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How to Create an Annual Strategic Marketing Plan
As the year draws to a close, now is the perfect time to think about setting your business up for success in the coming year. One of the most important steps you can take is to develop a comprehensive strategic marketing plan that will guide your efforts to attract and retain customers. If you’ve…
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…
Simple Google AdWords Tips For Small Local Business
Like most local business marketing, the results must remain a mystery…. Most of us are aware of the famous quote by John Wanamaker, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” It’s easy for you to feel that way about your marketing, but you can stack the…
Tisha Oehmen Named to the Top Ten Superstar Branding Experts
Paradux Media Group partner Tisha Oehmen was named to the “Top Ten Superstar Branding Experts” list by ZK’s Web Marketing Blog, recognizing her work and perspective on branding as a foundational business discipline rather than a surface-level marketing task. The list was compiled by Alexis of WebTrafficROI as part of a broader effort to highlight…
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.…
5 Reasons Target is a Top-Notch Retailer to Copy
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar to you. You go into Target for three mundane items that should only cost you maybe ten bucks: Silly things like shampoo, shaving cream, and a birthday card. However, an hour later you walk out a hundred dollars lighter and the proud owner of two new shirts, new…
Exhibit Your Business With A Trade Show.
Trade shows are great opportunities for people from similar business backgrounds to come together, showcase what they have, suss out the competition, and learn from each other. Trade shows are also a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to gain an understanding of what similar companies are offering. Why should you take your business to a trade…
Paradux Media Group Teaches Social Media Class at Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair
Paradux Media Group announced its participation in the Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair, returning once again to teach a social media class for local business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. The event marked the tenth annual Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair, a long-running community resource designed to support small businesses throughout the region. The Rogue Valley…
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,…
The Best Marketing Strategies for a Product or Service Launch
Launching a new product or service is a highly exciting time and when you first do it you will no doubt be highly excited and hopefully very passionate and fully behind the project. However while your enthusiasm and passion might be at breaking point, the difficult task you have ahead of you is to get…
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…
Branding 101: How to Identify Your Target Audience
Understanding your target audience is essential in any type of business. You simply cannot expect for everyone to find your products useful. However, once you do figure out who would use your product, you can create more targeted marketing and greatly increase your sales. Whether it means considering the demographics of your audience or creating…
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…
Brand Smart with These 6 Factors
Brand smart — that’s what we’re all trying to do right? Create an amazing brand, while spending less money, and getting amazing results. Sounds daunting? Nothing to worry about. You’ve got everything you need to Brand Smart already at your fingertips. And just to help out and make it a little easier, I’ve complied the…
A Strategic Roadmap for Achieving Success at Social Media
Are you struggling to see the worth in your social media presence? Many business professionals question whether there is any real return on investment or whether social platforms are simply a drain on company finances. If you are starting to ask these questions, it is time to take stock and review the situation before your…
