Sales and Marketing

Which Brands Rule Twitter?

A recent Simply Measured study revealed that 99% of brands are on Twitter. Although small businesses may have paved the way for Twitter marketing success, the world’s largest brands are adopting the platform as both a customer service and marketing tool at an increasing rate. Let’s take a look at which companies—big and small—have seen the most success with Twitter, with this infographic from WhoIsHostingThis.com.

Getting into America’s Malls

Getting your service or product into a mall isn’t easy. To find out what you should know to be successful, we talked to Michael Anderson, assistant vice president of leasing development for the Santa Monica-based mall operator Macerich.

New Website? 10 Crucial Things to Ask Yourself First

What do you want to accomplish and what does a visitor to your site want to accomplish? Get clear on this and then design your site to provide them what they need, which in turn leads to your getting what you need.

Is Creativity Bad for Marketing?

As a writer just typing the question, “Is creativity bad for marketing?” hurts a little. But I’ve been in some situations recently where it was evident that the long-term objectives were not being well served by an infusion of creativity.

What Your Website Says About You

Your website is a massive part of how people judge your business as a whole. If it looks like something that is still stuck in the 90’s-early 00’s (think HTML, primitive flash, gradients!), then that’s a bad sign. But even the most modern, sleek looking sites are nothing without any substance attributed to them.

The Inbound Marketing Circus: Delight and Astound Your Leads

So you’ve brought potential customers to your website…now what? It’s time to turn those leads into customers by astounding and dazzling them with your company’s inbound marketing prowess!

The Biggest Content Marketing Mistake Brands Make Today

Many brands that have invested in content marketing over the last few years took a strictly owned media approach. They created copious amounts of content and published it on their own websites via a blog or something similar. After that they used their own social channels to broadcast the content.

EZ Tips: Web Writing 101

There are probably ten or more items that you need to pay attention to when writing a web page. Some of these have to do with the copy itself, some with the structure of the page and still others are more behind the scenes things like tags.

Opportunities Knock Unexpectedly

One doesn’t always have to be in a formal networking situation to be able to network. You don’t always need an after-work event to learn about the people around you. Opportunities present themselves on a regular and daily basis.

Selling Against the Odds

Traveling salesmen used to get people to handle their merchandise so they could fully appreciate their unique qualities. Human nature being what it is, once a customer had the product in their hands, they were much less likely to give it back.

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