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What’s a marketer or small business owner without ideas? Our marketing ideas blog posts cover everything from holiday marketing, to creative marketing, to low-budget marketing and much, much more. Get the inspiration you need for your next big, brilliant marketing idea. Then, learn time-honored strategies to go out into the world, execute, and drive results that really matter.


4 Elements of an Inspiring Company Mission Statement (+20 Examples)

Do you need to re-work your corporate mission statement? Starting a new business and need a guide? Here's a list of golden rules to follow and examples of great company mission statements.

Mary Lister
December 6, 2016
Marketing Ideas

The 10 Best Online Marketing Strategies to Make You a Unicorn

Marketing unicorns are so special that, even though they’re rare, they end up delivering almost half of the value of your overall marketing efforts. Want to be a marketing unicorn? Check out these 10 best online marketing strategies.

Larry Kim
November 28, 2016
Marketing Ideas

19 Genius Dental Marketing Ideas to Grow Your Practice

As a dentist, bringing in good clients, and lots of them, is hard! Here are some smart marketing ideas to make it easier for your potential customers to find your dental practice.

Mary Lister
November 23, 2016
Marketing Ideas

The 9 Best 404 Error Pages We’ve Seen

A 404 or Not Found error happens with a user tries to follow a dead, broken, or nonexistent link. The best 404-error pages on the web make the most of this rerouted traffic. Check out 9 examples.

Mary Lister
November 22, 2016
Landing Pages

5 Data-Driven Lawyer Marketing Strategies

Lawyer marketing is incredibly expensive: especially on AdWords. These data-supported strategies are proven to increase leads and lower CPA. And anyone can do them!

Allen Finn
November 17, 2016
Marketing Ideas

5 Questions AdWords Advertisers Should Ask Themselves Every Quarter

Monthly AdWords audits might sound like overkill, but taking a deep dive on a quarterly basis is necessary for even the most overworked SEM. Here are the five questions to ask yourself every quarter.

Allen Finn
November 9, 2016
Marketing Ideas

5 Ways to Earn & Build Customer Loyalty

Your loyal customers are the ones who buy your products even if they aren’t on sale and recommend your offerings to friends. Learn five ways to build customer loyalty through smart marketing.

Mary Lister
November 8, 2016
Marketing Ideas

6 Ways to Optimize Images for Commercial Intent Searches

Optimizing images for high-commercial intent searches is one of the best, yet most underused methods to get your products and services in front of the right people at the right time.

Dan Shewan
November 1, 2016
Marketing Ideas

Making the Case for Controversial Marketing: 5 Questions to Answer

Controversial marketing campaigns have the power to break through the noise and drive tons of attention, but how do you convince your boss or client to take the leap? Here's how.

7 Awesome Data Visualization Tools for Digital Marketers

Data visualization tools can help you turn data into something both powerful and beautiful. Here are the 7 best data viz tools for to transform your data marketing.

Dan Shewan
September 26, 2016
Marketing Ideas

Generational Marketing: How to Target Millennials, Gen X, & Boomers

We've done the research! In this post we examine the best online marketing strategies for targeting three key generational demographics.

Mary Lister
September 26, 2016
Marketing Ideas

5 Surprising Benefits of a Super-High CTR

I'm obsessed with click-through rate, for good reason: Incredibly high CTR's have surprising benefits in every marketing channel. Learn why in this article.

Larry Kim
September 21, 2016
Marketing Ideas

5 Killer Examples of Data-Driven Marketing

Don't dive into marketing without the right data! Using data to inform and analyze your marketing campaigns makes all the difference. Check out these five killer examples of data-driven marketing campaigns that got great results.

8 Cool Marketing Analysis Tools for Data Junkies

There are dozens of marketing analysis tools, but these are our eight favorite tools for digging in and analyzing marketing data to get results.

Dan Shewan
August 12, 2016
Marketing Ideas

The Ultimate List of Time Management Tips for Digital Marketers

Never seem to be enough hours in the day? Check out our ultimate list of time management tips for digital marketers and learn to be more productive and efficient!

Video Marketing Ideas: 9 Ways to Promote Video Content

So you've produced a beautiful marketing video. Now how do you promote it? Check out 9 video marketing ideas for getting your videos out there.

7 Social Media Management Tips to Save Time & Improve Results

Social media management is hard, but we're sharing our seven best social media management tips that we use at WordStream to save time and grow and engage an audience.

What Is Content Advertising, and Should You Be Doing It?

What is content advertising, and should you be doing it? What's the difference between content marketing and content advertising? Find out everything you need to know here.

15 Ways to Get More Customers on the Cheap

Need more customers? Of course you do! There are plenty of actionable steps you can take to get more customers even if your marketing budget is small.

The 13 Best Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses

As a small business, you are constantly looking for ways to attract business without breaking the bank. Here are our best strategies, digital and off-line, to market your business while ultimately saving you money!

Easy Guide to Hero Images: How to Look Good & Get the Clicks

Hero images are a huge trend in web design. Find out what a hero image is, where to find great hero images for your site, how exactly to use hero images in your website marketing strategy, and see examples of the best hero images on the internet right now.

13 Can’t-Miss Marketing Awards (Complete with Application Deadlines)

Check out this round-up of the very best marketing awards you should be applying to, as well as additional info such as entry fees.

11 Ways to Drive Growth with 10X Better Marketing Webinars

Of course, webinars are hardly new. Many companies do them and have been for years. But many businesses do webinars incredibly poorly. I'm sure you’ve experienced a terrible webinar first hand – and probably not too long ago.

3 Free Tools to Help You Understand Your Online Audience

Technology is a massively important tool for growing your company. Here are three services that will help you better understand your audience so you can easily boost sales.

Larry Kim
February 16, 2016
Marketing Ideas

Marketing for a Good Cause: 7 Strategies for Nonprofits

Marketing for nonprofits can be challenging. Your budget is smaller, but on the plus side, you’ve got the passion and the drive to succeed! Luckily, there are plenty of smart strategies to get your nonprofit organization noticed WITHOUT breaking the bank!

Cheat Sheet: Bing Ad Extensions

Which BingAds extensions are right for your account? Get a rundown of each extension and how to use it with this nifty cheat sheet.

Erin Sagin
January 27, 2016
Marketing Ideas

10 Stats That Will Make You Rethink Marketing to Millennials

With their ever-increasing buying power, millennials are one of the biggest emerging opportunities for marketers. Learn what makes this generation tick, then check out our top 10 stats that will revolutionize your approach to marketing to millennials.

Erin Sagin
January 27, 2016
Marketing Ideas