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Why Your Business Should Be Using Google Hangouts

Part video conference, part webinar, Google Hangouts have been growing in popularity and proving to be a useful tool for both digital marketers and webpreneurs around the world. All that is technically needed to hold or be a participant in a Google Hangout is a free Google Account. Hook up your webcam and you can live stream video broadcasts from your Google+ profile,...

3 Digital Marketing Trends We’re Watching in 2014

You would be hard pressed to find a digital marketing pro who is not excited for 2014.  The digital revolution continues to unfold every day, and there is no doubt that history books (digital, of course!) will show that the beginning of the 21st century housed a seismic shift in how human beings lived life because of technology. Here are a...

The Recipe for Creating Killer Content

The recipe to creating killer content is not a secret. Our blogging experience has taught us that the most successful blog posts in terms of page views, sharability and click-throughs include at least TWO out of these FOUR  ingredients: - They offer actionable advice - They take a controversial stance - They elicit emotion - They are timely Before you start on a blog post...

We Love it When Our Work Goes Viral!

X Factor Digital Marketing recently launched http://maleplasticsurgerynewyork.com/, the first ever fully responsive website dedicated solely to male plastic surgery in NYC. As the website is quickly going viral we would like to thank Jezebel.com for their amazing write up! Click here to read article   Looking to build a website that search engines and bloggers love? Contact us today!

ONE YEAR AFTER SANDY: STRATEGIES TO SUSTAIN BUSINESS GROWTH

The brutal truth is that Sandy has left a footprint that will be felt at the Jersey Shore, Rockaway and Staten Island for some time to come. Full recovery to pre-Sandy level is not going to be immediate; it is a long arduous process that probably will take the next 5 to 7 years. And the Jersey Shore, specifically Seaside Heights...

3 Great Ways to Manage All of Your Social Networking Sites

Facebook, WordPress, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, Youtube, Google+, Tumblr, …the list goes on and on. Taking advantage of social media is beneficial, actually it is necessary, to building and/or promoting your brand. Yet, having all of these accounts can be a full-time job to manage. So, here are 3 extremely useful ways to manage your brand via social media FOR...

Have you Embraced Digital Marketing?

Strategies for many major industries have gone through, and will go through, change. Even as the digital age has been around for quite some time-the modo is ‘keep changing’. Why is the modo not change to ‘this’? And how is this affecting those who received their education decades ago? This trend of change is not going to stop any time soon....

The Benefits of Unemployment

By Thomas F, La Vecchia, MBA Focus on Women Magazine Post 2008 the term “unemployment” became a hot button issue. Unemployment rates plummeted and people became frustrated for some sort of relief. The sad truth was you were lucky if you were even underemployed; working harder for less pay or working levels under your skill-set. However as the population leveled out their shock...