The real world is messy enough, so why should websites follow suit? It’s more than a matter of aesthetics or professional pride; the fact is, a site with a cluttered design or confusing navigation will lose visitors before they even have a chance to engage with your brand. On the other hand, a website that…
Attention spans are shorter than ever. That might sound harsh, but if you don’t thoroughly read this entire blog, you’re only proving us right! Jokes aside, there’s a lot of talk in the marketing world about platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels. Bite-sized video formats are booming, and savvy businesses are taking notice. But how…
Yes, we know, you’ve heard it all before: Boomers are self-indulgent, Gen X is arrogant, Millennials are entitled, Gen Z’s naïve, blah blah blah… Sometimes, it seems like generational monikers only exist so we can make sweeping, unfounded assumptions about large groups of people. Blue Orchid Marketing has something more practical in mind for this…
Blue Orchid Marketing has said it before, and we’ll say it again: Consumers crave authenticity. After all, they’re bombarded by marketing messages constantly, some polished and others less so. The ubiquity of advertising, whether it’s via targeted messaging on social media or a billboard on your daily commute, means that the question isn’t whether consumers…
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is critically important when you’re trying to push targeted traffic to your website. But for newcomers, navigating PPC can feel a little like deciphering an alien language. Blue Orchid Marketing is always happy to step in and clear things up. That’s why we’ve put together this brief guide that we hope will…
Brands in the modern marketplace have plenty of tools designed to efficiently capture consumer attention. But with overflowing inboxes and ad fatigue on the rise, how does one choose the right kind of text or visual for the task at hand? As the media landscape seems to overflow with new forms of media and ways…
It’s easy enough to point to flops, but at Blue Orchid Marketing, we know that great success is impossible without assuming a little risk. In a recent post, we covered some not-so-great marketing mistakes made by big-time players in the not-so-distant past. For this blog, we’re taking a more positive tack, focusing on four successful…
People want things fast these days. At Blue Orchid Marketing, we’ve seen plenty of prospects unhappy with the long wait times and occasional radio silence they experienced with their previous marketing partners. And that makes sense; after all, in an age where food, rides, and other services follow your phone right to your doorstep to…
Stumbles and missteps can slow down even the best of brands, but what can their difficulties teach the rest of us? Quite a bit, actually! Learning from the costly mistakes of others can be invaluable, helping us to navigate the digital marketing world with more caution and insight. Blue Orchid Marketing wants you to sidestep…
Like our phones, SMS marketing has changed over the years, but it’s still a direct, personal channel of communication, a way to cut through the digital noise and reach people concretely. Here’s the thing, though: Not everyone uses SMS to its full potential, and fewer still understand the unique advantages it provides over other marketing…
