Sales and Marketing
Advertorials in the Age of Content Marketing and Promotion
Advertorials (sponsored articles) are not new. However, for content marketers it represents one of many different promotion channels that can get branded content in front of new audiences.
Why Now is the Perfect Time to Start B2B Marketing on LinkedIn
If you’re a B2B marketer, you’re probably already on LinkedIn. With 313 million active members (more than Pinterest and Instagram combined) and 173 thousand new members signing up every day, LinkedIn is the best social network for B2B connections
Holiday Retail 2014: Anytime. Everywhere.
Does Santa use GPS? Is Rudolph an Apple or Samsung fan? Some questions might never be answered. But one thing is clear: despite global warming, each year the holiday shopping and advertising season starts earlier and earlier. And its ever-growing presence on our mobile screens and social networks only grows faster and faster.
Teaching Our Customers to Sell
“Selling,” internally, is critical to people getting things done and moving their initiatives, strategies, programs forward. Within organizations, there’s always selling going between people and groups, but people don’t tend to think of it that way.
Big Data Delivers Customized Experiences or It’s Just Noise
If there is one phrase we couldn’t seem to get enough of this year — that phrase is big data. Suffice it to say, we are leaving quite a trail.
Adjusting Your Marketing Focus
When you started your business, you entered the marketplace ready to solve a specific problem. It’s the whole point of any business, really — to help people by providing a solution to a someone’s problem.
Charging Customers for Loyalty
Customer loyalty is a goal for any company that wants to be successful. Countless studies have shown the financial benefits of having loyal customers over having to continuously attract new customers. There are a variety of ways to achieve customer loyalty, and some of these include: