Sales and Marketing
10 Quick Ideas for Producing Video Content
Video has become such a popular online medium, and while many site owners recognize the value, sometimes getting started with content ideas is the hardest part. If you have absolutely no idea what type of video content to create, below are some quick ideas to get started shooting video fast.
7 Blogging Mistakes for Small Businesses
Blogging and content sharing have become integral parts of how small businesses operate and grow. Sure, a small biz blog might be pretty low on your priority list, but they’re an excellent way to engage communities and expand reach to target markets well beyond the grasps of traditional advertising and marketing.
A $300 Informercial Marketing Lesson for Free!
For the first time ever, I bought a product being sold on an infomercial. Yep. You can pick up a lot of good marketing ideas just from watching infomercials. You can pick up even more when you decide to actually order something.
Company Apparel: Looking Official vs. Looking Promotional
Every employee should be proud to sport the company logo and colors. However, there is such thing as going overboard with advertising in thread. Company custom clothing should be a lot like the webpage: attractive, but subtle and welcoming to potential customers.
Rethinking Prospecting
What if instead of searching for people who want to buy our products and services, we decided to search for people with problems? Not just any problem, but the problems we solve?
Turn a Toxic Business Relationship into Your Advocate
Every business has a “Joyce,” that customer that is never satisfied. I have learned that my company is only as good as the customer service provided and communication skills engaged. But what shocked me the most is that my Joyce, who is a business owner herself and who was my most toxic customer, ended up being my biggest advocate.
Ancient Marketing Techniques Can Yield Results
Despite our obsessions with smart phones, social media, and all things digital, one of the oldest forms of commercial marketing can still produce huge dividends. Can you guess what it is? Paper.