Most marketers are well aware of the value of customer success stories and testimonials to their marketing efforts. Customer endorsements provide “social proof” of the benefits of your solution. This social proof is particularly powerful when the customer has a well-known and respected brand and is similar to your target customers. But lining up customers … Continue reading Do Your B2B Customers Clamor to Participate in Success Stories?
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Four Great Ways to Rethink Mobile Marketing for Small Business
In the battle for brand supremacy, awareness is crucial. It is because of this that so many big businesses take great pains to make sure their branding is present everywhere their consumers might be. Head to the supermarket, the bus stop, the big game, the local pub, or the television and you’re bound to see … Continue reading Four Great Ways to Rethink Mobile Marketing for Small Business
Google Dynamic Remarketing Ads Rolling Out To All Advertisers
Ads automatically feature the products users visited on advertiser websites across the Google Display Network. Ginny Marvin on October 3, 2014 Back in June, Google launched dynamic remarketing for retailers in on the Google Display Network and said it was testing the ads in the travel and education verticals. This week, the company announced … Continue reading Google Dynamic Remarketing Ads Rolling Out To All Advertisers
Four Critical Marketing Strategies for Growing Your Business
It’s a noisy world, your marketing resources and headcount are limited and in some cases, you’re still defining who your customers are. “What’s on the critical short list and what can we pushback till later?” Four key marketing strategies are essential in today’s always on world: web site design, jettisoning old school SEO, content strategy … Continue reading Four Critical Marketing Strategies for Growing Your Business
The Way Consumers Think About Advertising Will Change Search’s Role
by Laurie Sullivan, October 3, 2014 They have become the most talked about media types since the dawn of the Web. Some won’t be around in 10 years. It’s more interesting to know that search engine marketing didn’t make the list. Not a bad thing, really. It just provides fodder to the theory that … Continue reading The Way Consumers Think About Advertising Will Change Search’s Role
4 Reasons to Focus on Location-Based Marketing
Ever had a hard time getting connected to the correct location of a business or the one closest to you? Chances are, the business you are looking for may not be effectively marketing themselves within their immediate area, oftentimes missing valuable customers like yourself. Not focusing on location-based marketing may lead your business down the … Continue reading 4 Reasons to Focus on Location-Based Marketing
The 12-Point Minimum Viable Content Marketing Strategy
One of the undeniable laws of content marketing is that it works better when you have a documented strategy in place. Past research from Content Marketing Institute shows that: “Brands with a documented content marketing strategy: Are far more likely to consider themselves effective at content marketing, Feel significantly less challenged with every aspect of … Continue reading The 12-Point Minimum Viable Content Marketing Strategy
When Strategies Fall Flat: 3 Overlooked Ways To Improve Your Marketing Strategy
Successful branding is a process that involves a lot more than creating a distinctive logo or graphic element. When you think about your brand, you really need to consider how you deliver your message, your credibility, how you emotionally connect with your audience, how you motivate the buyer – all in order to build solid … Continue reading When Strategies Fall Flat: 3 Overlooked Ways To Improve Your Marketing Strategy
Direct Mail Tips that Still Work
I had a meeting the other day where I witnessed an intense debate over the effectiveness of direct mail as a marketing tool. It was an intense scene, pitting a direct mail advocate against a skeptic. Both held firmly to their beliefs, so what started as a casual discussion turned quickly into an argument. Here’s … Continue reading Direct Mail Tips that Still Work
How Authority Marketing Can Fast Forward Your Business
Before expounding on the benefits of authority marketing and how it can take your business to the next level, it is important to understand the definition of concept. Although marketing professionals do not agree on any one particular definition, the following is a serviceable explanation of authority marketing: Authority marketing is leveraging your knowledge and … Continue reading How Authority Marketing Can Fast Forward Your Business
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