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Online Predictions for 2019: Nine Things You Need to Know
When it comes to marketing your products or services to potential customers online, there are emerging trends that will impact you in 2019. 1. The Mobile Experience The majority of customers are browsing the web on mobile devices. That means you need to optimize...
Understanding Your Mobile Audience
You have your desktop website, and you have a very clear picture of what your community members looks like, but what about your mobile community members? The mobile audience is a completely different breed of animal, and in this day and age, you’d better know the key characteristics that define it.
One Step Beyond: Integrating Social Media Into Your Content Marketing Techniques
Content marketing is revolutionizing the world of search engine optimization, but it can't shift the paradigm alone. Content marketing needs to be well integrated into social media to become truly effective; the entire basis of content marketing is to create sharable,...
Importance of Positive Brand Building
It’s never too early to begin building a better brand for your business. It can, unfortunately, be too late to do so, though. Building a brand is about much more than making sure everyone knows your name – though that’s certainly important. It’s also about creating a...
So, It’s a Catalog Malfunction
Recently, a customer called to have a window regulator installed in his 2010 Ford 150. I asked if he wanted me to pick up the part before his appointment, but he said he had the part and would bring it with him. I was kind of confused as to why this particular...
Sheriffs and Content Marketing
Content marketing is necessary to increase name recognition for you and your community. However, content marketing needs to be well integrated into social media to become truly effective; the entire basis of content marketing is to create sharable, compelling, valuable and exciting content that community members want to talk to each other about.
Getting Shared: Are You Social
Creating good, shareable content can give you great exposure to put you and your county website on the map. There is an art to creating content that people are compelled to follow & share. Incorporate these tips into the next news article or post you write and...
Does Your Community Know Who You Are?
By using social media in conjunction with your website, the potential reach to your community of voters and county connections is huge. As personal computers, laptops, tablets, and smart phones soak up time that was historically spent watching television,...
Build Your Community Brand
Branding is just as important for a sheriff and county as it is for businesses today. Sheriffs, too, must devote a fair amount of time, attention, and resources to building a brand their community will not only respond to, but also trust. The trick, for a sheriff’s office, is figuring out where to begin. That’s where EXTEND GROUP can help.
Content Still Reigns Supreme
If you’ve been marketing online for very long, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “Content is King,” numerous times. In the past, the phrase referred to the importance of having a website filled with informative written content. Over time, the Internet has gotten...