Insights
We'll keep sharing our team's thoughts on current trends in digital marketing and branding alongside current events @ TKG.
‘Tis the Season to be Thankful
It’s officially the greatest time of the year! Pillsbury Christmas cookies, peppermint mocha...
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Why Toyota's Brand Strategy Set the Stage for a Polarizing 2020 Supra
If you’re into cars and have been on the Internet at all in the last few years, you already know...
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Benefits of the HubSpot CMS Hub
Gone are the days of using multiple platforms to host and manage your website. Say goodbye to...
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3 Things You Didn’t Know About HubSpot
3 things you didn't know you could do with HubSpot We all know we can use workflows for basic...
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Digital marketing... it's more important than ever
You don’t have to read this blog post to know the past year was one of the craziest of all time....
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The Karcher Group Adds 6 New Team Members as Local Agency Grows
The Karcher Group, a digital marketing agency based in North Canton, Ohio, added six new team...
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How to Use HubSpot to Align Your Sales and Marketing Teams
Marketing and sales teams have repeatedly run into the issue of misalignment.
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The Karcher Group Named One of Best Employers in Ohio
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, (June 28, 2021) —The Karcher Group, a digital marketing agency in North Canton,...
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Call Tracking Helps Reduce that Uneasy Vegas Feeling
It is said that nineteenth century retailing pioneer, John Wannamaker opined: “I know that 50% of...
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Don’t gamble with your digital marketing
If you regularly read this blog, you may sense that we are fairly particular about how we take care...
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Live Chat: A Solution for Custom Manufacturing
Receiving a request for quotation (RFQ) is an absolute requirement of the sales process if your...
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The Karcher Group Expands to North Carolina
Digital agency brings experience to growing Charlotte market.
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Top 10 E-commerce Mistakes and Ways to Improve Your E-commerce SEO
E-commerce websites are some of the most fun to work on from a search engine optimization (SEO)...
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SEO Prices for E-commerce Websites
One of the great things about leveraging SEO for e-commerce websites is that it’s easy to draw...
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How much does SEO cost in 2021?
It’s fair to say that search engine optimization (SEO) costs vary widely, based on a number of...
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6 Affordable Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
Truth be told, marketing is hard. And for small businesses with a smaller budget, it can be even...
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7 Reasons to Have a Website for Your Small Business
In an era dominated by social media, it isn’t uncommon to hear business owners say they think...
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Is SEO Worth It in 2021?
Having been in the SEO industry since before it was called the SEO industry, I continue to get a...
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How SEO Costs Compare to Traditional Advertising
Search engine optimization is one of the most affordable forms of advertising and produces an...
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Staying Connected While Working From Home: 6 Ways to Improve Remote Communication
At the beginning of the pandemic, the idea of working from home seemed exciting and new. Maybe you...
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8 Web Design Tips for An Effective Website
As creatives, we want to believe a good website is defined by the visual design elements used. But,...
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New Faces Onboard at The Karcher Group
Digital marketing agency welcomes two new employees to its Marketing and Sales teams.
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7 Ways to Build Community Through Instagram
Instagram has become an amazing marketing tool for a variety of businesses, influencers, thought...
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Create Help & FAQ Pages That Actually DO Help
Depending on the nature of your site, Help and FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) can span a few or...
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Andrea Deitrick Joins The Karcher Group Team
The Karcher Group Welcomes Andrea Deitrick as Office Manager
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How to Choose the Best Digital Marketing Agency
Good digital marketing revolves around one thing: knowing your target audience. In order to create...
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The Benefits of HubSpot and Marketing Automation
We’ve got news. We received word from HubSpot that we are now a Platinum Partner Agency and we...
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The Karcher Group Creates Unified Web Operations Team
The Karcher Group Merges IT and Development Teams to Create Better Web Operations Team
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Be Not Afraid! Ease Your SMB Into Inbound Marketing With These 5 Tips
This is an extension of tips provided for the CIO article “13 ways to make your inbound marketing...
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Questions Your Digital Marketing Agency Should Have Asked
As strange as it may sound, not every web marketer is focused on their client’s needs. Quite often,...
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The Karcher Group Restructures For Growth
The Karcher Group Announces Multiple Promotions Amid Continued Growth
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The Karcher Group Names New Vice President
The Karcher Group (TKG) appoints Darla Brown as the agency’s Vice President of Digital Services.
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3 Popular Email Marketing Mistakes That Make No Sense At All
For many people, email marketing is a numbers game. They send over a huge number of emails just to...
