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GTMA Graphic Designer Donates Painting to Charity, Funding One Year of Education for Two Children
With service built into the fabric of our company culture, it is with great pleasure to learn of the impact our own employees are making when they live and breathe our core values. When New Hope Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing impoverished youth from the streets and landfills of Kenya, hosted a recent fundraiser event, GTMA graphic designer…
Read MoreGTMA + Yelp’s Lead Generation for Apartment Communities
It’s time to talk Yelp. For a long time, Yelp and its 95 million monthly active users have been a source of laughter, tears and, sometimes, even leads for apartment communities. In fact, GTMA produced an award-winning web series last year based on some of those laughably bad gems pulled from horrible Yelp reviews written about apartment communities. It was…
Read MoreThe Pitfalls of Searching for Your Own PPC Ads Online
Launching a digital advertising campaign can be exciting. You submit a budget proposal to your owner, review an initial keyword report and display ad designs, and finally get the green light to launch your apartment community’s first AdWords campaign. So it’s only natural that you’d want to witness the fruits of your labor by searching for your ads online. However,…
Read MoreFacebook Canvas for Apartment Marketing Now Available on Instagram
You don’t have to be a marketing guru to know that most people spend an inordinate amount of time in front of their phones. That screen time has become increasingly desirable to advertisers. Yet up until recently, most mobile advertising has been lagging (to say the least) with unchecked ad proliferation propagated by Facebook and immature mobile technology which make…
Read MoreExploring Google Posts Available to Google My Business Users for Apartment Marketing
In case you haven’t noticed it in local search results lately, Google My Business rolled out a new feature back in June enabling all Google My Business users to create social media-like posts under their local Knowledge Panel on the Google search results page. These Google Posts also appear within the Local Finder window in Maps results. “The new feature…
Read MoreBoost Your Apartment Website Performance With HTTPS
Have you made the switch from HTTP to HTTPS yet? Ever since Google started using HTTPS as a ranking signal, more and more website owners have been making the switch purely for the SEO benefits. However, countless others have been putting it off because it hardly seems necessary if a website doesn’t deal with sensitive information. Well, as of October…
Read MoreSocial Media Best Practices for Natural Disasters
Disaster Emergency Preparedness: Best Practices for Multifamily Professionals When disaster strikes, does your team have a crisis protocol in place before, during, and after the incident? In the case of a hurricane, there is advanced notice, whereas other emergencies come without warning. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey that unapologetically swept through Houston, many multifamily operators are no doubt feeling…
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Multifamily Agency GTMA Lands at #511 on the Inc. 5000 List
Score one for the bootstrappers as GTMA goes from nothing to #511 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list Los Angeles, CA – August 16th, 2017 – GTMA, a multifamily digital agency, announced today that Inc. magazine has ranked GTMA #511 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This prestigious recognition is…
Read MoreComing Soon – Don’t Wait to Start Telling Your Story
So, the buildings not built yet, but you really want to start capturing leads and storytelling NOW! What can you do? One of the most important times to begin storytelling of your apartment community is before it’s even built -- that’s where the 'Coming Soon Video' shines. The minute you have a lead capturing landing page live for your new…
Read MoreGTMA Picks Up Wins at IAC and The Addys
GTMA Wins Big! GTMA is excited to announce another round of awards at the IAC and Addys this year. GTMA stands apart from the multifamily marketing industry as the only company recognized for integration of creative, technology, and media awards outside of multifamily. The awards recognize GTMA’s innovative digital campaigns on behalf of clients and original video content created to promote…
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