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From our office on Main Street in Eagle Point, Oregon, we’ve spent over 16 years helping real businesses connect with real people—through smart strategy, compelling design, and campaigns built on trust, not templates.
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Why You Should Outsource Your B-to-B Marketing Efforts
For many companies, it’s a smart thing to outsource their b-to-b marketing efforts. Companies of all sizes and even some who have their own internal marketing departments benefit from outsourcing to a professional marketing company to help them create and get across a dynamic message. You may ask yourself what good it might do for…
A Little Bit about Paradux Media Group
Every so often, it’s worth stepping back from the work itself and talking a little about how we think about that work. This is one of those moments. Who Are Our Best Clients? At Paradux Media Group, we do our best work with businesses that have a sense of where they’re headed. That doesn’t mean…
Three Steps in Creating an Effective Brand Bible
Putting together a brand bible is a tedious job. Especially if you have sub-brands, you have a lot of things to take into account. Most companies resort to just compiling definitions and technical guidelines. But a brand bible is more than just a compilation of descriptions; it narrates the story of your brand. Every company…
What the Backstory for Your Target Audience?
I was talking with a client today about who their target audience was. And while we know what the demographic information was, we don’t often consider the backstory — but the backstory is so critical and necessary to really understanding who your target audience really is. To develop the backstory, we simply start pulling the…
Paradux Media Group Launches DIY WordPress SEO Webinar Series for Small Businesses
Paradux Media Group has introduced a new Do-It-Yourself WordPress SEO Webinar Series, designed to help small business owners better understand search engine optimization and increase the visibility of their websites. The series was created in response to a growing need for practical, easy-to-understand SEO education explicitly tailored to small businesses. Search engine optimization continues to play…
How To Track Direct Mail Results
What’s a “good” direct mail response? The one that reaches your stated objectives. As Steve Cuno writes at Deliver magazine, “I have seen companies launch costly campaigns without regard for such details, only to flounder about in an attempt to measure success afterward. That’s like throwing a dart nowhere in particular and then trying to…
Beyond the Pond Blog Named One of 25 Excellent Blogs on Local Search & SEO
Paradux Media Group announced that Beyond the Pond, the blog authored by co-owner Mike Frey, was named one of 25 Excellent Blogs on Local Search and SEO by UpCity Daily Tips. The recognition highlighted the blog’s contribution to helping businesses better understand the evolving role of local search marketing. UpCity’s list focused on blogs that…
A Declaration of Passion
I have talked a lot throughout this blog about the power of a manifesto, why they are important, and how to draft them. However, I was talking with a client this week and I described it, for the first time, as a “Declaration of Passion.” Moreover, in that moment, the somewhat nebulous concept became clear and…
How a Creative Ad Agency Can Save You Time and Money
I don’t think that there is anyone in business today that isn’t interested in saving both time and money. Yet many small business and mid-sized businesses miss one of the single best methods for saving time and money when they fail to work with a creative ad agency. There are lots of reasons that go into…
Marketing Budget Template
It is imperative that a business proactively set a marketing budget for their business. The reason is simple, if you don’t set a budget and make a plan, you will instead make a series of small, and at the time, inconsequential choices to promote your business that are both costly and ineffective. At the end of…
Strategic Marketing Vision
Marketing is one of those tricky fields. It bridges the gap between strategy and execution. It’s equally at home either in the Boardroom as an outgrowth of strategy, as it is in the Human Resources Suite, as a compliment to internal culture, and of course, in the Business Development group as a business acquisition plan. Strategic Marketing…
Entrepreneurialism and Launching Your New Business
Entrepreneurialism is a state mind or what you put in your mind when you are considering launching a new business. Hundreds of thousands of Americans start new businesses every year with just about as many closing down. The problem for many entrepreneurs is that they may have an idea that does not realistically consider how…
The Power of Local: SEO for Small Business
If you are running a small business and you have an online presence, chances are that you have at least heard about things like local SEO and local search directories. If this didn’t sound too familiar for you, I will clear things out. First of all, local SEO refers to the onsite and offsite actions…
Paradux Media Group Recognized as an Emerging Small Business by the State of Oregon
Paradux Media Group announced that it had been officially recognized as an Emerging Small Business (ESB) by the State of Oregon. This designation is part of a statewide program designed to support the growth and development of small businesses by increasing access to public contracting opportunities. The Emerging Small Business (ESB) certification enables qualifying companies…
Top Ten Ways to Boost Small Business Sales
If there’s one thing that just about every small business could do with, it’s more sales. And never has this been more the case than now when even the best run businesses are finding themselves a little short on customers. Unfortunately however, boosting sales is a lot easier said than done. It’s also a goal…
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…
Facebook Targeted Posts
Facebook Targeted Posts For The Small Business Owner: Facebook is rolling out a slew of new targeted posting options for your business page. TechCrunch reports that the advanced post targeting is already starting to roll out to select Pages, with all Pages slated to receive the ability in the coming weeks. What will Facebook…
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