by Friends of Firebrand | Apr 29, 2025 | Blog, Business, Friends of Firebrand, Marketing
Way back when the ‘web’ was still a novelty, I had a go-to principle for usability debates when developers, clients, or bosses wanted to do the wrong thing: “Don’t make me think” Coined by usability consultant Steve Krug in his bestselling book of...
by Alastair Nee | Apr 14, 2025 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Ahoy, matey! We’re entering uncharted waters — new lands where old maps are no longer accurate. Just as Magellan once sailed beyond the horizon, naming newly discovered routes as he went, today’s marketers are navigating the unknown frontier of AI-driven...
by Lucy Allen | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Business, Marketing, PR
In Part One of this series, we asked: what does it take to be a thought leader? We showed why thought leadership is important for so many tech companies, especially those that need to educate their market or earn the trust of buyers, and we laid out the essential...
by Arman Khayyat | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, SEO
Keeping track of all the various tasks in SEO can be a challenge, and there’s a critical one marketers commonly overlook: canonicalization in SEO. Canonicalization can have major impacts on your website, so let’s dive into the fundamentals and best practices for...
by Shane Jordan | Dec 11, 2024 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PPC, SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) or Paid Media advertising are essential tools for businesses to increase online visibility, attract and engage target audiences, and ultimately drive conversions. When combined effectively, SEO and PPC marketing...
by Morgan McLintic | Dec 4, 2024 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
Startups work with agencies to solve problems. The challenge is that most problems are not narrowly contained to one marketing discipline, whereas agencies tend to be single-threaded — like a PR firm, an SEO shop or a PPC agency. This means startups must coordinate...