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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.

SEO & REPUTATION MARKETING BETTER TOGETHER

WHAT IS SEO, AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? What relationship do SEO & reputation marketing efforts have to one another? A very close one! To understand how and why, let's first take a closer look at SEO itself. SEO stands for search engine optimization. It’s a technique used to maximize exposure to the content on websites in order to achieve…

The Fall Part 2

IT’S NOT OUR FAULT. Look, we get it. Leasing apartments or selling condos and houses during the fall is THE WORST! Traffic dries up and it’s nobody's fault but the time of year. Our blog from last year proves that search traffic drops through the ???? toilet in September and October. Given our close partnership with Google, they were able…

First Agency in Real Estate Marketing to Pilot Innovative CPC Program

Today, GTMA is excited to announce that we have been selected as the only agency in the real estate vertical, and one of only four agencies in the country, to pilot a new Yelp CPC ad format. Let’s take a look at what’s included! FROM YELP TO YOU IN ONE CLICK This new format allows searchers to skip the Yelp profile…

Staying Relevant Among Facebook & Instagram’s New Changes

In March of 2019, Facebook announced that the company will undergo a series of changes in the near future to accommodate a major shift in business strategy. This will impact Facebook as well as its other owned social properties: Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Facebook will increasingly shift its platforms’ focus away from public posts to encrypted, ephemeral communications on its…

Press Release: Welcome Alexandra Watson

GTMA WELCOMES ALEXANDRA WATSON AS DIGITAL MARKETING DIRECTOR WATSON BRINGS TO GTMA OVER 20 YEARS OF BUSINESS & MARKETING EXPERIENCE VANCOUVER, WA － Leading full-stacked digital marketing agency, GTMA welcomes marketing guru Alexandra Watson as its Digital Marketing Director. In 2019, as GTMA expands its expertise to additional market segments, Watson’s extensive knowledge and management skills bring a new…

Conflict of Interest

Yeah, but don’t you guys work with that building across the street? As perhaps the leading agency in the real estate marketing industry, it is not uncommon that we find ourselves marketing two communities that are within a few blocks or even across the street from one another. And it’s not just us, as concentrated as real estate development is, there…

New Social Media Marketing Packages

Have you heard? We’ve updated our social and lead generation packages! If you already work with us (Yayy!!), you may have already jumped on a call with someone from our amazing Partnerships Team to discuss our new monthly packages and how they work. On the other hand, you could also have no idea what I'm talking about, so allow me…

Check Out Our Vis Prod Packages

One of our core values at GTMA is "ever-evolving." When we see a need, we evolve to meet that need. Sometimes that means pivoting what we are doing, and sometimes that means growing and offering more. The newest evolution at GTMA is going to greatly benefit our client partners. We are excited to introduce our new Visual Production packages. So what…

Oh SNAP!

As of Dec. 6th, 2018 Snapchat officially welcomed GTMA to its Agency Partnership team! While GTMA has been using the Snapchat advertising platform for almost a year, our NEW partnership with Snapchat has blown the doors open (literally) to new possibilities of reaching relevant users and converting leads for your brands. One of the main benefits to advertising on the…

Top 10 Best Apartment Community Photos

I have been on the road 5+ years for GTMA as our head cinematographer and I've captured the perfect shots that draw people into their future home using apartment community photos and other visual tools. Selecting a home, even a temporary one, can be daunting, but it almost always starts with viewing the community online. Here are my top ten…