Remember the days of thumbing through a four-pound phone book looking for a business? Those days are gone. Now, there are over five billion daily searches on Google alone and over 91 percent of consumers using the internet to look…

Thanks to social media and the interconnectivity of modern society, we live in a world of trending topics, people, events and, of course, food. From the rise of avocado toast to the annual reintroduction of the McRib, the public at…

Imagine being able to reach customers that are in or near your business. With location-based digital marketing, you can serve ads to consumers based on their geographical location. This allows you to capture your target audience when they are in…

A lot of advertising insiders toss around terms like “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning,” but what do these terms really mean and how are they impacting the industry? Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience,…

Imagine a broadcast created just for you. Welcome to the wonderful world of food and beverage podcasts. Whenever and wherever you hit play, podcasts have the latest news and entertainment about your favorite subjects. And the more you listen, the…

In October of 2016 something notable happened. For the first time in the history of the internet, more people viewed websites on mobile devices than on desktops. Today, more than half of all users are on mobile devices. Because of the…

 “Never stop testing and your advertising will never stop improving.” David Ogilvy sometimes called the father of advertising, said those words back in the “Mad Men” era, long before digital advertising existed—but they still ring true. Ogilvy knew that to…

Media buying used to be simple. Well, maybe not simple, but it was definitely more straightforward than it is today. You had fewer outlets to choose from — Print (newspaper and/or magazine), Radio, Billboard, and TV. You could compare each…

You watch TV, but in the future TV might watch you. New technology exists that can target ads based on what people are doing and saying while watching TV. The systems use infrared cameras and microphones built into DVRs and…