DDM Marketing


Constructive website marketing and website development information

Visits only matter if you can convert them into sales

Traffic to your website is very important, without any traffic your products or services would not be seen but it is very important to remember to check how well that traffic is converting. If you have a high number of visitors but low sales / enquiries, then you need to stop and look in to why this is happening before pumping more money into your marketing. This can happen for several reasons but often it is that you are targeting the wrong audience or that your website is poorly designed / does not function as it should. When working on marketing strategies, some... Read More

Should I look after my social media marketing myself?

When you run a business, you are always looking for ways that you can streamline processes all the time whilst keeping cost low to ensure that your business remains profitable. Social media has become so popular, with practically all adults using some form of social media daily, and that means this is the perfect place to target your advertising. Like with any form of advertising though, the key is to get it right first time as this form of media is fast paced and unforgiving. A bad piece of marketing could cause a lot of damage to your business with some very... Read More

Are you at risk of losing your data?

If you are in online marketing or have a business website and are keen to know how well certain aspects of your marketing are working, then you will probably use some sort of analytics package. Google Analytics is the main stats package used and it has a wealth of information within in. Google have recently announced that as of summer next year they are going to discontinue the universal analytics in place of analytics 4. Analytics 4 has been out for a little while now, but many web marketing experts are not so keen to see it being the only option they can use. As of... Read More

Should you continue to send out email newsletters?

Email newsletters were very popular about a decade ago when more and more people started to get emails on their mobile devices and therefore checked them often more than once a day. Over time marketing has evolved a lot and some companies question as to whether they should still do email newsletters. When designing the newsletter, you should consider what it is exactly you want your newsletter to do. Is it to tell your customer about news form within your industry or business or is it to promote special offers or new products you are launching? You need to ensure that... Read More

How to manage your business Twitter account

Lots of businesses already have an account on Twitter but it won’t do much for you unless you invest some time into it. Twitter can work really well for some businesses but only if you know what you are doing and understand what it is all about and how it works. Many people use hashtags on Twitter. This is a way of grouping content together and can be seen as a subject. This means that when someone then searches for that subject it will bring up Tweets that are related to it including ones that have used it in a hash tag. This can be a great way to get your tweets found... Read More