Category Archives: Marketing Tools

The eBC Directional Marketing Matrix

A Simple Framework to Help You Make Better Digital Marketing Decisions I just got done reading The Power of the 2×2 Matrix by Alex Lowy and Phil Hood of Transcend Strategy Group – a management consulting outfit in Toronto – … Continue reading

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Man Crush: Dan Ariely

A Behavioral Economist Teaches Us About Trust & Revenge Dan Ariely throwing up economic gang signs. Dan Ariely is a behavioral economist and professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University.  If I had a Fave5 on my phone … Continue reading

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Using Tumblr to Promote Blog Content

A Useful ‘Push’ Tool for Your Marketing Arsenal I love food blogs and a great marketing application I’ve been seeing lately is the use of Tumblr to promote blog content.  The Wannabe Chef has a very useful post about the … Continue reading

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The Rich Uncle

15 Minutes to Better Branding Digital branding is one of the highest demand strategic consulting items for us this year.  My observation is that this is due to one reason: the economic situation of the past two years caused companies … Continue reading

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Marketing Decathlon

Q: Can you describe to the average client how challenging cross-functionality at eBoost Consulting is? Cross-functionality is one of the main differentiators of eBoost Consulting.  As I’ve mentioned many times in the past, elite results come from elite execution.  Elite … Continue reading

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Google Adwords Product Extensions

Inside Adwords has announced today that Google rolled out a new feature to its Adwords paid search platform called product extensions.  Currently available to U.S. customers only, product extensions will be a way to enhance your existing ads by showing searchers … Continue reading

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PPC: Bounce Rate vs. Exit Rate

Recently, I’ve received more and more questions regarding two important key metrics in the search engine marketing world, bounce rate and exit rate. There seems to be some confusion about the difference between the two, what they actually measure, and … Continue reading

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Google Ad Preview Tool

If you’re not familiar with the Google Ad Preview Tool than this post is an opportunity for you to add something new to your PPC tool belt.  It seems that more now than ever clients are interested in seeing their … Continue reading

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5 Tools To Monitor Conversation and Brand Reputation

In an age where a backlash against traditional advertising is fueling the growth of social media as a robust marketing channel, this un-intrusive and user engaging alternative communication medium is experiencing unprecedented growth both in terms of the amount of … Continue reading

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Can QR Codes Change The Game of Mobile Marketing?

QR stands for “quick response” and the QR code is a cube shaped 2-dimensional matrix code that permits users to obtain data at a high speed by simply using the scanner (camera) located on their mobile phone. Originally developed by … Continue reading

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