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Allevi8 Marketing has been named one of the best marketing agency in the state of Illinois by UpCity. Awards are given based on the UpCity Recommendability Rating, which was developed to determine a B2B service provider’s credibility and trustworthiness, giving UpCity the confidence to recommend them to potential buyers seeking their services.  We are proud …

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Marketing agencies are so beneficial for small businesses having some compelling reasons. These agencies are dedicated to helping businesses of all sizes promote their products or services effectively. Here’s why hiring a marketing agency is advantageous for small businesses: Expertise and Experience: Marketing agencies are staffed with professionals who have extensive experience and expertise in various aspects …

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Social media algorithms can be hard to navigate as they constantly change what’s trending and what’s not. A trend that we don’t see going away anytime soon is short-form videos, Such as Instagram Reels or TikTok. We’ve compiled five tips to help guide your reel strategy.  Timing As they say, timing is everything, especially for …

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Posting on Facebook is quick and easy and can be done in 3 easy steps. We have highlighted step-by-step instructions below: Posting on Facebook is a straightforward process that allows you to share your thoughts, photos, videos, and updates with friends, family, and followers. Here’s a simple guide to help you create engaging posts on …

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Instagram is one of the best social media platforms to connect with your consumers, build brand awareness, and promote your products. If you haven’t added Instagram to your marketing strategy, now is a great time to start! We know starting with social media can be intimidating at first, so we’ve created a step-by-step guide to …

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Instagram highlight covers are small, customized icons or images that represent different categories or themes in your Instagram story highlights. Instagram story highlights allow you to save and showcase your stories on your profile beyond the 24-hour time limit. Highlight covers act as visual indicators for each highlight, making it easier for your followers to …

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Are you a small business looking to improve your rank on Google search? SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is an essential part of any successful online marketing strategy. It can help boost visibility, drive more traffic to your website, and increase conversions. But how do you get started? Small businesses often struggle with getting their website …

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Are you a small business owner looking for new ways to get the word out about your products and services? If so, then ChatGPT may be the perfect solution for you. ChatGPT is an AI-driven chatbot platform that can help small businesses reach their target audiences in innovative and effective ways. With help from experienced …

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Allevi8 Marketing has been named one of the best marketing agency in the state of Illinois by UpCity. Awards are given based on the UpCity Recommendability Rating, which was developed to determine a B2B service provider’s credibility and trustworthiness, giving UpCity the confidence to recommend them to potential buyers seeking their services. We are proud to …

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WEBSITE FOR YOUR RESTAURANT In today’s world the internet is as much a marketplace for restaurants as the high street on which they are located. Many people search online for a place to eat their lunch or dinner, even when they’re standing on a street full of restaurants! Review sites are not the only source …

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Are you noticing a drop in engagement on your Instagram posts? You’re not alone. Many social media marketers are seeing the same thing, and it can be frustrating if you rely heavily on Instagram for business or personal growth. But why is this happening? It could be due to any number of reasons, such as …

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Allevi8 Marketing Recognized as One of the Best Marketing Agencies in Illinois by UpCity We are thrilled to announce that Allevi8 Marketing has been named one of the best marketing agencies in Illinois by UpCity! This recognition is based on the UpCity Recommendability Rating, a proprietary system designed to evaluate a B2B service provider’s credibility …

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The ability to keep your business on pace with the latest trends is important. Your small business’s marketability is dependent on its ability to connect with each visitor that lands on your website. The easiest way to do this is to have a website that is created with the latest website design trends for 2022.  …

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1,300% from submission increase,+30% website traffic, social audience growth of more than 314% In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, traditional B2B marketing approaches are no longer sufficient. At Allevi8 Marketing, we specialize in transforming the B2B marketing experience by implementing innovative strategies that foster engagement, build relationships, and drive measurable results. Deep Understanding of the …

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Increased organic traffic by nearly 60%,monthly revenue 43% and click through to affiliates by 45% In today’s competitive digital landscape, businesses are constantly seeking effective strategies to improve their online visibility and drive organic traffic. A mattress review website recently achieved remarkable success by increasing its organic traffic by nearly 60% through a comprehensive SEO …

