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…
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…
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…
Social Media: A buzzing, ever-changing landscape where brands vie for attention with memes, cat videos, and carefully curated influencer posts. It can all seem pretty overwhelming for the uninitiated, and understandably so. The team at Blue Orchid Marketing is here and ready to help. With the right approach, you can put social media to work…
Websites have come a long way since the early days. Now more than ever, your front-facing digital website presence can impress in a multitude of ways…and do the opposite as well. From short-form videos to well-organized tiles, there are plenty of features to optimize and pitfalls to avoid, whether you’re positioning yourself as a legal…
Good email marketing can be a delicate balancing act. Too many communications and you run the risk of “spamming” the intended recipient; too few, and your efforts might be wasted altogether. Add in the question of who should receive said emails, and things start to look quite complicated. This is where “drip” campaigns become very…
Sometimes, people really do judge a book by its cover. At least at first, anyway. And for many consumers in the process of browsing a website, the “cover,” the first thing they come into contact with, won’t be the content of the site itself. Nor will it be a blog post (as fascinating as those…
When it comes to online presence, it’s safe to say that reputation is everything. Well, almost everything. Best to avoid sweeping generalities! Semantic quibbles aside, the way your brand is recognized when a potential client encounters it affects every aspect of how they view you, from product quality and services to customer interaction and problem…
