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Social Media Newsjacking – The Next Level of Brand Marketing?
The term Newsjacking may sound as if you are hijacking the news, but the truth is that it can take your search engine optimization strategy far away from confinement in isolation. Newsjacking is a way to grab a reader’s attention by using a news story in order to fuel your own advertisement or story. Here…
Facebook’s Pay To Play Model: It’s Time For Businesses To Re-Invest
Anyone who has managed a Facebook business page has seen the organic reach dwindle. As a matter of fact you don’t even have to be a business page admin to have seen this happen. As a Facebook user I see less and less of businesses that I like on Facebook on my timeline. That gets us…
Creating Likeability in Your Brand
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it at least 1,000 times — people do business with brands they LIKE. And the truth is, it’s more than just something I say, it’s a fact. We seek out businesses we LIKE to do business with. Our first goal, when we take on a new client, is…
How to Get Your Finance and Marketing Executives on the Same Page
Being on the same page is still a popular idiom used today, even though we’re turning less actual paper pages in our digital age. With all of today’s modern technology available at our fingertips, it is important that we are all still communicating effectively and performing collaboratively as a team. Finance and marketing seldom see…
6 Crucial Tactics for Small Business Success in 2015
Ready to make 2015 the best year for your business? No question, marketing your small business has fundamentally changed in the last years. If you haven’t changed your marketing tactics in relation to those changes, now is the time. Here are 6 crucial tactics that will help your small business succeed in 2015. 1. Social…
4 Branding Trends for 2015
Building a brand in 2015 is more complicated than ever before. With the rise of technology, more businesses have been able to increase their sales even if they are just starting out. This is partially due to increased use of social sharing, but the truth is that the Internet levels the playing field. Businesses need…
How Content Marketing has Impacted Digital Marketing (And What It Means for Your Business)
By now, we’re all pretty tired of the phrase “content is king,” no matter how true it may be. With content’s continued domination in digital marketing strategy (a Content Marketing Institute study found that 58% of businesses plan to increase their content marketing budget in 2014), businesses have realized that broad tactics such as press…
Your Sales Funnel is then #1 Reason You Don’t Have More Clients!
Let’s talk for a minute about leads and the sales funnel. We all get leads, but it’s what we do with them that matters (AKA do you have a sales funnel?). How well are we following up on them? How well are we creating a relationship with them? The reality is that the first time…
Choosing Your Target Audience
If you missed my presentation on the 5 Days to Kickstart Your Consultancy Business, I’ve made it available for you here below. Enjoy! Get your free gifts by clicking here! Video Transcript: Hi there. I understand you’re thinking about or have just started a consultancy business. How exciting for you, this is the exact right moment…
How to Announce a New Business on Facebook
Facebook provides one of the best ways to grow your business by spreading the word about your company quickly. Creating a Facebook page for your business is easy, getting people to like your page is the hard part. How can you announce your business on the social media giant? Use these tips to get started.…
Social Media Privacy and Advertising
Video Transcript Hi there. How are you today? Hey, I wanted to take just a few minutes today to talk a little bit about a question I get asked a lot and that is, “How does social media privacy interact with advertising and where’s the line and what are my options?” I thought it would…
Social Media Strategy for Law Firms
Social media strategy for law firms often isn’t a priority for attorneys. Some feel it is because there is a crowd of online attorneys, advice blogs and social pages to compete with. In an industry where you have a finely-targeted audience, investing time and effort in social media networking can actually give you an advantage…
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Promotional Calendar Template [VIDEO]
Promotional Calendar Template Transcription Hi, I’m Tisha Oehmen from Paradux Media Group, and I thought it might be something fun today to mix things up, if I did a Google hangout rather than just typing into the blog post. I wanted to talk specifically about a promotional marketing calendar and why it’s something that you…
Top 5 Real Estate Marketing Strategies for Realtors
The success of a realtor depends on the effectiveness of marketing strategies. Good marketing strategies will help you establish new connections and promote your business effectively. On top of that, it will help you pursue leads and get referrals of prospective customers who are seeking property. Let’s look at 5 powerful marketing strategies for realtors you ought…
Re-Marketing Campaigns Hit Facebook
Remarketing (v) –The process of reengaging a visitor/customer based on a recent interaction with your brand, often in an automated fashion. We’ve seen it before. You visit a website, you continue surfing and an ad from a website you had just visited appears. How did Zappos know? Branding experts and marketers will always talk to…
What is a Brand Narrative?
I often get asked, “What is a Brand Narrative”? And the answer is simply your brand story. It’s both the history of and the future focus for your business. All tied up in one tight strategy. What is a brand narrative doing for my business? Simply put, your brand narrative provides context to your team, continuity…
The Beginner’s Guide to Do it Yourself PR
Do It Yourself PR fulfills pretty much the same goals and objectives as conventional PR. Some use it to draw attention to a personal brand/business, others use it to change perceptions, while others to support a just cause. Whether you use a Press Release, a feature story in a magazine, or social media posts, Do…
Think of SEO Like You Think of a Recipe for Soup to Find Success
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last five years, you know that digital marketing is the name of the game in the business world. According to Gartner, the average business will increase its digital marketing budget by 10% this year, speaking to the need to increase focus on organic SEO techniques that…
Announcing a 12 Month Program for Small Business Success
According to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), there are approximately 28 million small businesses and another 22 million self-employed individuals that are classified as non-employers. With more than 50% of American workers employed by small businesses (those with less than 500 employees), small businesses have been the driver of net job gains since 1995. As a small…
Best Brand Book Examples List
Brand books are essential for any business looking to establish and maintain a strong brand identity. A brand book typically includes guidelines on a company’s logo, color palette, typography, voice, and messaging. It serves as a comprehensive reference that ensures consistency across all online and offline marketing materials. When it comes to finding the best…