You’ve seen the “Sponsored” results on Google and the ads from strangers in your Facebook feed. Here are the basics of Google Ads, social media ads, display, retargeting and video ads, when paying for visibility makes sense for a small business, and what paid ads can’t fix on their own.
Visitors form an opinion of your business in five to ten seconds, before they read a word. This post sticks to graphic design basics (your logo, typography and color) and explains how they tell people whether you look established or new, premium or budget, and when it’s time to bring in a professional.
A polished website, social media that looks like another company, and a different logo on the sign than on the business card. Customers may not call it inconsistent branding, but they feel it and trust you less. We break brand consistency into visuals, voice and messaging, and show how a one-page style guide and a quick self-audit close the gaps.
A scam email dressed up as a Better Business Bureau complaint landed in our inbox, so we followed it step by step. It leads to a fake “verify you’re human” screen that asks Windows users to press Windows + R and then Ctrl + V. Here’s how the trick installs malware and what to do instead.
Maybe a customer asked if they could buy from your website, or a competitor just opened an online store. Here’s what e-commerce actually involves, from gift cards and deposits to full product catalogs, the upkeep it takes, and how to decide whether selling online makes sense before you commit to a platform like WooCommerce or Shopify.
A phishing scam posing as Meta is hitting Facebook business page owners and non-profits, and some of our clients have already been caught. The messages promise verification or demand action within 24 hours, then send you to fake pages on Google Sites. Here are the red flags, how to check a request safely and what to do if you clicked.
Big national SEO agencies have slick websites and long client lists, but your account may be one of a hundred. We make the case for a smaller local agency: people who know your business, SEO tied to your site and content, plain reporting, and you keeping ownership of your domain and accounts.
Your nephew built a nice site for his band, and your buddy knows WordPress. They mean well, but a website that works as a marketing tool takes different skills than design or tech know-how. This post explains the difference between design and marketing, and the hidden costs of handing your brand to the wrong helper.
A member of the Wild Iris team lost his mother just weeks before Mother’s Day, and the holiday marketing didn’t stop. Three emails did feel different. DoorDash, Ancestry and Nespresso each offered a simple opt-out. Here’s what those emails got right and how your business can market around emotional holidays without forgetting who is on your list.
Think of your website as a car, not the sign over your door. Skip the oil changes and the repair bill grows. Using Patchstack’s 2025 plugin vulnerability numbers, we explain how neglected sites get hacked, what routine upkeep covers and why a $75 oil change beats a $4,000 engine rebuild.
You expect your accountant to tell you when the numbers don’t add up. Your marketing agency should too. Here’s why a good one will push back on a brand color that hurts readability, an SEO plan that casts too wide a net or a timeline that isn’t realistic, and why that honesty is what you hired them for.
Most happy customers never leave a review, simply because it doesn’t occur to them. So ask at the right moment, and make it easy with a direct link or a QR code. Just don’t offer a discount, freebie or anything else in return. Google prohibits it, now asks reviewers about incentives, and can suspend your listing.
You don’t need unlimited resources. You need to make the resources you have work harder.
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