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Do you know what specific types of content you should create to attract more traffic to your site?

How about if you want to nurture your existing leads into paying customers?

Any idea when you should create a blog versus setting up landing pages or redesigning your web site?

If you don't know the answers to these questions or if you're having a hard time attracting traffic, generating leads or converting leads in to paying customers, we can help.

Studies show that 73% of executives don’t believe that marketing drives awareness and
revenue. As marketers, we have to make sure that we can prove the ROI of our marketing efforts.

Do you know which metrics actually matter to your boss?

Our free marketing metrics cheat sheet includes:

Would you like to get better results from your email marketing campaigns? You could be missing out if you don't apply the right techniques - but where do you begin?

You may have great content but if no one is seeing it, what is the point? While there are many ways to get the word out, new tools on the market help marketers get their content out to more places on the web. Places where audiences are already interacting with like-minded brands — to generate engagement that will (hopefully) result in more buyers, supporters, and community members.

Are you in the market for a new inbound marketing agency, but scared to death that you're going to make the wrong choice? There are many marketing agencies out there, but it can be difficult to determine which one is the right fit for your company.

When it comes to projects, goals, deadlines, commitments or challenges, effectively managing time and yourself is crucial to getting things done. Managing time includes prioritizing and planning, setting goals and delegating, analyzing time spent, monitor, scheduling and organizing.

Social media is an important part of today’s marketing campaign, but it can be time consuming. Without the right tools, you may not be accomplishing what you set out to do. Here are 4 social media tips that are worth acting on.

Video marketing is a great way to interact with your customers and give a personal side to your business and brand. However, in order to see a real return on your investment into video marketing you need your videos to go viral. There are 100 hours of videos uploaded every minute onto YouTube, so how do you set your videos apart to get the views you need and the chance to send them viral?

How are you feeling about your online marketing efforts as you kick off the new year--organized, got-it-all-together or entering sheer panic mode?

We're excited to announce that we've moved to a new location in the Prairie Stone business park in Hoffman Estates, IL. This building is positioned within a 780-acre nature reserve near the Sears headquarters, the Sears Centre and the 90/route 59 interchange. It is fully equipped with Wi-Fi, video conferencing and other amenities, and there are numerous hotels and restaurants nearby.