Introduction It is fairly common knowledge that businesses should use a mix of text, photos, and videos in their marketing efforts. However, I’ve come to realize that many people fail to recognize the importance of each form of content and do not consider why or how each one can be effectively utilized in marketing. …
Read MoreWatch (YouTube - Local Marketing Strategy Top Grade Tire and OK Tire CEO Justin Bullock) as William Walczak, Hiilite CEO and University of British Columbia Consumer Behavior Professor, leads a weekly open marketing call to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 economic crisis. Working directly with local businesses the to help find new opportunities, pivot…
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“I like to synthesize information from people who have been in business and have been writing books for like twenty years.” – David Talas Hiilite’s Chief Brand Officer Tina Walczak, and Senior Identity Designer Cam Schreiner, Interview Master Instagram Dr. Dave Talas Q. Are Instagram carousels overdone? Do people just copy what they see? …
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SEO, or Search Engine Optimization is a scary word to some, but if you take a step back, what matters are the little things you can do right on your website. Plus, it can be exciting to see your website rise the ranks on search result pages. Every little bit helps when it comes to…
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"Be prepared for the digital connection revolution." Matthew Encina cuts the bullsh*t, and tells it like it is. I don't know what day it is, I don't know what time it is, but I'm just so able to focus right now, and I'm loving that this is a byproduct of this self-isolation. It's a big shift for…
Read MoreEarlier this year, a trusted SEO professional, Brian Dean, released a method to rank YouTube videos fast using what he calls the 'Sequel Technique'. We circled back over 7 months later to see what kind of impact the technique has had in the blogosphere only to discover that even the team at Backlinko has yet…
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If you’re a business owner or a webmaster for a website(s), you will have noticed some changes recently to the Google Search Console interface. Google has recently added features to help you better understand how your website is performing on Google, why that is the case, and how you can troubleshoot issues. The new additions…
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Struggling to generate web traffic to your website? A quick way to change this is to invest in an ad campaign to drive brand awareness and/or sales. What do you do when advertising channels like Facebook and Google aren’t available to you? We’re going to uncover your options in this blog. We’ll be focusing primarily…
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What did we do before Google? Maybe it’s just marketing nerds like the team at Hiilite that seems to ask this question. However, if you’ve ever wondered, “what was it like performing online research before Google?”, this post is for you. You may think that search engines are a (relatively) new concept – Google was founded in…
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By: Patrick Henderson Let’s say you're our client and you want to calculate ROI on branding initiatives, what's the best way to go about this? Calculating ROI When it comes to business or marketing, we first want to approach it from an economic standpoint. Asking questions including, ‘was that a good investment’, or ‘what else could I have spent…
Read MoreYou may have asked yourself in the past, "What is SEO?" and how it works. You're not alone. In fact, this is one of the most common questions we receive from clients here at Hiilite. In this blog, we'll provide some insight into what SEO is and how it fits in to the digital marketing…
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Canopy Growth recently secured the largest strategic investment in the cannabis space to date, with the investment received from alcohol giant, Constellation Brands. Keep reading to learn more about Canopy Growth’s SEO practices, and possible areas for it to improve. Many of the concepts have been used when marketing cannabis business clients at Hiilite. A successful…
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