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How will you get clients in 2021? Digital marketing is used to more directly communicate and connect with an increasingly targeted market. Our panelists – experts in collateral, in-person + virtual events, and digital strategy – will discuss innovative ways to target and curate connections. We will discuss: Traditional and digital collateral Traditional, social, and …

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Allevi8 Marketing has had the pleasure of working to develop a marketing automation app that uses photo booth technology to improve small businesses, particularly restaurants. First, it was the jukebox, then we have game machines, now the photo booth is the next interactive item lined up to hit the bars! The advantage that the photo …

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The restaurant world was turned on it’s head by COVID-19 and, even though you’re open again, you now have fewer tables and a significantly reduced amount of potential customers passing by your door. It is times like these where the internet can really help a restaurant, and it is also during this time where restaurants …

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Social media and has infiltrated every part of our lives and everyone in our society is active on at least one social media platform; usually 2 or 3. Social media gives people freedom, and it also gives restaurants the freedom to (freely!) promote their business, gain more fans, and keep in touch with their most …

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A few years ago phone manufacturers introduced a “food mode” function to their cameras. The fact that this came before the recently released “portrait mode”, designed for taking fantastic photos of people, shows us how much photos of food influence people’s dining decisions. But the use of the photos to market restaurants extends much further …

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In today’s world the internet is as much a marketplace for restaurants as the high street on which they are located. Many people search online for a place to eat their lunch or dinner, even when they’re standing on a street full of restaurants! Review sites are not the only source of customers online, and …

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Restaurants can no longer rely on just their regulars to keep their business afloat. Margins are getting thinner, and goods and staffing are becoming more expensive. It is therefore crucial that each promotional campaign run for your location delivers a return that far exceeds the original outlay. There’re three factors which contribute heavily to the …

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Restaurants have faced an extraordinary burden due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From having to close their doors and switch to takeout catering, to slowly reopening with reduced capacity, restaurateurs have faced unprecedented challenges. Although Illinois is now in Phase 4 of the COVID-19 recovery plan, which allows for restaurants to operate at 25 percent capacity, …

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How to Improve Your Business During COVID-19: 9 Key Strategies As the spread of the COVID19 pandemic continues and the hysteria grows, all of our small businesses are without a doubt taking a BIG hit. In Illinois Governor JB Pritzker ordered the closing of both restaurants and bars for the entire month of March. With …

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Have you noticed recently when you visit a website, it notifies you that they are utilizing cookes? Usually, it’s at the bottom of the page and looks like this:  This is because new legislation has been passed in Europe as well as California protecting personal data known as the General Data Protection Regulation and California …

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The strongest vehicle you can use in 2018 to push your brand, increase sales and generate the highest return-on-investment (ROI) is video. Did you know that more than 500 million hours of videos are watched on YouTube each day? If you are failing to utilize video, your small business is missing out on a huge chunk …

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Technology is all around us. When you ask Siri or Alexa a question, you are using technology. Utilizing voice to text? Yes, another example of technology. When Pandora or Netflix recommend a song or TV show to you, technology. What you may fail to realize is that all three of these examples are also examples of …

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As 2017 exits and 2018 enters, it’s a great time to analyze your small business marketing strategy. Marketing is an industry that is constantly evolving and changing. Is your small business keeping up with the latest marketing trends and techniques? Allevi8 marketing provides you with 8 critical marketing techniques to use in 2018. Be Mobile. …

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Advertising has always been an ever-evolving industry, and Google AdWords took control at the turn of the last decade. Google AdWords is a PPC, pay-per-click, advertising model where you only pay when someone actually engages your advertisement with a click. It allows your advertisements to be posted to the top of each Google Search within …

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“We are in a retail apocalypse!” “Amazon!” “Millennials!” These are a few of the excuses that you may hear from struggling retail stores that have seen their sales slide year over year.  Are these excuses legitimate? Maybe. As of September 2017, there have been over 5,300 major store closing announcements, which is triple the amount …

