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.
How To Adapt To Facebook Algorithmic Changes To Brand Pages
Facebook Algorithmic Changes To Brand Pages: In September Facebook made changes to their algorithms, for the most part the changes were made will lessen the effectiveness that brand pages were getting for free and make them pay a little through promoted posts and sponsored ads. It’s only fair. Businesses and Brands that have utilized Facebook…
Facebook Changes In 2012 And What They Mean
Changes In How We Use Facebook: Facebook makes changes all the time, sometimes subtle changes that barely register with people sometimes big changes. Some stay for a while, some not long at all, remember the ticker… One thing you can count on is that Facebook is always moving, which will always make it hard for…
Winning Social Media with Pinterest
Pinterest is one of the newest social media sensations on the web. It skyrocketed into popularity during the fall of 2011 and has been steadily growing at an amazing rate ever since. In fact, it has a 0% attrition rate – this means that either no users are stopping their use of the site, or…
How To Use Facebook Ads
Build ‘likes’ with Facebook Ads: Facebook comes down to the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. The ‘haves’ are the brands/pages utilizing what’s available, and the ‘have nots’ are the pages that just post, look at Facebook as FREE, and don’t invest anything other than time into Facebook — Facebook ads, no way, pay for Facebook.…
Social Media Class at the Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair
We’re excited to be appearing the Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair again this year, teaching a class on how to use Social Media in your business. This is the tenth annual Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair, a free information event for small business owners and those thinking about becoming entrepreneurs. This is a special opportunity to get free…
Turn Your Brand Into A Powerhouse In 5 Simple Steps
You need to create a great brand for your business because that’s what will make you recognized among all the other companies out there. Nobody will ever remember you if you fail to deliver it. People won’t share you with their friends. You are not remarkable. At some point or other you will become forgotten,…
Why You Need a Brand Narrative
For thousands of years, humans have utilized stories provide context, meaning, and raison d’être in our lives. Our world is constructed of personal, community, institutional, and political narratives. Think for a moment, about the power narrative has played in your life today. Chances are pretty high that upon arriving at work this morning, you met…
Data Implications for Marketing in 2020
As we consider the major Trends for Marketing in 2020, think, just for a moment how much the data evolution from last two decades have impacted our world. There’s no two ways about it, data has, and will have profound implications on all manner of products we’re marketing in 2020. Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler…
Tips to Make your ‘Cause Marketing’ efforts Worth it!
When it comes to new and unique promotions for your company, it’s sometimes difficult to generate ideas that won’t make you yawn with boredom. You’ve done coupons, you’ve done free gifts with purchase, and heck, you’ve even celebrated ‘National Golf Month’ with golf-themed giveaways. What’s left? How about a little cause marketing to boost not…
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…
Growing Social Media Like Growing Bamboo
Growing Your Social Media: I like to refer to social media as “growing bamboo.” John Lennon was once said “We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got…
Be A Success At Social Media
Are you struggling to see the worth in social media, is there any real return on the investment. Or is it just another drain on your company’s finances. If your are starting to ask these questions about your campaign then you may need to take stock and review the situation before it turns sour. Step…
4 Critical Components to Successful Brand Management
Brand Management can cause all but the most serious marketing professionals to blanch. Mostly because the phrase “Brand Management” sounds like an obscure, highly technical body of knowledge. To make matters worse, the normal online resources for learning about a concept do a poor job explaining what it is. But the reality is that successful…
Facebook Do You Have A Facebook Strategy? – The Beginning
What is your Facebook strategy, do you have one? Is it about getting people to ‘like’ your page, ‘like’ posts, comment on posts, drive traffic to your website, visibility, likeability, engagement, awareness, promote products, sell products or services, expert status, public relations, customer feedback, to make money? Your answer is probably yes, yes all of…
Facebooks New Schedule Posts
Scheduled Facebook Posts: For admins of business pages this was something that was long overdue. There have always been a lot of 3rd party apps that have given you the ability to schedule and deliver posts, but it always came with the little icon that was telling everyone that it was delivered by a 3rd party…
Dealing with Negative Consumer Generated Media
The Internet has given the public access to sharing information within a matter of seconds, and this can turn into a nightmare for businesses. Many customers are using review websites such as Yelp, OpenTable, TripAdvisor and Epinions to talk about their experiences with specific businesses. Some customers turn to forums to share information, and others…
How Small Businesses Can Use ‘National Days’ for Their Next Promotion
It seems like every time I check my social media accounts, one of my favorite companies is promoting a “National Day” that falls directly into their industry. 7-11 had their annual “SlurpFree Day” on May 23rd, and Dunkin’ Donuts will be celebrating “National Donut Day” on June 1st by giving away a free donut with…
The New Facebook Business Page Will It Have An Impact?
The New Facebook Business Page: So as everyone is talking, blogging, and designing their new Facebook business page, the big question is will it have more of an impact than the current version? Every admin has access to their insights and can see the traffic that is driven to their timeline (wall), and that’s what…
New Facebook Timeline for Business Pages
What do the new changes to Facebook Timeline for Business Pages mean? Maybe not as much as you think!! There is certainly some housekeeping that needs to be taken care of. There is the new cover image, the organizing of apps, timeline, pinning and starring, creating milestones, changing dates to posts, and the pretty sweet new…
Facebook Timeline For Business Pages
NOTE: If you’re interested in learning more about these changes, check out our FREE webinar on the changes you can expect for the Facebook Timeline for Business Pages. Don’t look now! Facebook Timeline For Business Pages: It appears the new facebook timeline for business pages is finally be arriving. Word has it, and it makes…