What is a GIF? GIFs are a type of image file format (Graphics Interchange Format) that can store multiple image files and present them sequentially, creating an animated effect. The human brain processes images about 60,000 times faster than words. When your goal involves being as … Continue reading “8 best practices for using GIFs in your marketing”

In the digital era, mobile devices have become an integral part of our daily lives, profoundly influencing how businesses connect with consumers. Mobile commerce, or m-commerce, offers a dynamic platform for businesses to engage their audience, drive sales, and build lasting relationships. With the rise … Continue reading “8 tips for optimizing your business marketing with mobile commerce”

As a franchise business, you have a lot to juggle, but SMS marketing should be part of your digital marketing strategy to maximize results. And we’re here with SMS marketing best practices you can start using today. And, if you aren’t using SMS marketing, you … Continue reading “10 SMS marketing best practices for franchises”

The pursuit of financial freedom is common these days. According to the Social Shepherd, up to 24 million online stores continue to grow.  Things have been going well in the eCommerce industry for a while, and the recent pandemic encouraged even more people to switch … Continue reading “7 challenges of starting an eCommerce business”

Even the smallest mistakes in your marketing emails can ruin an entire campaign. There’s nothing worse than the feeling of hitting “send” and then realizing that you sent the wrong link to your entire contact list. It happens more often than you might think. About … Continue reading “Email checklist: 8 things to check before sending”

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of boosting the ranking of your website in search engine results pages (SERPs). This is done by identifying and using keywords in your content to boost organic search results. Most often this is focused on Google, but Bing, … Continue reading “10 tips to improve organic search performance (SEO) on Google”

Every business that invests in marketing needs goals. Without them, you don’t know if your marketing efforts are having an impact. Goals help you measure the effectiveness of your campaigns and can tell you whether to invest more in a certain channel and less in … Continue reading “Setting marketing goals for the new year”

What is a text message blast? A text message blast, also known as a mass text, is sending a text message to your entire audience or a significant portion of your audience. An email blast is similar to an text blast, but sends emails. Mass … Continue reading “Text message blasts: How to mass text successfully”

You likely know by now that content is king. And that’s true for your franchise business as well. But when it comes to franchise content marketing, it’s almost too easy to find yourself spinning your wheels. Creating content to simply create content, without a direction, … Continue reading “7 tips to level up your franchise content marketing”

It’s easy to spend the majority of your new website budget on design and development without money left over for promotion and marketing, and now, you need to grow website traffic. Maybe you’ve found yourself in this situation? The good news is that you can … Continue reading “10 strategies for building website traffic on a budget”

In this article we’re going to look at some QR code examples and how you can use them in your marketing. But first, let’s take a look at what exactly is a QR code? What is a QR code? QR stands for Quick Response, and … Continue reading “Explore 9 Creative QR Code Examples”

Digital marketing 101 overview Any business owner likely has heard the term “digital marketing” before, but how well do you understand it and the opportunities it offers for your business? It can be overwhelming as it covers many forms and can involve many strategies since … Continue reading “Digital marketing 101: A beginner’s guide”

We can all agree that “content is king,” but not all of us have the time to constantly create increasingly more content. Especially franchise owners. This is where repurposing your existing franchise content can come into play. What is repurposing content? Repurposed content involves adding … Continue reading “13 tips to repurpose content like a rockstar franchise marketer”

It’s important to understand the various legal frameworks (CAN-SPAM, CASL, and GDPR) and their impact to your email marketing. Not following the laws dealing with email compliance is the biggest mistakes you can make when running an email marketing campaign. Please note, the information provided … Continue reading “Email marketing compliance: CAN-SPAM, CASL, and GDPR”

On-page SEO can help improve your website’s organic search traffic. And with Google implementing several search engine algorithm updates over the years, it’s more important than ever to audit where your on-page SEO stands and how you can best optimize it. Simply put, on-page SEO … Continue reading “13 on-page SEO tips that you can use today”

Your business can either thrive or barely survive based on your customer responsiveness in this fast-moving digital world. How long does it take your team members to respond to a question from a customer or potential customer? Simple answer: The longer it takes, the worse … Continue reading “8 ways to improve customer responsiveness”

Social proof can help convert your potential customers into paying customers. This marketing technique refers to potential customers assuming that what others are doing is correct based on how often they see those actions. In other words, social proof is about looking to others to … Continue reading “17 of the best social proof tools to boost your sales”

One of the most important tools for lead generation and sales conversion is the landing page. Landing pages are standalone web pages that are disconnected from your website’s navigation. Their purpose is to present focused content that aims to convince visitors to act, whether that’s … Continue reading “10 tips to create effective landing pages”

With more than 3.6 billion people using social media worldwide, this form of digital marketing isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Social media is one of several major ways to reach your target audience online. In particular, social media is great for building brand awareness, creating … Continue reading “Level up your social media skills with these 17 free online courses”

We’ve read a lot recently about a resurgence of plain text emails. And, some email marketers even promote writing exclusively plain text instead of using HTML. We at DailyStory want to share some of the research we’ve done and the recommendations we give our customers. … Continue reading “Plain text or HTML email – which to use in your next campaign”

Customer testimonials are a critical component of effectively promoting your business to consumers who are getting to know you and your brand. Simply put, customer testimonials are short quotes or personal anecdotes from past customers that describe how a particular product or service has helped … Continue reading “6 tips for collecting effective customer testimonials”

Instagram Guides are one of the most underrated Instagram features that you may not be using…yet. But Instagram Guides are excellent for sharing curated content with your followers. Users can easily consume a collection of Instagram posts, products and more in an easy-to-digest format. For … Continue reading “4 tips when using Instagram Guides”

Mobile internet browsing isn’t just the future. It’s the present. You must have a mobile-friendly presence as a franchise business. In 2020, 274.7 million people in the U.S. accessed the internet through a mobile device. This means that about 83 percent of Americans are mobile … Continue reading “16 tips for a mobile-friendly website that you can’t ignore as a franchise”

A big part of online purchases is research. Think customer testimonials and reviews. Consumers want to be sure they’re making the best purchase for them from a business they can trust at a competitive price. While consumers read about 10 reviews before they trust a … Continue reading “5 ways to boost sales with customer testimonials”

These days, the mobile optimization of most websites goes without question. Even for your franchise. Mobile devices (excluding tablets) generated about 55 percent of website traffic, consistently hovering around the 50 percent mark since the beginning of 2017. And mobile internet usage is only growing. … Continue reading “6 reasons why mobile optimization matters to your franchise”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, live streaming and video chat became not just convenient but critical mediums of communication and content delivery. And that continues today. Is your franchise live-streaming? If not, it’s not too late to get started! But before you dive headfirst into live-streaming … Continue reading “Is your franchise live-streaming? 12 tips to look professional”

You may hear it often these days. Your franchise voice is everything online. It helps people connect with your brand, engage with you and (hopefully) come to trust you. As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos once said, “Your brand is what people say about you when … Continue reading “8 steps for finding your franchise voice”

It’s tough to beat SMS text message marketing when it comes to digital marketing tactics. Text messaging is fast, direct, efficient and relatively inexpensive when compared to other advertising tactics (such as Google Ads). Short message service (SMS) marketing is a form of marketing that … Continue reading “9 do’s and don’ts of SMS text message marketing”

Gathering marketing data is a great first step to understanding your franchise’s target audience and ensuring your campaigns are effective. However, after gathering data, you’ll need to understand that data by being able to read and evaluate it. Evaluation is key to ensuring you cut … Continue reading “How to evaluate your franchise marketing data”

Email marketing is an important tool in your digital marketing toolkit and it’s important to understand the email marketing do’s and the email marketing dont’s. Not only is it continuing to grow in popularity, but it’s powerful. About 92 percent of online adults use email, … Continue reading “Email marketing Do’s and Don’ts – 11 Strategies to Follow”

Looking for ways to create additional revenue streams for your small business? Affiliate marketing might be for you. This method of marketing is about finding ways to complement and grow the business you already have by offering more value to your customers and anyone else … Continue reading “Affiliate marketing – 4 tips to create additional revenue streams”

Great customer service is never set and done. To be great, you have to regularly improve your systems, train your team and collect feedback for future improvements. The effort is worthwhile. Businesses that deliver excellent customer service can expect sales increases of about 20 percent … Continue reading “5 ways to improve your customer service”

Event planning is much harder than it appears from the outside. But events can also help your business achieve its goals. In fact, about 89 percent of marketers say that events are critical to reaching business objectives.  Event planning centers on the act of organizing … Continue reading “Event planning: 10 tips for stress-free events”