The internet offers seemingly limitless possibilities for marketing and contacting potential consumers. A company in any part of the country can connect with customers and clients all over the world. With smartphones and social media, people spend more time on the internet than ever before. Gone are the days when it was a fringe interest; it’s so mainstream that it takes over many areas of our lives.
People often feel like Facebook keeps the mic open on their phone and listens in on their conversations. How else can you explain the targeted ads? They assume that their smartphone is always listening to what they have to say, pulling information from the conversations they have, and sending them ads based on what they talk about.
One of the big worries that people have with a call to action is simply that they’re going to annoy the reader and actively push them away from making a purchase. In fact, some business owners specifically do not use them on these grounds. They don’t want to seem pushy. However, since studies have found that calls to action do work and do increase sales, it’s time to shift that perspective.
If you have ever used a site like Pinterest, you’re familiar with the concept of the rather similar Google Collections. Users can create their own collections of content, which they can then browse whenever they would like to do so. Pinterest does this with images, but Google Collections takes things a step farther and allows people to collect links, images, map locations, articles and much more.
Facebook has more users than any other social media platform. As a company, it also owns some of the other major platforms — like Instagram — and so there’s nearly a monopoly at the top. If you use social media at all, odds are you use a platform created by or owned by Mark Zuckerberg.
Getting traffic to your site is only half of the battle. You also need to keep people on the site, make conversions and make sales. This is why quality content, rather than keyword spamming, is so important. You need the type of site that not just ranks highly, but that offers information and that keeps people on the page.
