Marketing Plans
Time is Not on Your Side in Content Marketing
If Mick Jagger were a marketing expert, he’d sing that “Time is NOT on your side” when it comes to content marketing. In Contently’s new study, Content Marketing 2016: Staffing, Measurement, and Effectiveness Across the Industry,…
Good Content Marketing Isn’t Enough. Make It Great!
Last year, we did a pretty incredible internal study. And we found some pretty incredible results. In our sample of over 10,000 keywords we monitored daily, we found that 91% of sites that held Page…
Your Brand Theater
Often times when you’re building a brand, you’re trying to show the best of an overall purchasing experience. Like any form of entertainment, they too are all about the experience. At first exposure you want…
Are You Leveraging Industry Awards in Your Marketing Strategy?
Who doesn’t love awards? They make us feel like we’re accomplishing great things and they validate our hard work. They can also be a great marketing opportunity and add value in the form of prestige…
5 Techniques to Hone in on Your Target Market
Finding a target market is not only helpful; it’s a critical part of the process of achieving lift-off for your company. After all, without customers, you have no business. When people ask, “How’s business?” they’re…
Putting the “B” in B2B with Inbound Marketing
“If you build it, they will come.” Sorry, Kevin Costner, but in the world of online marketing and lead generation, it’s not enough to simply build a website. Yes, inbound marketing delivers a below-average cost per…
10 Effective Marketing Lessons from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”
Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” was written in the second century BC. He was a high-ranking general in the Chinese military and wrote one of the most influential strategic and tactical military books in…
Your 80/20 Marketing Plan
One of the age-old rules in business is that 80% of your revenue is generated through 20% of your customer base. While the numbers may not align perfectly, the axiom is accurate. Your best customers…
How to Attract Customers with Money to Spend
Attracting affluent customers is the dream of any business. Everybody wants to have rich clients, but not everybody does. You can’t attract wealthy clients with the same communication, offers and approach that you use for…