Strategies for Jumpstarting Productivity — 4 Tips
Whether you're coding websites, writing content or selling advertisement, time seems to slip away before that to-do list is kaput. With so many distractions (social media, Netflix, Reddit.com), it's no wonder workers struggle to stay focused. A Gallup study found...
How To Track Direct Mail Results
What's a "good" direct mail response? The one that reaches your stated objectives. As Steve Cuno writes at Deliver magazine, "I have seen companies launch costly campaigns without regard for such details, only to flounder about in an attempt to...
What is the Most Powerful Marketing Strategy? [Infographic]
There are a lot of things that drive the top brands towards their steady flow of success. Things like the marketing strategies they choose, the type of work ethics that they employ and the public image that they give off...
5 Great Branding Articles You May Have Missed
One of the most amazing (and I think interesting) things about Branding is that it's always evolving - while the underlying principles are the same as they ever were. Branding, just like we are, is changing in response to this...
Beyond the Basics: How to Refine Good Blog Topics for Scalable Momentum
Identifying good blog topics is often the easiest part of the content journey. Most business professionals are already practitioners of their craft, possessing a wealth of first-hand knowledge and expertise. Your topics are dictated by what you already do every...
Tips for Using Evernote in Marketing
You know how it goes, you find a great article online that has a great fact or tidbit in it. Later that week (or month) you are talking about just that article with a colleague and you want to send...
Whois the Owner of Your Online Presence?
One of the most valuable assets your brand has is it's online location, AKA domain name, URL, website address, or www. It's the very identity of many businesses (amazon.com) and a critical cornerstone of more traditional brick and more stores. Yet,...
Creating the best office space, large or small
It goes without saying most of us work from home at least part of the time. Making your work place a productive space is important and there are a few little things you can do to make it so. First...
Paradux Media Group Recognized as Bronze Winner in the 34th Annual Telly Awards
Paradux Media Group was recognized as a Bronze winner in the 34th Annual Telly Awards for its video project Asante: Principles of Place, an honor that reflects both creative excellence and strategic brand storytelling. The award was announced in April...
Making the Most of Social Media
Many significant aspects comprise digital marketing. From search engine optimization to web design, various components establish the foundation for success. Important as it may be to integrate all the different strategies, forecasts show that one channel will play a key...
3 New YouTube Changes And What They Mean For Businesses
Google has always been evolving and so is YouTube, Google's video sharing website. Recently in December 2012, Google has made few major changes in YouTube's layout. There are some technical changes that will help YouTube power users as well. As...
Approaches to Brand Architecture
Let's talk for a few minutes about brand and brand architecture. Brand, as we know, refers to all the externally and internally focused language, position, and imagery for a given company. At its core, a company's brand is its reputation....
How to Get Published on the Trophy Blogs
You are looking for ways to ramp up your influence online and you know that guest blogging is one sure way to get there. Not just writing for any blog mind you, rather for highly appealing, influential blogs in your...
Email List Building Techniques Influence Your Brand Reputation
OK, confession first -- because we work hard to build legitimate double-opt-in lists for our business and our clients, I'm more militant about this than the average person might be, but...aren't you as sick as I am of getting spam...
Free and Easy-to-Use Animation Tools That Will Amp Up Your WordPress
Long ago in a Merry Melody land far far away, there were animators who used to slave away at their desks, drawing frame by frame pictures of dancing princesses, hopping bunnies, singing canaries and running horses. They used the zoetrope,...
What is a Brand Book?
What is a Brand Book? Why do I need a Brand Book? What goes into a Brand Book? All of these are legitimate questions that many marketers struggle with. At its core, a Brand Book is an integral element of...
Beyond the Pond Blog Named One of 25 Excellent Blogs on Local Search & SEO
UpCity Daily Tips Paradux Media Group announced that Beyond the Pond, the blog authored by co-owner Mike Frey, was named one of 25 Excellent Blogs on Local Search and SEO by UpCity Daily Tips. The recognition...
A Declaration of Passion
I have talked a lot throughout this blog about the power of a manifesto, why they are important, and how to draft them. However, I was talking with a client this week and I described it, for the first time, as...
The Effectiveness of Promotional Products