Social media is constantly changing and adapting to better suit the public. Many predictions were made about the direction that social media would take in 2017 and what follows are the top three social media predictions that have definitely taken over this year. 1. Live Video With top social media channels like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram having recently adopted live…read more →
Scrolling through the depths of Tumblr, amongst GIFs of cats and memes, there was one post in particular that struck me: the text post called out Tumblr saying that the website had not heard of target advertising. Many college and high school students will see an ad for a luxury car in-between two posts: one being a joke about student debt…read more →
A novel’s success is measured by its audience. The greatest pieces of literature have been read by millions, all intrigued by the words of the wise authors. Had these audiences never read the words, the content would still be of great quality. Much like novels, emails thrive on their audience. You can create unique, interesting and informative emails but they…read more →
If you’re a small business owner looking for a way to boost your sales, the answer you seek is sitting in the palm of your hand. The statistics to support the reach of mobile marketing are extensive. Recent studies have determined that “87% of people always have their smartphone at their side”, “people pick up their mobile devices 150 to…read more →
This month we welcome guest blogger Matt Rider of Mongoose Web to bring you the best information on how to improve your local search results. In his two-part series, Matt pulls the covers back to explain how search engine optimization works and how you can improve your local listings on Google to bring in more business. Check out Building a…
So what DOES Google like when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? This month we welcome guest blogger Matt Rider of Mongoose Web to bring you the best information on how to improve your local search results. In his two-part series, Matt pulls the covers back to explain how search engine optimization works and how you can improve your…
According to a survey released in 2014 by Flurry Analytics, Americans spend 86% of their time on mobile apps versus 14% spent on mobile websites. Research by the same statistics company also determined that the average US mobile user spends 2 hours and 42 minutes a day on their devices. As the marketing saying goes “be where your customers are”,…read more →
Chances are that as a small business you have spent some time worrying about what those well versed in marketing call “branding”. You have probably paid for a logo or logotype, signs, business cards and the whole works. (If not, get in touch with our team at Trends Mobile and Web Solutions and we can help take your brand to…read more →
Imagine if you can, a time before the Internet, when businesses had to manually collect data by physically asking customers how they found them or by counting coupons or vouchers they received back from a promotion in order to gauge how successful it was. Basing important business decisions on this data was a little risky because the demographics wouldn’t necessarily…read more →
Our previous article ‘What is a Responsive Website?’, provided an explanation of the different terms used to describe responsive and mobile websites, but why is a fully responsive website so important? Let’s look at some statistics. Subscriptions made through mobile devices grew by 10% over 2014, which increased the total of all subscriptions made through a mobile device to 22,000,000….read more →