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With decades of experience in the marketing industry, we’ve learned some things along the way. More importantly, we continue to learn and adapt to an ever-changing marketplace and technological advances. The blogs on our site index our history of adapting and reacting to new challenges, and we hope our insight proves useful to solve one of your business challenges. If you have a question about marketing your business, use our contact form.
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Creative Blend Design’s Top 5 Favorite Digital Marketing Tools for 2018
2017 has come and gone. A lot of great things happened in 2017, especially in the marketing industry. “Like what?” you might ask. Well, for starters, Twitter finally upped their character count to 280 characters. At the start of the year, Facebook announced that it would change its algorithm in order to make family and
Creative Blend Design Adds Public Relations to Web and Graphic Design Offerings
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio-based Creative Blend Design is pleased to expand its offering of services to include public relations. The firm, entering its 14th year of telling business’ stories through branding, promotion and web assistance, now offers its multi-industry clients an added solution for building brand trust. “We seek to meet the diverse needs
Choosing the Best Marketing Plan for Your Business
Did you know there are three different paths to take when marketing your business? To help you determine which way to go, we’ll break down the pros and cons of: Do It Yourself Do It For Me Do it With Me Choosing the Best Marketing Path After launching a successful idea, you need to market
Is Your Website Mobile Friendly? Is it Responsive?
Nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center report. With the rise of the smartphone, an ever-increasing number of people are turning to their mobile device to search online. Odds are, someone is looking for your product or service offering. Is your website ready for ever-increasing mobile traffic? Why
Step 7: Measure – 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing
Step 7. Measure We have arrived at the finale of our blog series, 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing, Step 7 Measure. To recap, we’ve discussed why social media is important for your business and brand, and how to get started. In Step 1 we explained why research is key to identifying your audience,
Step 6: Marketing – 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing
Step 6. Marketing We have almost made it to the end of our blog series, just 2 more steps to go! We highly recommend you start at the beginning if you haven’t been following along. Check out Step 1 – Research, Step 2 – Goals, Step 3 – Branding, Step 4 – Content, and Step
Step 5: Engage – 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing
Step 5. Engage Congrats on making it to Step 5 – Engage. Just because you have Content, Branding, Goals and Research covered, doesn’t mean your job is done. Engaging is a critical component of all social media management. Charlie Rose, considered one of the best interview hosts of our time, was recently asked by Stephen
Step 4: Content – 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing
Step 4. Content We’ve reached the midway point in our 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing blog series. If you need to catch up, follow the links to Step 1 Research, Step 2 Set Goals, and Step 3 Branding. Companies should focus more on how to BE social, and less on how to DO
Step 3: Branding – 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing
Now that we have covered Step 1 – Research, and Step 2 – Setting Goals in our blog series, 7 Steps to Successful Social Media Marketing, it’s time to start putting your plan into action. Step 3: Branding Once you’ve identified which social media platforms to join, you will need to create accounts for each
