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.

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Going the Extra Mile for Customers: Turning Ordinary Moments into Memorable Experiences

You know those moments when you intentionally choose to go the extra mile? When you do something unexpected to ensure your customers have an experience they won’t forget? In these moments, your brand takes flight and transforms from being expected into something memorable. Designing Memorable Moments Instead of waiting for inspiration to strike, why not…

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Marketing Features vs Benefits: Why Should Your Customers Care?

Is your business volume not entirely where you’d like it to be? Are you thinking of launching an advertising campaign to drive traffic to your business? That’s a great idea! But before you dive in, it’s essential to stop and consider one crucial question: Why should the consumer care? Why Consumers Buy: Features vs Benefits…

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Choosing a Target Market: The Key to Effective Marketing

Focusing on and choosing a target market is often one of the most complex decisions for a business. The hesitation makes sense—you don’t want to exclude potential customers or show preference for one over another. But here’s the thing: getting good at identifying and focusing on target markets makes your marketing more efficient and delivers…

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Where is Your Audience?

As a small business owner, one of the most critical questions you must ask is: Where is my audience today? Years ago, reaching customers was more straightforward. Placing an ad in the local Saturday newspaper could bring a decent return on investment (ROI). Radio was another effective tool for building Top of Mind Awareness (TOMA)…

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5 Reasons a Local Business Owner Should be Involved in Social Media

There are many reasons that every local business should be involved in local social media. I’ve found that if it takes more than five reasons, they are afraid of what they don’t understand or of change. To go beyond five, you are just reaffirming to someone who believes in what you are talking about, and…

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Using Social Media Apps with Promotions

We’re rolling out social media promotions for a local client of ours. The business will be giving away a pair of season tickets to the Oregon Ducks 2010 Football season. A hot ticket! The Ducks went to the Rose Bowl last year and had been picked to win the Pac-10 again. The Ducks have sold…

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Thoughts on Traditional Media Meeting Social Media

I saw a commercial the other night from Coleman, the lantern and overnight camp gear company. They claimed they were the original social network, pretty clever, I thought, and pretty much on target. While brands that target a younger and more geeky (for lack of a better word) consumer with social media never get a…

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Social Marketing: Why it matters.

We do believe that social media and social marketing have radically altered advertising. We believe social media can level the playing field between Madison Avenue and local business owners. It’s not a fad; the landscape of social media has changed dramatically over the past three years, and what we see today will dramatically change three…

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Who is your ideal customer? Do you really know?

I’ve met hundreds of local business owners in my years of selling media. When asked to describe their ideal customers or clients, they usually explained who they wished their customers were and not who their customers actually were. They may have seen a couple of BMWs or Mercedes pull into their parking lot, and since…

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