INDUSTRY TIPS & INSIGHTS

Thriving in a constantly changing marketing environment for over thirty years has given us plenty of insight into the work we do. Staying curious and educating our clients on best practices is part of what makes us all successful. Here are some hard-won observations and lessons we’ve learned.

Nextdoor Launches Beta Test of New Advertising Platform

Categories: Digital Marketing, Local Search, Social Media

Local community social app Nextdoor has announced an invitation-only beta launch of it’s new self-service advertising platform dubbed the Neighborhood Ad Center (NAC). The popular app is used for hyperlocal information sharing amongst neighbors, civic organizations, service providers, news and local businesses. With a quickly growing user base, 1 in 4 US households now use Nextdoor.

Structuring a High-Return PPC Account by Understanding the Customer’s Intention

Categories: Digital Marketing, Local Search, Paid Search

The first and possibly most important step of any paid search program is to define and understand your customer. It’s not only critical that you understand their demographic information, but it’s equally important to understand their online purchasing process and what search terms they use during that process.

Should You Hire a Marketing Agency?

Categories: Digital Marketing, Leadership, Podcast

Many businesses struggle with the decision to either hire in-house marketing talent or outsource to an agency.

Stephanie Tollefson on Leadership and a Changing Agency

Categories: Leadership

This one is for all of our amazing clients who made our transformation into Gemini possible. After over 20 successful years as Gruen Agency, we're reinventing ourselves to better represent our values and the way we help our partners.