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Stay up-to-date on the latest in marketing news and GTMA's strategy as it relates to the ever-evolving nature of digital communications.
Fair Housing vs. Facebook Advertising – Update
GTMA Fair Housing Update Facebook can’t seem to catch a break lately. On Friday HUD (Housing and Urban Development) filed a complaint against Facebook (again) with concerns over the possibility that housing industry advertisers could use Facebook’s targeting tools to violate provisions of the Fair Housing Act. You can read the official press release from HUD here. Facebook has already…
Read MoreGTMA Lands a Spot on the Inc. 5000 List, Again
GTMA has done it again - we made the INC 5000 list for the second year in a row! Like the Energizer Bunny, we just keep growing. Or is that “going”? Either way, we’re doing both. Now with over 50 full-time employees, GTMA is most definitely growing, but we are also going - like when we moved our headquarters to the Pacific…
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GTMA wins big at both AIM and the Communicator Awards!
Since the early days of GTMA, we have been involved in reputation marketing for our client partners. Now, we’ve decided to take our relationship with Yelp to the next level by making it official. GTMA Gets Yelped, a video promoting our industry-first partnership with - you guessed it - Yelp has garnered a LOT of attention in the last few…
Read MoreIf you're marketing a multifamily property, you have a variety of marketing channels available to you—these range from sophisticated data mining techniques like regression analysis, to something as simple as the guy in the dinosaur suit flipping a sign on the sidewalk (our personal favorite). You then have to decide how much of your marketing dollars to put toward those…
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSaJVUeLWic&feature=youtu.be[/embed] Hello Friends, fans, and social media fanatics! One of our core values here at GTMA is integrity, which works its way into the products and services that we offer our client partners. Our goal is to only utilize platforms that we truly believe will benefit our campaigns and help us achieve your goals. In this environment of constant change…
Read MoreDigital marketing is an ever-changing industry. We at GTMA are pioneers in online advertising for multifamily, residential real estate and hospitality. Experience has shown us that, as important as it is to be ever-evolving and meet these almost daily changes to our industry, sometimes you just have to stick to your guns. Some important news just came out regarding fair…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National Digital Marketing Firm Relocates Headquarters to Vancouver
GTMA Anticipates Hiring 25 this Year VANCOUVER, Wash. – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Digital marketing agency GTMA has officially opened the doors of its new headquarters at the Columbia Tech Center in Vancouver, Washington. GTMA is a growing full-service marketing and branding firm specializing in real estate and hospitality. With clients across the country, GTMA offers a comprehensive package of…
Read MoreApartment Tours: Virtual Reality or 360 Photography?
Often your dream home is exactly that—a dream, somewhere beyond time and space. The apartment renters journey begins with an intent-laden Google search, perhaps at the same time when the ground is being broken on the towering high-rise that will one day be their home. Multifamily developers feel the pressure to lease-up apartments that haven’t even been built yet, oftentimes…
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Missed Opportunities With Your Yelp Business Listing
When I was in the market for a new place to call home, my apartment hunt started off like Goldilocks’ fairy tale—not too big, not too small, all my go-to stores close by, endless dining options, reliable public transportation and beautiful parks. But finding an apartment that was “just right” had proven to be quite the challenge once I Yelped…
Read MoreHow to Create a Killer Instagram Feed
Ah yes, Instagram - social media’s rising star when it comes to marketing. We’re all victims of endless scrolling and stumbling upon screenshot-worthy content wishing that we, too, could create dazzling posts. Visually-captivating feeds are are easy to spot, but feel incredibly daunting to accomplish. There is a common misconception that you need to be a professional photographer and use…
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