Digital Marketing Advice
Opinions on the role of marketing in a digital world. Advice on balancing marketing objectives with the user experience.
Start here
If this is your first time on my site, I recommend you begin with the posts below for an introduction to my thoughts on Digital Marketing
What Is the Best Digital Marketing Strategy?
The best digital marketing strategy is one that focuses on providing value to the consumer, not on promoting a product or service.
Get support
Digital Marketing Training
Is your marketing team up on the latest techniques in digital marketing? If not, I can run a training session that will help.
Digital Marketing Coaching
Do you need support establishing an ongoing digital marketing program? I can guide you through the process step by step.
Digital Marketing Strategy
Are you struggling to drive traffic to your website? Could you do with help formulating a plan? If so, I can help.
Top Posts
How to Design Outstanding Calls to Action that Convert
Every website should have a call to action, a response you want users to complete. But how do you encourage users to act? How do you create an effective call to action?
How to Successfully Encourage Newsletter Signup with Good Design
Are you desperate to improve newsletter signup? The answer doesn’t lie in annoying overlays or manipulation. There is a better way.
Stop thinking of your site as a marketing tool
There is no doubt that our website is a powerful marketing tool. But if we approach it with that attitude in mind we can do more harm than good.
Latest Posts
How to Design Outstanding Calls to Action that Convert
Every website should have a call to action, a response you want users to complete. But how do you encourage users to act? How do you create an effective call to action?
What Is the Best Digital Marketing Strategy?
The best digital marketing strategy is one that focuses on providing value to the consumer, not on promoting a product or service.
How Consistency in Your Digital Marketing Can Double Impact
Are you getting the most from your digital channels? The chances are they are underperforming because you lack an integrated approach.
Improve Your Conversion Rate: Attend My London Workshop
Join me on Tuesday 10th September in London to learn the latest techniques for improving the conversion rate of your website, all while avoiding alienating your users.
How to Use Psychology the Right Way to Improve Conversion
If we understand how people make decisions, we can improve both the user experience and conversion rate of our websites.
How to Measure Engagement on Your Website and Why Bother
When most people think of key performance indicators, they focus on measuring conversion, but we should also be measuring engagement.
How to Combat Information Overload in Content Marketing
With more content marketing being done than ever before, how can we combat information overload? How can we reach time poor users?
My 10 Steps for Designing the Perfect Landing Page
So you have been asked to design a landing page that encourages users to take action? In this post, I outline the approach I use to ensure results.
Give Your Tech Career A Boost with a Strong Personal Brand
In this post, Suman Das advocates for the importance of personal brand and guides us through the actions we can take to boost our own.
Digital Marketing Training: 5 ‘Need to Know’ Topics
Organisations need to start providing better digital marketing training if they are to remain competitive. Training that extends beyond how to use the content management system.
How Feedback Helped Design Teacups Google Ads Solution
In this post Dean gives us a glimpse of how iterative design and feedback from clients has made Teacup a solid solution for running Google ads.
How Google Ads Completes Your Client Service Offering
You may ask yourself “Why bother with Adwords?” In this post Dean Levitt convinces us that Adwords is necessary to complete the range of services you offer your clients
Are You Asking User to Act at the Best Moment?
The most compelling call to action will fail if you ask people to act at the wrong time. Unfortunately, in our desperation to convert users we often rush into asking them to act.
How to Offer Adwords to Clients, Better
In this post Dean suggests efficient ways to help us offer Adwords to clients safe in the knowledge that it is always good to continually improve your service.
How to Leverage Social Proof in a World of Cynical Users
We all know that social proof is an important tool, but why, and how do we make use of it when users are increasingly cynical?
Improving Profitability of Your Web Business by Adding AdWords Services
In this post Dean Levitt guides us through the basics of using Adwords and gives useful tools to make the most of the process.
Why and How to Gain the Trust of Users
Trust is a crucial component of any online interaction. If users do not trust you and your site they will not trust you with their data or money.
A Digital First Approach Is the Way Forward for Brand Design
Digital and brand designers need to start working more closely together. Why? Because if they don’t, they will continue to deliver a second-rate digital brand experience to their customers.
Dark Patterns and Aggressive Persuasion – 3 Reasons to Avoid!
Many have argued that the use of dark patterns and aggressive persuasion in web design is unethical. But what about from a purely business perspective?
5 Tactics That Will Increase Your Email Open Rates
Email marketing is constantly touted as a must for marketers. For good reason, too. But how do you improve your open rate?
