The Vault
The latest news and insight from the marketing world.
4 Simple Ways to Cut Startup Expenses
One of the best ways to increase your chances and give your business the time it needs to learn and adjust to the market is to slash your expenses. Here's four ways to make that happen: Hire Cleverly You need manpower, but you can't quite afford it. How do you pay...
Create Momentum, See Growth
If there is one thing that is constant in business, and in life, it's change. If change is constant, this means that your business is either in a state of growth or one of deterioration. Nothing ever stays the same. Look no further than your own body for proof....
4 Branding Buzzwords that Must Die
We talk with a lot of start-up companies and young entrepreneurs every day. When asked to describe their brand, or their concept, it seems as though we are always hearing many of the same buzz-words. These are descriptors that are designed to set the brand apart, and make...
5 Tips to Become Ridiculously Productive
We are all busy, I get it. It seems like, no matter how hard we try, we can never seem to get everything we want done. We end each day with an unfinished task list and the dread of more items being added to that list in the morning. There is a better way, and I'm here to...
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...