Sales and Marketing
Still Haven’t Embraced Content Marketing? Why Not?
Trends in digital technology are expanding the use of marketing methods beyond the strategies previously embraced, now referred to as “traditional marketing.”
“Dear Occupant or Current Resident…” More Horrible Prospecting
I’ve decided to write a periodic series about bad prospecting letters. This series, will focus on bad prospecting letters from people who should know better.
How to Attract People Who Are Ready to Work with You
Nearly everyone I speak with has the same issues and more often than not they experience frustration around people approaching them only to tell them they aren’t ready to sign up yet.
Plant Some Marketing Seeds
By the time a farmer is harvesting his crop, he’s already well into the planning of his upcoming planting season. We marketing types could learn a lot from those farmers.
Lights, Camera, Action! What Small Business Owners Can Learn from TV PR Stunts
The world of television PR is exciting and dynamic. Stunts are frequently large and elaborate, often involving a slew of celebrities and high-profile coverage. Even though their budgets are more modest, small business owners can take inspiration from these big-budget publicity events.
Google’s Changing: 4 Inbound Marketing Practices to Retain Your Ranking
Whether you’ve noticed it or not, Google has been making a lot of changes to its search algorithms – the search engine mogul has introduced 45 major algorithm updates in the last three years, in addition to about 600 small modifications it makes annually.
4 Ways to Kick Your Q4 Marketing Plan into High Gear
I’m guessing that for you, the fourth quarter means more activity, anxiety, and income than other times of the year. While you can’t bury your head from what is the busiest retail season of the year, you can be smarter about how you market for it.
5 Marketing Lessons from Justin Timberlake
Could it be that if we stopped and analyzed how Justin has strategically developed his career, we’d find some key trends that can be applied to our own business? Even if our business has nothing to do with music? Or tequila? Or ‘bringing sexy back’?