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Mark Mcdonough
Are you a designer, brand, manufacturer or business owner in the design industry? This podcast is focused on helping you grow your business with the latest marketing and business techniques that really work. We interview top brands and designers who are using business and marketing strategies that you need to be aware of and are simple to apply to your business.
My name is Mark McDonough and I currently have around 40 thousand followers on Instagram and my blog gets between 500-600 daily visitors. I have worked for brands like The Roger Thomas Collection, Clodagh, Timothy Corrigan and the list goes on and on. I can help you grow your business through marketing techniques that have worked for me over the years.
Today we talk about why IGTV seems to be pretty good these days. I am giving it a try again and maybe so should you!
Today I share a tip/guide on how to make any social media post work. It is easy as 1 2 3.
Today we go over a simple way to increase your followers by showing them a little love.
Today we talk about the easiest way to share your Instagram post to Pinterest. This is a solid gold method that will get you additional traffic.
Today I reveal the best secret to having a successful Instagram LIVE. I found this out last night by accident and I had to share.
Today I talk about the magic number of hashtags you should be using on your posts. Also a few bonus tricks to give your posts on Instagram a turbo boost!
Today I share a simple trick that will help you get max results with your Instagram Grid. This view point was shared to me about 6 months ago and it rocked my world.
Today we talk about why you NEED to go LIVE in Instagram to grow your numbers. This is key to engaging your followers and boosting your place in IG world.
Today we talk about the one sure fire way to tell if your Instagram efforts are really working. This is a statistic that I always look to first and it makes me smile or frown on a daily basis.
Today we talk with designer Natasha Gupta. She is a super talented designer who landed a couple of restaurant projects. She shares her thoughts on how this can lead to additional projects. We talk about how proper marketing your past projects to get new ones.
Today we talk with interior design Adam Scougall about PR and marketing. We go over some easy and cost effective ways to get your brand seen. It is not as hard as you might think.
Let's talk about how to tell a story through social media. Stay away from posting just to post and you are on the right track. But let's take this a step further at the podcast.
Getting your clients to know what you are all about it tough. Designer Elizabeth Scruggs does this through Facebook LIVE and it is paying off. Learn how she is getting 90% of her business referrals by being herself and showing what she does to her future clients.
Today we go over how to grow you Facebook Business Page. It is a trick I use and have taught many designers to explode their local market.
Today we talk to designer Marina V. Umali about her social media and how she markets her design business. She talk about how highlighting Feng shui in her design work has benefited her growth.
Today we run you through the step of how to setup paid consultations via Instagram. That's right learn how to get your clients to schedule and pay you for your time via Instagram.
One of the toughest things to do is to convert readers/viewers into subscribers. Today we talk about a straight forward method of how to get this done.
Today we learn about what time is the best for social media. There are a lot of opinions on this one. I shed some light on my testing and why it might be true.
Today I explain why IGTV should matter more to an account under 10,000. IGTV allows the swipe-up to accounts under 10K so take advantage of it!
Today we go over a simple Instagram secret to make you grid look amazing. In 5 minutes you will be able to apply this little trick to make you grid look amazing.
This is one of the best secrets that I have ever shared about Instagram. Apply the right amount of hashtags to any post in about 5 seconds.
Today at the podcast I go into detail on the correct way to use video in marketing for interior design. The war between YouTube and Facebook rages on but I will show you the best way to maneuver to get the biggest buzz around your video marketing.
The episode centers around how and why to do videos and then how to be found by them. Enjoy and questions are always welcome!
As everyone knows I love being on the first page of Google. Definitely not an easy task but worth it’s weight in gold. Traffic and quality content go hand-in-hand. The other thing that goes hand-in-hand is online credibility in Wikipedia. This free to add to encyclopedia dictates in many ways how we view a person or company.
I look over my stats twice a day once at the beginning of the day and then once at the end of the day. I then change what didn’t work and keep what did work. I gauge the traffic as to where it came from and where it went. These numbers can help you forecast so many things.
Today I took a little break from interviews and wanted to spotlight one of our contributors Kathleen Bandaruk. Kathleen has been creating some amazing recipes and giving us the rundown on some travel destinations. We went LIVE of the Tastefully Inspired Podcast so that you could get to know Kathleen in a more personal way.
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Toronto Interior Designer Alissa Stuart and S&A Decor. I love talking to some of the new breed of interior designers and Alissa is one of them. She gave me a glimpse into the design scene in Toronto and also a rundown of what she loves about design. Below are some of her designs and the basis of why I wanted to chat with her. Enjoy the pictures and the podcast.
I ran a fun little test with Instagram’s story feature and I want to share my ideas and results.
Website speed importance is huge nowadays. When it comes to Google SEO and even just a user experience speed is vital. As mentioned on the podcast here are a few links to test your web-site speed. You created amazing content it would be a shame if no one were around to see it. Increase your user experience, decrease your bounce rate and finally increase your search position.
If you want to achieve or get rid of all of the above-mentioned points, you need to perform a Digital Marketing Audit to determine the actionable stats and strategies to fix them. Below are some amazing tools to help you along with your efforts.