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How to Improve User Experience with Reliable Website Hosting
You already understand that your clients make your business. When you provide them the products and services they need, it increases the chance that they will remain loyal to you. Your reputation also matters, and choosing the right website hosting company will ensure they can always access your site. Reliable Website Hosting Equals Improved Brand…
How to Determine if Your Business Can Afford a Marketing Agency
Maintaining a competitive advantage is the lifeblood of any modern organization. In our experience, many businesses reach a plateau where their internal marketing efforts no longer generate the scalable momentum needed to stay ahead of the pack. To ensure a stable and profitable future, you must utilize every available tool to remain viable in an…
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…
Marketing the Evolutionaries Way
There’s a new book out by Randy Harrington and Carmen Voilleque called “Evolutionaries: Transformational Leadership: The Missing Link in Your Organizational Chart.” Randy and Carmen are brilliant, inspirational, and most of all, observant. They are consultants by trade, and any organization lucky enough to work with one or both of these individuals is vastly better…
Is Your Brand Listening? The Key to Improving Brand Communication
One of the most important aspects of improving brand communication is the ability to truly listen, a skill that can be challenging to master. We often want to jump in and respond to criticism, but by fully understanding the feedback, brands can make meaningful changes that resonate with customers. Listening allows you to meet customer…
3 Essential Components for a Non-Profit Branding Strategy
Soliciting donations is challenging for any non-profit, but it’s often even more complicated when the organization hasn’t laid the proper foundation for its brand image. Many organizations miss out on potential donations without a clear non-profit branding strategy. While non-profits need to develop their brand just as much as any business, three critical components should not…
Protecting Your Brand Image: The Role of Publicist and Bodyguard
Have you ever considered how often your brand is on stage in the public eye? The reality is that your brand is always on stage. It never takes a break, never retreats to the dressing room, and never blends into the audience. Your brand is constantly displayed under the spotlight and needs the same care…
Choosing the Right Marketing Agency: What to Look For
As the new year approaches, many businesses evaluate their strategies and marketing plans. If you don’t have a marketing agency, now might be the time to start looking for one. If you already have one, you might be considering a change. Or, if you’re satisfied with your current agency, consider this article “food for thought”…
Evolution of Marketing: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
As another year approaches, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the evolution of marketing over the past decade. Ten years ago, the marketing landscape looked vastly different. Social media, mobile marketing, and online reputation management were emerging concepts, far from the essential focal points they are today. The evolution of marketing has been driven…
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…
Assessing Your Marketing Efforts: Why Brutal Honesty is Key
I came across a tweet this morning from @DeeBlick that read: “Being painfully honest about where you wasted money on marketing is positive. Don’t repeat the same old lacklustre stuff. Embrace change.” This is an excellent reminder for all of us. It’s easy to get caught up in planning and executing a marketing campaign, but…
Showing Gratitude in Business: Why It Matters
As we approach the time of year when our thoughts turn to turkey dinners, family, and friends, it’s also an appropriate moment to reflect on who we should thank within our businesses for helping make the year successful. If your business thrives in this economy, it’s not by accident. Success is rarely the result of…
Why Customized Marketing Strategies Matter for Your Business
You can read as many management and marketing blogs, books, and white papers as possible. You can talk to countless experts, listen to pundits, and attend all the classes on marketing strategy. But here’s the reality: none of these sources, not a single one, knows your business better than you do. That’s critical information when…
Prioritizing Small Business Growth Strategies
As a small business owner, it’s HARD to keep the focus on growing your business when the daily demands consume all your time and energy. But here’s the reality we all know: if we don’t focus on small business growth strategies, we won’t stay busy, and in this economy, staying busy is essential for survival.…
Who are Your Target Market’s Influencers?
Quick – who is your target market? Can you clearly and specifically tell someone not in your industry who your target market is? Good! Now who are your target market’s influencers? Influencers are the ones who help shape opinion and who make recommendations on products and ideas for your target market. They are the people…
Branding Can Be Easy
We often get caught up in the complexities of branding—ensuring every message is carefully crafted, guarding our brand’s image, and trying to control every detail of how we present ourselves to the world. In those moments of intense focus and effort, it’s essential to take a deep breath, relax, and remember to “go with the…
Examining Your Marketing Environment
As you begin to put together your new strategic marketing plan, you should take into account the internal and external factors in your marketing environment that will be affecting you in the upcoming year. In my previous post, How Effective is Your Marketing Plan? I asked you the following you the following question: “Did your…
Following Through: How to Keep Your Marketing Plan Alive and Achieve Success
For the last several posts, I’ve been expanding on each of the questions I posed in my original post, “How Effective is Your Marketing Plan?” Today, let’s dive deeper into the crucial question of execution: Did you follow through on the strategies you laid out in your plan to reach your target demographic? (Did you…
