Let’s face it, marketing can be hard! In each marketing blog post, we hope you’ll find the information you need for your business marketing success.
Do You Have a Website?
71% of businesses in 2023 have a website. That’s a clear message that having a web presence is essential to running a modern business. 21% of people use the internet to find a local business daily. That doesn’t account for all the consumers who shop online, either. Regardless of the size of your business–from a…
Learning to Use Google Analytics is a Valuable Tool
For new bloggers or website owners, you know that Google Analytics is supposed to be a powerful tool in your arsenal. Unfortunately, it can be overwhelming and incredibly confusing. If you can learn even a small segment of what the data means, it can really empower and elevate your blog or website. How to Get…
Paradux Media Group receives 2013 Oregon Excellence Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Paradux Media Group has been selected for the 2013 Oregon Excellence Award amongst all its peers and competitors by the US Institute for Excellence in Commerce (USIEC). Each year the USIEC conducts business surveys and industry research to identify companies that have achieved demonstrable success in their local business environment and industry…
If Your Nonprofit Isn’t Marketing Through Mobile, You’re Missing Out
Are nonprofits paying attention to the mobile marketing explosion around them? There is a golden opportunity awaiting traditional nonprofits for fundraising, social sharing of campaigns, charitable impact and more. Going Mobile More than half of all Americans are carrying smartphones in their pockets, and a majority of them are using these devices to search, shop,…
3 Questions to Ask for Marketing Success
Internal politics are often the bane of any Marketing Manager’s existence. There is always a strong undercurrent at most marketing conferences where Marketing Managers try to figure out how to get a “seat at the table”. If you are in that category — you need to read Nirmalya Kumar’s book, Marketing as Strategy. It attacks the marketing framework from…
Trends for Marketing in 2020
It’s hard as marketers to get far enough out of the day to day to observe trends materializing to influence our ability to do our jobs, much less think about marketing in 2020. But the difficulty not withstanding, the future of our brands depends on it. As often as possible, we must get out of…
How to Avoid Being the Next Kmart – A Real Life Marketing Lesson
News recently came out that Kmart isn’t doing so hot right now. However, don’t outsiders always have the best perspective on issues like this, especially when it comes to seeing the true marketing lesson? We don’t have a dog in the fight or any care or reason not to give our unqualified honest opinion about…
The Green Dragon of Twitter
For three years I carried a MacBook Air for business and travel. I loved it, the only issue was that I needed to run Microsoft Office software for my work with several clients. I was thrilled when I got the news a few years ago that I could run Office 2007 on a Mac with…
The Secret to a Great Brand is Just One Thing
Know what the secret to a great brand is? One thing – just one thing. Focusing on one thing when branding for nonprofits is admittedly the hardest part of creating an amazing brand. The trick, as Jack Palance in “City Slickers” reveal, is figuring out what your “One Thing” is. It’s going to take discipline…
Creating a Brand in a Tough Economic Environment
I don’t have to tell you that the economy in the last few years has been tough for a brand. We’ve all lived through it, and if you’re still in business you’ve figured out how to survive in this economic environment, it was probably a combination of intention, a little luck, and a strong brand position.…
A Few Things To Take From 2011
Social Media can Change the World: We’re starting to see that social media really can change the world. The Egyptian uprising was accelerated by social media and posting on Facebook and Twitter… We have also seen and felt how social media can create a new economy, books speaking engagements, in essence a new business category. 2011…
How is your service? Do you go the extra mile?
Since the economy took a real nosedive 3 years ago, service in some business’ seemed to have taken that same nose dive. Service seems to be like the classes, the rich and the poor. Today it is great service or poor service, and why is it that the businesses that seem to have poor service…
Five Ways to Create Local Loyalty
Creating loyalty with your customers today is a tough job. In a world of social-living offers, half off Groupon coupons where does the consumer’s loyalty lie? Is it with the business owner that has been in and supported the community for years or is it with whoever has the lowest price? It is not easy…
When paying for facebook ‘likes’ is a GREAT thing
What is a Facebook ‘like’ worth, is always a hot topic, so many different perspectives and rarely can you find the same answer with the same dollar figure attached to it. There are so many different variables, like what business you are in. Social Media has proven to be a GREAT medium to get the…
Buy Local Ramblings and Thoughts
There have been numerous amount of ‘buy local’ campaigns over the past couple years. Many of these campaigns have been economic driven as people have seen a lot of long standing local businesses disappear due to the economy. Project 3/50 has used social media well to spread their philosophy of shopping local. Last year over…
What Does Google+ Mean To The Local Business Owner
So you are a business owner, maybe a small brick and mortar store. Over the past year or so, you developed a business page on Facebook. You’ve invested time in posting and replying to posts, worked hard to built ‘Likes’ and done what’s necessary to develop a relationship and engage with your community on your…
The American Dream Can be Your Brand
A bit of a rant today — I’ve seen several situations recently where an individual has overcome some pretty impressive life challenges, pulled themselves up against the odds, conceived of, and opened a business that is operating that business in the black in this economy. Any of those alone would be a significant accomplishment, but…
What’s Your Competitive Landscape?
Finding your unique niche in the market is both critical and necessary for your brand’s success in the marketplace. One very good method for identifying holes needing to be filled in your marketplace is a perceptual map. This can be particularly useful if your brand is not yet established, yet you know roughly what you…
How Clearly are You Seeing Your Marketing Efforts?
I saw a tweet this morning from @DeeBlick of The Marketing Gym about assessing our marketing efforts that read: “Being painfully honest about where you wasted money on marketing is positive. Don’t repeat the same old lacklustre stuff. Embrace change.” It’s a good reminder to all of us to make sure that we make an effort…
The Innovative Ducks a Little Like Social Media?
Have you watched the Oregon Ducks play football this year? If not, you’re really missing out. As I watch how innovative Coach Kelly and the Oregon Ducks are on the field I can’t help but think of the comparisons with social media. Some of the traditional football fans and writers complain that they’re offense is…