Marketing Innovations
One Local Pizza Restaurant’s Text Marketing Mistakes
It happened again. My local pizza restaurant made a text marketing mistake… and a number of them. It always drives me crazy when a company is using a technology like text message marketing… but does…
7 Ways a CRM Can Supplement Your B2B Marketing Efforts
B2B inbound marketing strategies can only go so far without an equally powerful sales strategy to close the deal at the right moment of the buyer’s journey. Sales has evolved from merely securing a transaction…
Environment is Everything: Appealing to All of Your Customers’ Senses
When running a service-based business, environment is everything. Huge clothing retailers, movie theaters and car companies pump scents into rooms, play music, and use ambient lighting to improve customer experience. So why shouldn’t a smaller…
Connect to Your Audience When and Where They Need You
Last week we talked about these facts in terms of mobile technology in our world today: 95% of all text messages are read and read within 90 seconds of receipt 65% of all email is…
The Mobile Revolution is Not About Technology
The truth is, we live in a permanent technological revolution. Remember when you didn’t have a cell phone because no one did. Granted some of you may be too young to remember that – but…
When Thought Leadership Won’t Work
Nobody becomes a thought leader overnight. To rise and become a part of your industry’s “cream of the crop” you gotta have more than just the desire, the passion, or the strategy — you have…
4 Reasons Your Business Should Produce Ebooks and Information Products
We live in the “Information Age.” People’s “need to know” fuels online research, contributes millions to the self-help industry, and serves as the guiding motive with many of today’s D.I.Y. (do it yourself) projects. “A…
How to Incorporate Video into Your SaaS Marketing Funnel
Video holds a particular appeal, serves a specific need, and creates a unique competitive advantage for SaaS companies. You do not have to be a marketing expert to see the impact video has had on…
4 Content Strategies for Micromarketing
A friend used to joke that he was going to sell his old jeans on eBay for $1 million. Of course, everyone poo-pooed his idea. He always responded by saying, “Hey, I only have to…
Texting Case Study: HS Mixers
HS Mixers hosts dances for high school students in Northern California. They rent out venues and market their events to local high schools. They’re not affiliated with a school, and are open to anyone that…