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Let’s do a little compare/contrast exercise today, shall we? How does one advertise a church, Christian school, or nonprofit? Well, if you’ve been reading my newsletter for any amount of time, you know I will say that the answer will look different in every community. That’s a nice platitude, but what does it actually mean? Let’s […]

Marketing

June 7, 2024

Marketing strategy in a Small town vs. Big city

Google’s search algorithm was leaked! It sounds like clickbait, but it’s not… this actually happened. There are a few thousand tidbits (14,014 to be exact) this leak revealed, but I’ll focus on the top 3 actionable insights that SEO experts are taking away from this: 1) Google spokespeople have been lying to us! Part 1… For a […]

SEO

May 31, 2024

Google’s algorithm was leaked – this is not a drill

We’ll start with some vocabulary you need to know: “Above the fold”: The section of your site your viewers can see right away without scrolling. In the past, best practices told web designers to have every important piece of information above the fold. That’s how we achieved the stunning creation (sarcasm) that is Apple’s original homepage: In 2024, […]

Website Design

May 24, 2024

The most crucial pixels on your website

If you don’t know, I work full-time for WELS World Missions with Multi-Language Productions. If you’ve heard of Academia Cristo or TELL, those are my people! Here are a few lessons I’ve learned over my few years of online marketing for these programs: 1) The best ads use the customer’s own words. Some of the […]

Paid Advertising

May 17, 2024

10 lessons learned from running ads globally

What’s a “link in bio” anyway? Instagram allows you to have one hyperlinked url in your Instagram bio. Otherwise, instagram does not hyperlink anything in captions. So – it’s the only way to easily get your audience to another location on the internet. If you’ve been using the link in your biography, you might enjoy this “next […]

Social Media

May 10, 2024

“link in bio” is not working anymore, folks…