Top 7 Secrets to Building Your Company’s Blog Audience [INFOGRAPHIC]
Ever wonder how to make it on page 1 of Google Search? Creating meaningful and powerful content is the write answer. Blogging used to be used as a platform to express a person’s feelings and opinions,...
View ArticleWhat is Pogo Sticking and How to Avoid It
Here’s a little known (useless) fact: the Guinness World Record for most pogo stick jumps was set by James Roumeliotis who stayed on his pogo stick for 20 hours and 13 minutes (jumping 206,864 times)....
View ArticleBeginners Breakdown of Social Media Platforms
Most of us scroll through our personal Facebook, Instagram or Twitter feeds pretty regularly, sifting through “friend’s” conversations and cute baby pictures. Maybe you post pictures of bacon, pancakes...
View ArticleImportance of Small Business Cross-Selling and Upselling
The Secret Keys to Increasing Sales from Your Current Customers Small businesses survive on their loyal customers. But these same faithful clients often place carbon copy orders for years without ever...
View Article4 Ways that Relationship Building on Social Media is Like Dating
By now, you’ve accepted that social media is here to stay. You’ve embraced the idea that your company needs to make a strong social showing, and have taken care to position your brand on all the right...
View ArticleWhy Do Facebook Users Share?
It’s no secret that organic reach is on the decline on Facebook. Contrary to popular belief, the frequent algorithm changes on the platform aren’t designed to torture marketers—they are an effort on...
View ArticleConcerned About the Facebook News Feed Update?
You Have Snapchat to Thank for That! Facebook—home to 1.65 billion users and counting—announced yesterday that it will be making some pretty significant changes to the algorithm that determines what...
View Article5 Must-Haves for the Luxury Brand Website
In today’s hyper-visual world, a solid luxury brand website design is a brand’s most important digital asset. A brand’s website is the home base of its overall digital marketing strategy. The place...
View ArticleCMDS Creates Rockstar Website for Core Rhythm Fitness Meals
Ask Rodrick Covington why he created Core Rhythm Fitness Meals, and he’ll probably tell you that doing fitness without nutrition is like getting a Porsche without the engine. Founder and CEO of Core...
View ArticleHow This Specialty Cuppa Joe Scores Big with Hyperlocal Marketing
Among many big-name chain giants like Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts, specialty coffee shops can teach us a lot when it comes to hyperlocal marketing. America is coffee-obsessed. Approximately 64% of...
View ArticleWhat Your Financial Services Brand Can Learn from Capital One About...
In the world of finance, trust is more important than ever. It’s the foundation of any successful business relationship, whether that’s between brand and client or brand and business. In both the B2B...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3 Social Media Brand-Building Lessons Luxury Brands Can Learn from Rent the...
It’s not easy to disrupt the $1.7 trillion global fashion industry, but rental e-commerce pioneer Rent the Runway is doing just that. Launched in 2009, the company has single-handedly created a niche...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Do Search Engine Rankings Matter When Building Your Personal Brand Online?
What shows up when people Google you? It better be awesome. Majority of humans using search engines believe it to be the most trusted source of information about people and companies. Crazy thing is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Target: Build Your Personal Brand By Blogging
People prefer to do business with other people, not with (seemingly) faceless companies. Today’s consumer leans on referrals and emotion. When the time comes to make a purchasing decision, it will all...
View ArticleWhat Brands Can Do to Weather Facebook’s News Feed Changes
Facebook’s announcement last Thursday that it will be conducting an overhaul of the current News Feed to prioritize posts shared by users’ friends and family over content shared by businesses and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Generate the Engagement Facebook’s New Algorithm is Looking For
By now, you’ve no doubt heard the news that Facebook will soon be updating its algorithm to prioritize content that encourages interaction between users. Posts that generate ‘meaningful engagement’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mobile Page Speed Becomes a Ranking Factor For Mobile Searches
Recently Google made game-changing headlines when they announced that beginning July 2018, mobile page speed will now play a major factor in mobile search ranking. Yes, besides making plans for...
View ArticleHow Can An Agency Using SharpSpring Help Businesses Streamline Marketing...
Ready to dig in and finally streamline your marketing automation efforts? Get the SharpSpring help you need to stay organized, nurture leads and maximize growth. CMDS is excited to announce that we’ve...
View ArticleSharpSpring Agency: The Cadillac of Automated Results
We love digital marketing technology. And not just because we’re geeks who thrive on playing around with awesome tech. (Ok, so maybe that’s part of it.) In fact, we love it so much we decided to expand...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GDPR for US Websites: Here’s What Businesses Need To Know About Site Compliance
It’s one of the biggest data privacy laws in over 20 years. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect on May 25, 2018. These regulations will impact businesses...
View Article