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20 Digital Marketing Hacks to Grow your Business
Hack. Marketer’s keep using that word but I'm not sure it means what they think it means.
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The Karcher Group Hits A Home Run with New Hire
The Karcher Group (TKG) welcomes Dirk Hayhurst as a Digital Marketing Strategist for the company....
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Create A Winning E-commerce Strategy
If you’ve not been paying attention to the steady rise of e-commerce, it would be easy to say that...
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Two New Faces Join Web Development Team
The Karcher Group continues to grow their internal team with the hire of two employees: Jason Henry...
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COVID-19 Impact
By this point you've heard plenty about COVID-19 so we'll go ahead and skip the hand washing...
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Preparing for the Transparency
Facebook is notorious for making changes to business pages with notifications that are easy to...
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The Karcher Group Appoints Chief Financial Officer
Seasoned financial executive, Michael Stephan, joins TKG team
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The Karcher Group Acquires NetTrack Marketing
Local digital marketing agency starts the year off with new acquisition
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The Karcher Group Continues To Grow Internal Team
Digital agency boosts video and sales teams with two new hires
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What Do Theatre and Marketing Have in Common?
This comparison is not as apples-to-oranges as one might think. Outside of working in t
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The Karcher Group Names Darla Brown as Creative Director
Move allows digital agency to strengthen creative forces The Karcher Group (TKG), a dig
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25+ Things You Should be Doing to Increase Audience Engagement
One of the most important jobs your website can do is facilitate engagement with your a
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4 Unique Challenges of B2B Digital Marketing
Anyone who has been in the business-to-business marketing space for any length of time
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Buyer Personas and the 6 Reasons You Need Them
Ever feel like your marketing campaigns resemble Adele singing her hit song, ‘Hello’? You know the...
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11 Ways to Get Maximum Efficiency from Your SEO Team's Efforts
Everyone knows Deadpool. Scratch that. Everyone who's not living under a rock knows who
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New Employees Join Growing Search and Advertising Team
New employees join the team to enhance areas of SEO and PPC NORTH CANTON, Ohio, (July 15, 2019) —...
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5 Best Marketing Automation Platforms of 2020
This post was first released in July of 2019 but has since been updated for 2020
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13 Reasons Why Your E-commerce Site Is Failing
Before we dive into strategy, lets start with some assumptions about your ecommerce site:
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Inspired Marketing: Lessons from nature
I can’t say I know it all. Not even close. But that excites me. It means every day, every...
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One Powerful Development Team in the Making
Senior team members take on new positions and new members join team to better serve clients NORTH...
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Accessibility: Usability for all
I spent a vast majority of my third-grade year in a wheelchair because of a trampoline accident. To...
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How to Assess Searcher Intent to Reach, Deliver, Satisfy, and Convert Your Audience
"Target your audience."
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Big Changes for Three Senior Level Employees
Senior team members take on new positions to better serve clients The Karcher Group (TKG), a...
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UX Party Essentials
I’m not saying your website is lame. But, if it was your party invite to the world would people...
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Team Recognized for Service with Chair Circle
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, (April 16, 2019) — The Karcher Group (TKG) was recognized for their leadership...
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Teamwork’s New Brand: The highlights and the bloopers
Branding and web design are two of our favorite things here at TKG, so when they collided in a...
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Top Ways an SSL Protects Your Website Security and Search Authority
There’s nothing worse than putting sensitive information into a site and not knowing if it’s safe...
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The Importance of Site Speed and How to Optimize Yours
Is there anyone out there who enjoys waiting for a website to load? For me, the seconds seem to...
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ADDYed a Few New Awards Around the Office
Local agency honored as American Advertising Award winner The Karcher Group (TKG), a full-service
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Why Users - Not Search Engines - Should Be Your Top Priority
Let’s be honest with each other. SEO is important, even though it can feel overwhelming and...
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Agencies Join Forces to Create a Digital Marketing Powerhouse
Agencies join forces to create a digital marketing powerhouse We are proud to announce TKG's recent...
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Four New Faces on Board at TKG
Growing agency adds four team members to add capacity and enhance service
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How-To Guide: Daily Facebook Community Management
When it comes to social media, it’s important to be – you guessed it – social with your audience....
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The Creation of One Unified Creative Team
Agency aligns creative resources and promotes from within, while adding several new jobs
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Benefits of Digital Advertising
If you’re doing anything on the web with your Ohio or North Carolina business, you probably know...
