Tag: marketing

April 13, 2020

If you are not in businesses such as pharmaceuticals, grocery store supply chains or psychotherapy, you’re probably wondering how you’re supposed to market your business in the time of the COVID-19 crisis. As a business consultant, I asked myself that […]

March 5, 2020

Marketing and advertising budgets vary widely across organizations. An often-cited statistic from the U.S. Small Business Association suggests spending about 8 percent of gross revenue on marketing if you make under $5 million annually and your net profit parks at […]

February 17, 2020

Purpose-marketing isn’t new, but nationwide, there’s a growing business trend that involves building purpose into everything a company does. As a small business, it can be tough to compete with the marketing, resources and supply chain that larger companies have […]

September 10, 2019

Imagine you had a single post on Facebook generate more 42,000 interactions, reaching 2.8 million people. Imagine that the post was promoting a product that had real commercial value for your business. Now, imagine if you didn’t even spend a […]

August 26, 2019

We’ve entered an era in which marketeres are being bombarded by volumes of data about consumer preferences. In theory, all of this information should make grouping users and creating relevant content easier, but that’s not always the case. Generally, the […]

July 30, 2019

Learning the foundations of SEO and applying them to your company’s website is a huge step in the right direction. However, Google updates and changes its algorithm every few years, and you’ve got to set up your SEO with the […]

July 23, 2019

Point-of-sale marketing is a promotional strategy where products are placed right before check out to motivate customers for a last-minute purchase. In ecommerce, POS marketing includes cross-selling and upselling at the shopping cart or checkout stage online. This article features […]

June 14, 2019

If you’re in marketing, you’ll likely agree with me that your field is the toughest job in the world, and that being a good marketer is becoming harder than ever. But it can be an incredibly rewarding and lucrative job […]

April 17, 2019

Email is one of the most effective ways for businesses to advertise their services. While many businesses still use direct mail, their budgets might be better spent on email marketing. According to a partnership study conducted by the Data and […]

February 25, 2019

When it comes to building a brand and marketing a business, social media is a powerful tool that all businesses need to be taking advantage of. Because 70 percent of Americans have at least one social media account, according to […]

February 11, 2019

Businesses sometimes like to dip a toe at a time into marketing. Unsure of how much to spend and where to spend it, these owners choose to start slowly. But that’s where they go wrong because it takes an “all-in” […]

January 25, 2019

Marketing automation is a rapidly growing industry set to expand by 8.55 percent this year, increasing market capitalization to $5.5 billion by 2019. Given the benefits, it’s not surprising that more than half of companies use some form of marketing […]

January 18, 2019

The legal cannabis industry is worth billions, and your marketing skills are in demand — even if you have little experience with the plant itself. Top-shelf cannabis companies are seeking experienced, and most importantly, well-rounded marketers to handle their branding […]

January 8, 2019

Every year companies, both big and small, launch marketing campaigns to the public — some are forgettable while others hit hard as intended and attract attention for the brand. There are campaigns that challenge our world-views, inspire us and make […]

December 26, 2018

Video is huge. I know this isn’t news, but I think we find it hard to grapple with how big it is becoming — and, hence, how important. To get a feeling for it, consider this: as of October 2018, […]

December 12, 2018

One of the most important aspects of running a successful business is the need to continually market yourself. Without consistent and effective marketing, no one will know you exist. But, marketing just for the sake of marketing won’t do any […]

November 13, 2018

Giving out swag and using traditional advertising methods may not be a big driver of clients for most lawyers (or any industry really), but some of the cooler marketing ideas can actually help drive business. That is, if you do […]

November 6, 2018

The average family home looks very different today than in years past. According to recent data, a record 64 million Americans and 2.2 million Canadians are currently living in multigenerational homes, and this trend shows no sign of slowing down. […]

November 1, 2018

Today, social media is a very crowded and competitive ecosystem — it can be extremely difficult for brands to break through and spread their message to a large number of potential new customers. Marketing via social media has become a […]

October 22, 2018

People are not rational. You can have the most logical and compelling proposal but still fail to elicit any response. If you are working hard but seeing little to no increase in sales, this could be attributed to a lack […]