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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5 Examples Of Effective & Unique Social Media Campaigns

Starting a new business has become much easier and more affordable now that advances in technology give even the smallest operations the power to reach millions of potential customers. Cloud services, for instance, provide inexpensive storage and business software solutions, while smart phone applications enable entrepreneurs to serve their customers from anywhere in the world.…

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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…

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5 Business Tips Everyone Should Know

Whether you’ve been in business for one day or twenty years it’s really important to understand the basic business fundamentals. To this end I have compiled five of my best tips for business success. So let’s get started. Know your point of difference: It doesn’t matter if you are selling zucchinis or Lamborghinis, you should…

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Do You Need a Blog to Scale Your Business Momentum?

If you are running a traditional, offline business, you might think a blog is an unnecessary digital distraction. We understand that perspective; it feels like another chore on an already crowded plate. However, in our experience, failing to maintain a digital voice is a quiet way to let your competition take the lead. Based on…

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Facebook Do You Have A Facebook Strategy? – The Beginning

What is your Facebook strategy, do you have one? Is it about getting people to ‘like’ your page, ‘like’ posts, comment on posts, drive traffic to your website, visibility, likeability, engagement, awareness, promote products, sell products or services, expert status, public relations, customer feedback, to make money?  Your answer is probably yes, yes all of…

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Direct Mail Marketing, Have You Tried Every Door Direct Mail?

You may have seen or heard the recent commercials from the US Postal Service regarding their new Every Door Direct Mail campaign. Are you a small business owner or an agency for small businesses considering the US Postal Service’s Every Door Direct Mail? So Just How Does Every Door Direct Mail Work? Every Door Direct Mail™ enables you to…

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The New Facebook Business Page Will It Have An Impact?

The New Facebook Business Page: So as everyone is talking, blogging, and designing their new Facebook business page, the big question is will it have more of an impact than the current version?  Every admin has access to their insights and can see the traffic that is driven to their timeline (wall), and that’s what…

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Facebook Milestone Feature For Small Businesses

Your Facebook Business Page transforms to a ‘Timeline’ page in 3 weeks whether you’ve made the changes or not. Since the announced change, a lot of small businesses have changed their cover photo and made the plunge and have been slowly adjusting and updating their page. But if you haven’t taken a look at the…

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Advertising in a Polarized World: Audience Over Ideology

  When public controversy surrounds a media personality, it often forces business owners to ask uncomfortable questions. Is it still worth advertising there? What does it say about your brand? And where does responsibility end and reach begin? Following widely publicized comments by Rush Limbaugh in early 2012, several national advertisers chose to withdraw their sponsorships…

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Paradux Media Group Hosts Free Webinar on Facebook Timeline Changes

On February 29, 2012, Facebook announced significant changes to Business and Organization Pages with the introduction of the Facebook Timeline for Business Pages. While adoption was optional at first, Facebook confirmed that the Timeline layout would become mandatory on March 31, 2012—making it the default homepage for all business pages. In response to these changes,…

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Facebook Timeline For Business Pages

NOTE: If you’re interested in learning more about these changes, check out our FREE webinar on the changes you can expect for the Facebook Timeline for Business Pages.   Don’t look now! Facebook Timeline For Business Pages: It appears the new facebook timeline for business pages is finally be arriving.  Word has it, and it makes…

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The Real Enemy: Social Media Fragmentation

Fragmentation—whether in traditional media or across today’s social platforms—remains one of the biggest challenges facing small business owners. Social media fragmentation doesn’t just mean “more options.” In practice, it often means more work, more cost, and less effective reach. We’ve addressed social media fragmentation before, but the pattern continues to repeat itself. New platforms emerge,…

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Think Different! Build A Campaign

It’s a great time for small local businesses to “Think Differently” and create campaign messages and not immediate hit and run messages. The most remembered commercials:   Outside of Apples 1984 commercial,  the most remembered commercials, are campaigns, not commercials.  National companies and big boxes, think that way, they see the benefits of the campaign while the small…

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The Value of Customer Surveys for Marketing Success

Understanding your customers’ needs, values, and circumstances is vital to success. One of the most efficient and insightful ways to achieve this understanding is by conducting online surveys. When designed and executed professionally, surveys provide a goldmine of data that can shape marketing strategies, guide decision-making, and drive meaningful customer engagement. Why Customer Surveys Are…

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Two Big Shop Local Events Set for November

As November approaches, two major shop local events are gearing up to make a significant impact on communities and small businesses nationwide. While each event has its own purpose, both tap into a growing cultural shift—a renewed awareness of buying local, supporting hometown businesses, and taking a closer look at where our money goes. Bank…

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Paradux Media Group Presents Social Media 101 in Medford

Announcing Social Media 101 Class in Medford Paradux Media Group announced its participation as a presenter at the Rogue Valley Business Resource Fair, held on October 22, 2011, in Medford, Oregon. As part of the event, Paradux Media Group presented a Social Media 101 class beginning at 9:30 a.m., focused on helping small business owners…

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Always Be Willing To Learn: Continuous Learning in SEO

Life is all about learning; if you are not learning, you are not living. Paradux Media Group has grown immensely over the past 18 months, consistently adding new features and departments so our clients can have an all-in-one advertising agency. With the explosion of social media and all the other existing marketing possibilities, it has…

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Buy Local …Ramblings and Thoughts

There have been numerous ‘buy local’ campaigns over the past few years. Many of these campaigns have been economic-driven, as people have seen many long-standing local businesses disappear due to the economy. Project 3/50 has used social media well to spread its philosophy of shopping locally. Last year, American Express had a great social media campaign…

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Radio vs Social Media

The title is a little misleading, as it’s not pitting one against the other as much as trying to point out more similarities. Many small business owners invest in radio every month. These same business owners scratch their heads and wonder what or how social media fits into their marketing plans. So, for those business…

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Why Twitter? Maybe for the News

Everyone talks about how to use social media, and if you follow their ten steps, you’ll succeed. The one category that is using Twitter the right way is our local journalists. That is why you, the local small business owner, should be involved in Twitter. No matter the size, you cannot find a market that…

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