Posted on November 7, 2017

“Why does my business need social media?” they asked.

There are many benefits to social media marketing. If your business doesn’t have a Facebook page now a days, users will turn away! It’s the easiest way to learn and contact a business you are interested in - whether it be your favorite restaurant, clothing store, or potential job! Here are the top 4 benefits to social media marketing: Say what? Your brand can use social media to increase brand awareness and recognition? Yes! It is important to increase the awareness...

by Sydney Feipel

Posted on October 2, 2017

iFocus Insights

Meet our Director of Operations, Sydney Feipel!

How long have you been working at iFocus? Since we started (one year and eight months-ish) Describe what you do. Much of what I do involves managing our programmatic display campaigns, which includes anything from submitting new campaigns, updating campaigns, making optimizations, making small campaign edits, etc.I also manage our internal team, so I do a lot with processes and making sure everything internally runs smoothly. I try to make sure my team is always well equipped and in a positive,...

by Sydney Feipel

Posted on September 20, 2017

iFocus Insights

Meet our President and CEO, Andrew Lukes!

How long have you been working at iFocus? I joined iFocus in May of 2016. Describe what you do. I spend a lot of my time acting as a resource for the team – encouraging, assisting, challenging, motivating, directing. What does a typical workday look like for you? I’m up pretty early, usually around 5AM checking emails. Getting into the office by 8AM and I already have a feel for where the day is going. When I’m not travelling,...

by Sydney Feipel

Posted on September 13, 2017

iFocus Insights

The Art of “Relevant” Stalker Marketing

That is so creepy. If we had a dollar for every time we’ve heard this phrase when we explain to people what we do for a living, we’d all be sitting on our own private beaches right now. Other phrases we hear on a regular basis include: Oh, I hate those ads. You mean those pop-up things? Those are so annoying. I get ads all the time for things I don’t care about. And yet, the soaring rate at which consumers are interacting with digital ads...

by Sydney Feipel

Posted on August 24, 2017

iFocus Insights

The Value of a Mobile-Optimized Website

Today, nearly 90% of Americans are active online. But, as hard as it is to believe, PC sales are actually declining. So how are all those people getting online? Many of them are doing it through smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Almost everyone in the country now owns a cellphone, and around 80% are walking around with smartphones that can access all the endless resources of the internet. That's not to mention the fact that more than 50% of...

by Sydney Feipel

Posted on July 27, 2017

iFocus Insights

Websites Still Matter, but Promotion is Essential

With so much happening on social media these days and so many searches going through mobile devices, it may come as no surprise that we have literally had business owners ask us, "Do websites still matter?" The answer is that yes, absolutely, websites still matter, maybe now more than ever. However, to get the most out of your website, you also need consistent, planned promotion. Obviously, the internet has changed how we all conduct and market our businesses, and the growing...