some random thoughts

As the world's most popular search engine, Google is often how a consumer will research and discover businesses. In fact, BrightLocal found that in 2020, 93% of consumers used the internet in some way to find a local business. An important part of this research phase...

When it comes to monitoring website traffic or running a paid advertising campaign, Google Analytics is an invaluable tool in understanding performance. If you are a business owner working with a digital marketing company, there is a good chance that they will send...

What is Google My Business? Google My Business is Google’s free tool to list your business online. Google My Business profiles are important for local search engine optimization, as they contain important information such as address, hours, phone number, and services....

Yeah, so, how ‘bout them Bills? All of us can agree that it’s hard to find bright spots in 2020. This has been a year like no other, filled with unexpected challenges and incredible hurdles to overcome. With only hours left until we can put it all behind us, we...

J. Fitzgerald Group helps Niagara Falls company with comprehensive market strategy NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – Jacobs Ladder, LLC, has made some major improvements to its flagship cardio equipment for the first time in two decades with the release of the new Jacobs Ladder X...

Social media today is so much more than a place to see photos of your nephew or reconnect with old colleagues and classmates. It’s an engagement and search platform all its own, with millions of users interacting daily to seek out recommendations, research businesses...

It’s often tempting when business is booming to ease off your marketing efforts. The idea is that if everything is going great and you’re booked solid, what’s the point of continuing to advertise when your inventory is backordered or you’re booking appointments weeks...

Only a few months ago, television advertisers were rolling out their biggest and best campaigns of the year in front of the massive audience watching the NFL’s championship game. These ads are always among the most expensive every year, both in terms of placement and...

There are many different ways to get to any given destination. Let’s say you want to go to a new restaurant on the other side town. You could take the highway to get there fast, or take surface streets to avoid potential traffic. No car? Jump on a bus or train, or...

Across the nation and around the world, people are beginning to cautiously venture out from quarantines and lockdowns, taking steps back to the places and people they used to see routinely just a few months ago. In the changed world, however, things are different than...

Oh, requests for proposals – what would we in the agency world do without you? For one, we’d probably sleep a lot better. RFPs are stressful for agencies, who put untold hours into filling them out only to get a “Dear John” letter in the mail. Just before the global...

The capabilities of ecommerce are rapidly expanding among a world of isolation, but the online shopping revolution has been building for years before this latest surge, and it certainly won’t fizzle out now that physical businesses are beginning to reopen. Even back...