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Do Customers Love Your Brand?
As we put Valentine's Day in our rear-view, I started thinking about how we fall in love with brands much the same way we fall in love with our significant others. Think about it. We all have a brand or two that we have that "till-death do we part" style relationship...
Develop Your Social Media Strategy
The art of social media. Some people seem to have the "gift" and some people don't. What distinguishes the great social media leaders from the rest of the pack? They just work a little bit harder, and like every other part of business, it requires just a little bit of...
Why Would You Hire Marketing Staff Again?
It is a question I ask our clients and prospects regularly. It is also the source of frequently complaints from our clients. The internal marketing staff. Businesses across the nation, both large and small are struggling to grow and adapt to new marketing strategies. ...
How to be a BOLD Brand
For companies with a small marketing budget and very little awareness outside of their small circle of influence, it can be a difficult journey to win business and grow popularity on a massive scale. Instead of trying to mainstream your product and message to appeal to a...
7 Ways to Make 2014 the Best Year Yet
Why shouldn't 2014 be your best year yet? It's a new start. Sure there will be challenges, but all in all things are moving along well enough for any smart person to take on the world, and achieve success and happiness. Don't wait until the parties are done and the...
10 Steps to Marketing Nirvana
At first blush, "marketing nirvana" seems an oxymoron, like "jumbo shrimp" or "working vacation." But so does the brand "Burkini"—a combination of "burka" and "bikini," yet its creator embraced the path to marketing nirvana and became an international success. Here's the...
Hosting an Event? Five Ways to Increase Registration
A thriving B2B website requires the coming together of many elements to deliver an exceptional experience for your site visitors, leading them down the path you want them to take. For many organizations, that path leads to converting highly qualified visitors to prospects...
5 B2B Marketing Trends to Watch
Today's B2B marketers find themselves confronting a rapidly shifting landscape. The ever-increasing array of digital/social options means that if companies are to engage with their customers, employees, or competitors through social media, they must use a variety of...
What Keeps CMOs Up at Night?
Not surprisingly, the foremost worry for marketers is reaching customers, with 82% saying it is a major concern, according to a recent survey by Adobe. The next most common worries are understanding whether campaigns are working (79% of survey respondents) and proving...