Author Archive for: Don Dodds

About Don Dodds

Don Dodds is the founder, managing partner and Chief Marketing Strategist at M16 Marketing. He is part strategist, part creative director, part technology leader, and part teacher. With a passion for creating success stories he and the team at M16 work with startups, small businesses and large organizations to help them better define their digital strategy, user experience, web design and digital marketing efforts. 



As a serial entrepreneur, Dodds has created several successful companies and has a keen understanding of how to create and scale a business using digital marketing. He serves on the CSU College of Business Board of Advisors and is a member of the Atlanta Business Chronicle Leadership Trust and a Forbes Agency Council member. In 2018 he was a featured contributor on 3 Amazon bestseller lists with Expert Profiles, Conversations with Influencers and Innovators.

Entries by Don Dodds

How to Maximize Your Content Marketing Productivity

How much time do you spend on content marketing? Defined as the creation and promotion of high-quality content that’s relevant and valuable to a specific audience, it’s a cost-effective way to attract customers to your business. According to a study conducted by Kapost, content marketing costs less than half the price of traditional outbound marketing […]

How to Get Your Local Business Listed on Google Maps

As a local business owner in Atlanta, you can’t ignore the value of a Google Maps Atlanta listing. Since its release in the mid-2000s, Google Maps has become an increasingly popular web-based navigation app. According to a survey conducted by The Manifest, smartphone users are six times more likely to use Google Maps than other […]

Beyond Backlinks: How to Improve Your Website’s Search Rankings Without Building Links

Digital marketers are well aware of the role backlinks play in search rankings. Search engines perceive backlinks as a sign of popularity and authority. As the number of backlinks to your website increases, so will its search rankings. With that said, your search engine optimization (SEO) shouldn’t consist entirely of building. There are other ways […]

Voice Search SEO: How to Turn Up the Volume on Your Voice Search Optimization Strategy

The way in which people use search engines to find information is changing. According to Google, one in five searches performed by its mobile users involve voice search technology. By 2022, experts predict half of all searches, including mobile, desktop and smart devices, will be performed using voice. If your website isn’t optimized for voice […]

M16 Featured as Top 10 Fastest Growing Marketing Companies of 2018

Marketing is one the most difficult and important jobs in the world. Marketing is what attracts customers and drives a business’ revenue. Every company which regularly deals with customers requires a dedicated team to handle their marketing. The primary job of marketers is to analyze the requirements in the market in order to achieve maximum […]

8 Ways to Boost Your Website’s Conversion Rate

You already offer well-written and helpful content on your website. You’ve also been working hard to tap various online marketing channels in order to increase the traffic levels to your website. Now, harness the influx of site visitors and turn it into a steady stream of buyers. Here are some effective ways to do that.

4 Ways to Turn Your Web Analytics Data Into Sales

Leverage your web analytics data. They’re collected and charted for a very good reason–to help you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your marketing campaign. Exploit that knowledge and turn it into sales. Here are ways to use your website’s analytics to help grow your business and encourage sales.