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Linda Beck Joins Team As Content Strategist
Agency welcomes content strategist Linda Beck North Canton, (October 30, 2018) – The Ka
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Agency Welcomes Full Stack Developer Alex Standiford
Agency welcomes full stack developer Alex Standiford North Canton, (October 30, 2018) –
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Why Email Marketing Should Still Be Part of Your Marketing Strategy
You may have read some articles that say that “no one reads their email anymore” or that “email is...
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Building a Digital Marketing Strategy (And Why It Matters)
You wouldn’t build your house without a blueprint, would you? Sure, contractors know how to put up...
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What a Veteran Taught TKG About Teams
The Karcher Group might have started as a few people in a basement, but from the beginning, we’ve...
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What is SEO?
SEO stands for search engine optimization which is a fancy way of saying 'helping websites show up...
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Your Digital Partner (Even if You're Not a Client)
As we enter our twentieth year in business, it's safe to say we've heard it all when it comes to...
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Five Types of Content and Where to Use Them
A few years ago, we said content is king when it comes to marketing. Today, content is no longer...
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User Experience is More Than Just a Buzzword
Have you ever visited a website, downloaded an app or bought a product and had no idea how to use...
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5 Reasons Your Social Media Efforts Aren’t “Working”
We hear it all the time: “We’re pouring a lot of time/effort/money into social media, and it’s just...
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Five Local Search Mistakes You Want to Avoid
We may not always win your business, but at the very least, we want to make sure you work with a...
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How to Address Negative Reviews
Here's the scenario - Joe's having a bad day. He slept through his alarm and was late to work. He...
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Welcoming Videographer and Editor Joe Oberster To The Team
Agency welcomes videographer and editor Joe Oberster North Canton, (June 19, 2018) – Th
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Kyle Obendorf Joins Team As VP of Sales and Marketing
Obendorf Brings Senior-Level Sales and Marketing Experience North Canton, (June 6, 2018
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Who Owns Your Content (and Why Does it Matter)?
You may be thinking, “This shouldn’t be a question.” Assuming your website or app is your own, all...
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4 Ways to Start Using Video to Build your Brand
Are you looking for some ways to get motion and video built into your brand? Here are four tips to...
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Digital Marketing Discovery, Strategy and Measurement
Developing a long-term partnership begins with knowing you, your business and your business goals....
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3 Reasons You Need to Revisit Your Brand Strategy
We see it all the time…clients think they have a great handle on their brand until we start asking...
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What’s in a Website (and What Your Business Needs)
We hear it almost every day: a business owner needs a new website or a re-design and they have no...
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The Karcher Group Hires Three New Digital Marketing/Content Specialists
Claudia Miller, Megan Mars and Seth Kurzen Bring New Skills to The Karcher Group North
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Why Online Reviews Matter (And How to Get Them)
When’s the last time you bought a product on Amazon or ate at a restaurant rated less than four...
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Web Hosting Made Personal
Determining where to host your website and email is a big decision. The most common choice is a...
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Is Your Business Ready for the Internet of Things?
Is Your Business Ready for the Internet of Things? Internet of Things (IoT): bringing together...
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Search Engine Optimization: Expectations vs. Reality
A lot of our conversations with prospective clients start like this:
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Using the Offseason to Grow Your Seasonal Business
We all know seasonal businesses should ramp up their marketing efforts in the months leading up to...
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The Facebook News Feed is Changing. Now What?
Facebook announced they’re changing their news feed, and now the sky is falling. Or is it?
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The Karcher Group Brings On Two New Specialists
Emily Weiss and Sydney Taucher Bring Fresh Perspective and Marketing Know-How North Can
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The Karcher Group Hires New Data Services Manager
Scott Keenan Brings IT Background, Linux System Administration to Role North Canton, (N
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20 Years of Driving Your Digital and Brand Strategy
Geoff Karcher founded The Karcher Group in 1997, the same year Google launched its web
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Getting in the Holiday Spirits
How We Get Into the Holiday “Spirits” (and Why It’s Important to Our Core Philoso
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The Basics of Marketing Automation
Your digital presence should be your greatest asset toward building your business. With marketing...
Telling Your Story Through Images
The saying, “A picture is worth 1,000 words” is especially true with your online presence, but the...
Getting More Out of Your Digital Advertising Dollars
Digital ads are a critical component to increasing your brand’s visibility on Google and social...
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