprehensive marketing strategy and a powerful lead generating method. To achieve the best results for your business, pair your strong blog content with strategic search engine optimization. Here’s how your business can benefit from a well-developed blog. Drive Traffic to Your Site. A blog is used to provide clever and useful ideas when a client is looking for information online. If the blog peeks the client’s interest, traffic on your site goes up and so does the time the user spends reading it. That blog

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Business, Marketing

Maintaining a Google My Business account is a vital component for local search engine ranking. In 2014, Google rolled out their update, Pigeon, which gave local businesses an advantage over national businesses when it came to local search. Now in 2018, we are receiving a new range of updates and features to further help an organization receive leads, traffic and brand awareness. Below is a list of just a few major updates and how they may impact your Local Business listings. Local Map Pack Update The Local Map Pack Update has drastically changed how users interact with the local search results page (SERP). The new update focuses on hyperlocal marketing and allowing their mobile experience /voice-activated services to integrate with SERPs. Google My Business is where Google Maps and local searches pull most of the data for your business, which typically includes

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Marketing, Social Media

Did you know that it takes 50 milliseconds for your brain to visually process the images it receives from your eyes? After the processing is done the first thing the human mind does is make conceptually driven perceptions that scientists and psychologists agree are correct more times than not. This means that, in a matter of seconds, humans intellectually analyze who, what, and why we are looking at something before that subject even has a chance to react. When managing your brand you have to keep in mind that everything that we put out into the world has the possibility to earn millions of judgements, conclusions, and decisions.   Managing Your Brand [two_third padding="0 5% 0 0"] Curating your image is one of the most important things you can do to maintain consistent branded content. It is an art form that takes time, reflection and

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Advertising, Marketing

You might assume that online engagement and business is down due to the summer months and you may be right. More people are on vacation and your clients are more casual about giving your company some business. Unfortunately, business doesn’t take a day off and effective marketing throughout the summer months is a must.  That’s where we come in! It is our job as an advertising firm to provide clients with a marketing strategy that is sure to help them achieve goals and boost business.  Summer is a great time to brainstorm and create new and innovative marketing strategies because there could be less competition strategizing for summer, allowing you to stand out and above the rest. Here are some summer marketing ideas and tips that work! Write Blogs: If your website doesn’t include blogs yet, you should start including them now.

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Marketing, Social Media

Here at Public Alliance, we hold a great deal of pride in the digital marketing work that we do especially when it comes to using social media for business. Facebook is and continues to be the best social network to utilize for business and while other platforms can get find you a higher online audience, Facebook remains king. Facebook currently has over 202 million active users and the CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the average US consumer spends 40 minutes on Facebook per day. Of these 202 Million users, the primary user’s demographics derive from the 35 to 54 year-old market making up 67 million US users and the 25 to 34 year-old market making up 51 million US users. Facebook is also still a growing platform where the largest growth coming from the 65+ demographic with a 44.4% growth