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The Bronzeville Chamber of Commerce is launching an annual school supply drive to help support the Bronzeville community that is in dire need of support for youth on Chicago’s Southside. Led by Turqueya Wilson, Chamber President, the Bronzeville Chamber of Commerce is seeking monetary donations or school supply donations from individuals or businesses throughout the …

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Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980 – now 36-51 years old) represents an estimated population of 66 million people or 25% of the U.S. population. Generation X is smaller in population than our two previous featured generations (millennials and baby boomers). They currently make more money than the average Millennial but have far more …

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The baby boomers are a generation that grew up in an era of reform believing that they could change the world. Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964, and control almost 70% of the nation’s disposable income. They went from Hippie to Yuppie, understanding that the world doesn’t owe them anything. Unafraid of confrontation, …

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Privileged, narcissistic, entitled, spoiled, job hoppers, are some of the adjectives that you may hear used to describe the millennial generation, those born in 1982 and approximately the 20 years thereafter. Now whether these are true descriptions of the millennial generation remains to be seen. But we do know that millennials surpassed baby boomers as …

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Strong performing websites have common elements that help make them successful. If you go to the industry leaders websites, like Apple or Airbnb,  you will see a similar design with recurring themes and the same digital marketing fundamentals. We break down eleven elements that are crucial to having a successful website.  Strong Brand Recognition. Make …

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The ability to convert your website’s visitors into customers is the most important measurable of any website. Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is a system for increasing the percentage of visitors to a website that convert into customers, or more generally, takes any desired action on a web page. According to Venture Beat, the average ROI …

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No matter what type of business you are involved in, web traffic is an important metric in measuring your digital success. There are over 3.5 billion internet users worldwide, with over 86% of Americans using the internet regularly. So, how does your business get a slice of this huge pie of web traffic? We provide …

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The iPhone entered the world in 2007. Over the last decade, the smartphone has crept into nearly every American’s hands. Over eighty percent of Americans now own a smartphone that has the capability of accessing the internet. There is a whole generation rising that has had an iPod or iPad in their hand since infancy. …

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SEO, search engine optimization, is a key ingredient to your business marketing recipe for success. Anchor text plays a key role in optimizing your website to relevant google searches. But what is anchor text exactly? Anchor text refers to the visible, clickable words used to link one web page to another. Google uses the anchor …

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As a small business owner, you want to make sure you are utilizing all of the resources available to you. Craigslist is a valuable tool to gain sales, especially in a service industry.  There is no difference between a craigslist ad and any other advertisement your business is considering running. Except that Craigslist is free! …

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Creative logo, a catchy tagline, and awesome creative advertisements are what builds a strong brand. Right? Wrong. The brand is a reflection of the quality of the product or service being offered, not how the product or service appears from the outside. The essence of a brand is the emotion it strikes within the user. …

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As we mentioned in the Allevi8 Sales Process, eighty percent of sales are lost due to a lack of closing ability by the salesman. The ability to listen to your prospect, identify their need, and implement the proper technique will help to generate more sales than you have ever before. There is a reason eight …

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The process of completing a sale can be defined in 7 easy steps, we will call this the Allevi8 Sales Process. Understanding Your Product There are two key ingredients necessary to sell anything, knowledge, and confidence. The ability to know your product upside down, and inside out is absolutely essential. When a potential customer asks …

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SEO.. what exactly is it? A city in Korea? An ocean animal? No my friends, it is the key ingredient in driving traffic to your website. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is the process of getting traffic to your website from search engines. Google and Bing, for example collect information about every page …

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Social media marketing has become a pivotal tool for businesses around the globe. Just when you thought you were getting really comfy running that company facebook page, Snapchat comes along to throw another tool into the toolbox. Snapchat has thrust itself onto the main stage with companies like General Electric and Sour Patch Kids becoming …

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Free PR, bountiful business leads, and making a difference in the community are just a few of the benefits you and your business can experience from becoming active in a local charity. Whether you are just beginning your establishment, or have been in business for decades becoming involved in a non profit is a must. …

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Forty one percent of businesses say that they don’t feel it is necessary to have a website. Today, we give you twelve rock solid reasons why your business needs a website. Credibility. Having a website, especially a high performing and professional designed website, will add instant credibility to your product or service. Eighty one percent …

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