Approximately 342,000 billboards dot American roads and highways, according to Statista, with nearly 9,000 of those being video billboards that cycle through ads every several seconds. About 15% of Americans own cellular phones that aren’t smartphones, according to Pew Research Center. That means in a room of 20 people, three are likely using flip phones…

Let’s talk about agency pricing. Value-based retainer pricing models are a hot topic in today’s agency world. The idea that you charge clients based on the value you provide rather than a flat rate has emerged as a remarkable step toward delivering outstanding, innovative results for your customers. From this concept, points-based retainers emerged. Point…

Designing an effective contact form or lead generation form can make a huge impact on the number and quality of leads you attract. Still, designing an effective form for your company is no easy task. The good news is there are many form builders available to help you develop high-quality webforms. Form tools are by…

It’s essential for small business owners to regularly evaluate their marketing tactics so they can focus on the ones that will help them grow their businesses. If you’re a small business owner, then you’ve definitely heard of Google Ads. But do you know if you’re displaying the ads that are best for your business? Many…

Here at CallRail, we’re always building and iterating on our product to help businesses of all sizes understand their marketing campaigns and leads. As part of our growing product roadmap, we recently added a brand new navigation bar to your account. This global navigation is an important first step to building seamless user experiences for…

From social media to paid search, there’s no shortage of marketing technology on the market today. But do more platforms mean better measurement? Not necessarily. Our new Attribution Report found that 75 percent of marketers using four or more platforms say they spend too much time on reporting. For marketers using five or more platforms,…

This is a guest post from Darren Shaw, the founder of Whitespark –– a local search software and services company. He has been working on the web for over 19 years and loves everything about local SEO. Darren leads research initiatives such as the annual Local Search Ranking Factors survey and the Local Search Ecosystem. He…

For years, you’ve been able to easily track where people go on your site, and what makes them click a link or submit a form. But what about when the phone rings? How did they find you, and why did they call? Any data set that doesn’t answer these integral questions provides an incomplete picture…

Many people don’t realize that small, local businesses have a major advantage when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO). Unlike big corporations or e-commerce sites that need to rank for the most competitive keywords nationally or even globally, small enterprises can focus on what they do best: reaching customers in their own backyard. To…

One of the most important features of call tracking is its ability to illuminate offline marketing and customer activity. This is made possible by the wealth of data points that are accessible only when you’re using software that can generate call tracking metrics from each inbound call. These metrics can provide valuable insights to improve…

Traffic to your business’s website is great — but if you can turn that traffic into a referral stream for inbound calls, that’s even better. Research shows that customers who make phone calls offer much more value to a business. In fact, six out of 10 prospects report wanting to jump straight to pricing discussions…

The modern marketing agency faces plenty of challenges when it comes to dealing with clients, building a positive reputation, and maintaining success. With some agencies, the challenges are winning. Consider these findings from HubSpot’s 2018 Marketing Agency Growth Report: 15 percent of responding agencies don’t customize their service offerings and don’t deliver services on time.…

NAP Consistency refers to the accuracy of a location-based business’s Name, Address, and Phone number across all business listings, local directories, social media profiles, and websites. It is widely considered a search ranking factor for local SEO. Don’t forget about your homepage URL as well as this is the most important element to keep consistent.…

Here at CallRail, we’re always building and iterating on our product to help businesses of all sizes understand their marketing campaigns and leads. As part of our growing product roadmap, we recently added a brand new navigation bar to your account. This global navigation is an important first step to building seamless user experiences for…

Most marketing agencies want to do right by their clients, delivering outstanding work on time, and reasonably going above and beyond as needed. However, any collaboration between agency and client runs the risk of miscommunication and misunderstanding. Expectations between the two parties may differ, and presumptions such as, “I thought you were responsible for that,”…

Let’s face it: building a website from the ground up is no walk in the park. Your site can be the determining factor that draws an undecided visitor off of the cyber streets when they need you to make their decision for them. “Are we eating Indian or Thai tonight?” Once they arrive, the decision…

Auto-lead Data Format (ADF) has been the standard XML file format for capturing online sales leads in the automotive industry for the past 20 years. The format is used to record information from online car shoppers—including customer contact information and specifications for vehicles of interest—and transfer that information between the various software systems used for…

Marketing attribution has grown in complexity over the last decade-plus, thanks in part to an unprecedented proliferation of new advertising platforms and new content types. Getting attribution right is not just an onerous endeavor, but the no. 1 pain point facing today’s marketers –– more challenging than getting organizational buy-in, budget, audience insights, or proper…

This is a guest post from our friends at Cardinal Digital Marketing, an agency based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Membrillo is the CEO of Cardinal, and is a published author — his latest book “The Anatomy of Medical Marketing” is an all-purpose guide for helping medical groups grow their practice and stay off life…

For Lars Marketing, data is everything. The Seattle-based search marketing agency works with small and medium sized businesses in a diverse range of industries — from printing to automotive maintenance — but the one thing all of their clients have in common is that they rely on accurate data to inform their business decisions.  In…

This is a guest post from our friends at Wonderist Agency in San Diego. Wonderist is a dental marketing agency focused on helping practices increase new patient numbers and implement cohesive dental marketing strategies. As an executive, having your finger on the pulse of your business’s marketing is imperative. Knowing how your customers are finding…

Customer success is the business methodology of ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes while using your product or service. Customer Success is relationship-focused client management, that aligns client and vendor metrics and goals for mutually beneficial business outcomes.   The importance of managing customer success Customer success management transforms your customer relationship through strategic and…

CallRail has been named to Deloitte’s Tech Fast 500 list for the fourth year in a row. We were one of 22 Georgia companies to make the list, which is comprised of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America, based on fiscal year revenue growth from 2015 to 2018. At no. 281 on the…

Chicago-based SEM agency SearchLab works with a variety of fast-growing clients. With clients across the country and just over two years in business, the group has already earned awards from Clutch (2018 and 2019) and was listed among the top digital agencies by Built in Chicago earlier this year.  Unlike most agencies, however, SearchLab operates…

URL tracking parameters, also known as tracking codes or tracking tags, are tools that record the origin of a click. When someone clicks on a link in one of your ads, emails, or other marketing efforts, these little snippets of computer language, which are attached to the ends of URLs, capture all sorts of valuable…