When paying for facebook ‘likes’ is a GREAT thing

What is a Facebook ‘like’ worth, is always a hot topic, so many different perspectives and rarely can you find the same answer with the same dollar figure attached to it.  There are so many different variables, like what business...
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Always Be Willing To Learn

Life is all about learning, and if you are not learning then 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 truly have an...
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Finding Brand on Paradux Media Group!

It may look a little different than it usually does, but I promise, it's the same Finding Brand you've grown accustomed to. We decided that it was time to consolidate websites and to bring our blogs "in house." The factors...
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Buy Local Ramblings and Thoughts

There have been numerous amount of ‘buy local’ campaigns over the past couple years.  Many of these campaigns have been economic driven as people have seen a lot of long standing local businesses disappear due to the economy. [caption id="attachment_379"...
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What Does Google+ Mean To The Local Business Owner

So you are a business owner, maybe a small brick and mortar store.  Over the past year or so, you developed a business page on Facebook.  You’ve invested  time in posting and replying to posts, worked hard to built ‘Likes’...
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Google + DO We Need Another Platform?

Will Google + be the ‘real’ beginning of social media fragmentation.  Facebook and twitter the two main players in the social media field are different enough to appeal to different individuals.  I do not look at these two  outlets as...
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Let Us Not Forget What Social Media Is About

While many of us in the agency and media business write and try to come up with a calculation for a business’ ROI in social media let’s not forget the real benefits of social media and just how kind and...
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Twitter Rules, Let’s Not and Say We Did!

Why must we attach so many rules and expectations to what we do? Every day people seem to install new rules of how we should tweet.  If we all followed the same rules and tweeted the same way how boring...
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Facebook ‘Likes’ Harder To Come By

Facebook ‘Likes’ aren’t as easy to come by as they were two years ago.  Back when few businesses were  taking the plunge, it seemed that all you had to do was pop a Facebook page and getting hundreds of ‘Likes’...
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No Tiger Means Twitter Stream Instead of Talking Heads

photo credit: Brian J. McDermott It is the eve of the US open.  As a society we seem to have a fascination with knocking people off of their pedestal, gawking at a car accident, seeing a train wreck, which is exactly...
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Putting and Advertising Both Can Drive You Nuts.

There are many life comparisons that can be drawn to golf, advertising is one.  I am happy with most of my golf game; my ball striking has never been better, lessons from our pro certainly helped with that.  Last year...
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The Groupon Effect

While there is plenty of debate over Groupon, this blog is not going to be dealing with “does it train consumers to only buy things at 50% off,” but rather, to talk about one particular client that we have that...
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Using Social Media

Mike Frey and Tisha Oehmen will teach a webinar for the Oregon Opportunity Network on June 21, 2011 on how to use Social Media to maximize your business presence on the internet.
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What’s Your Marketing Plan?

We can help you get above the day-to-day activities to see your strategy clearly. Long hours. Late nights. We’ve been there. But can we add one little thought? Maybe you’re thinking too small. Our big picture...
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What’s Your Email Address Saying About Your Brand?

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Take a quick moment and look at the email address you hand out to your customers and clients. Does it end in any of the following? @yahoo.com @live.com @msn.com @gmail.com @hotmail.com @aol.com @mac.com...
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Your Competition Makes You Better

Think about it -- you know what your competitors really offer. You know, often better than the customers do (at the outset) what kind of service and product a new customer will receive from a business. "If we’ve identified our...
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The American Dream Can be Your Brand

A bit of a rant today -- I've seen several situations recently where an individual has overcome some pretty impressive life challenges, pulled themselves up against the odds, conceived of, and opened a business that is operating that business in...
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What’s Your Competitive Landscape?

Finding your unique niche in the market is both critical and necessary for your brand's success in the marketplace. One very good method for identifying holes needing to be filled in your marketplace is a perceptual map. This can be...
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Growing your Real Estate Business with Social Media

Paradux Media Group is pleased to announce that Mike Frey and Tisha Oehmen will be teaching a social media media class for Realtors on Friday April 22. This education series is sponsored by Amerititle.
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