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.
About Paradux Media Group
We’re a creative marketing agency that believes in doing things the human way.
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.
We don’t do cookie-cutter.
Every brand we work with is different, and we like it that way. Whether you need a website, a campaign, or just a clearer path forward, we’re here to help—with honest insight and hands-on support.
Book a complimentary consultation → or just give us a quack—we’d love to hear your story.
You Need a Target Audience
A few days ago, I asked you, “How Effective is Your Marketing Plan?” The first question on the Effectiveness Quiz was: Did your plan clearly articulate your target audience, including demographic information?(The correct answer would be something on the order of 20-34 yrs old, middle income, attending “X” school and living in “Y” neighborhood. If…
Branding a Local vs National Company
I had the opportunity the other day to chat with a friend who is a national brand marketer. During our conversation, I was struck (again) by the sameness and, simultaneously, the differentness of branding a national vs. local brand. At its core, branding is about developing a message and sticking to it. That is the…
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)…
Social Media-Build Your Own Audience
Traditional Media has been doing it for years, building an audience through programming and marketing and then turning around and selling your business the opportunity to talk to its audience. Social Media is an opportunity for YOU, the local business owner, to create your own audience to communicate to and through. Building an audience in…
Online Advertising in the Age of Adwords
With the advent of our new economy, we’re seeing a significant shift from traditional media spending to online advertising. This transformation has been driven by the evolving landscape of how consumers interact with brands and the need for businesses—small businesses—to maximize the impact of their limited marketing budgets. If you’re a small business owner, understanding…
Using and Buying Media Wisely
Before we get into planning season, this seems like a good time to discuss the best ways to think about buying media. I touched on this briefly in my recent post, The Intersection of Planning and Improvisation. But this topic deserves an entire post before annual plans are laid for 2011. The first thing you…
Traditional Media Created Social Media
Before conglomeration, there was a time when radio, television, and print were local community outlets. The big three were locally owned and focused on the local community. Most decisions for communities regarding their major media are made thousands of miles away. What music to play, what programming to air, and cuts made in print to…
Marketing Plan: Intersection of Planning and Improvisation
Before the frenzy of annual strategic planning begins, I thought I’d take a moment to discuss some strategies you might want to consider as you build your strategic yearly marketing plan. Naturally, your strategic marketing plan should contain your best guess on how you will advance your brand and product positions throughout the upcoming year: where…
Mainstream Social Media: Is That What Users Want?
Every day, we further mainstream social media. It’s hard to watch a news program that isn’t talking about what’s going on in tweet-land or what’s being posted on Facebook. How many TV and radio commercials now ask you to follow, like, and print ads with Twitter and Facebook logos? My perception of social media’s growth…
Unexpected Branding Opportunities
In any business, there are expected branding opportunities, television commercials, radio, signs in the store, and even team member shirts. However, some unexpected branding opportunities allow you to make your brand stand out. The first thing to consider is what your brand manifesto requires. Is it fun, innovative, bold, friendly, kind, or in your face?…
Social Media and Brand Strategy
Social media is a scorching topic right now, and rightfully so. I’ve heard more than one company wonder if it is, longs I,n the Brand Strategy. In my opinion, the answer is a resounding YES. If it’s not part of your integrated Brand Strategy, you’re missing a vital channel for furthering your brand position. As…
Brand Development Doesn’t Have to be Expensive
I’m continually amazed at how often we, in the marketing profession and those in business, assume that brand development has to be expensive! This misnomer is honestly come by, though, because it’s easy to spend a lot of money on updating your brand image in good times. But having cash ready to pay isn’t a…
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…
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…
Media Fragmentation, It Always Seems To Happen
How much has social media fragmentation affected your audience, and at what cost? Traditional media tries to entertain an audience and keep it so they can then sell advertising within that form of entertainment. While the programming and editorial content have become corporate blah, for the most part, audiences have rushed over to other venues…
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…
Why the answer should be “Yes” to an Ad Agency
In a lot of cases you could be dealing with several vendors with all the POS, printing needs and all the different avenues that you advertise in or want to advertise in. All of these vendors have their own objective and their own ideas, and while some may be good ideas they may not be what you’re all about, and the y certainly aren’t consistent.
Using Social Media Branding Strategy to Build Your Brand
Know your audience! Engage your audience. Social Media is no exception. With little room for error in today’s economy for small business owners, embracing the social media revolution and using it correctly with traditional media is essential. Just as there are keys to success in “Traditional Media,” there are those duplicate keys to success in…
Keeping Media Buying Simple
For most small business owners, dealing with media buying is like an ever-changing alphabet soup. This is primarily because the language of media is cluttered with acronyms. And understanding each acronym is necessary to get the most out of your media buy. AQH, GRP’s CPM, CPP, before web banners, unique users, and social media… for…
- « Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
