The most romantic day of the year takes place this month, with millions of couples from coast to coast celebrating having been struck by Cupid’s arrow in a wide variety of ways. In addition to giving couples an excuse to celebrate their relationships, holidays such as Valentine’s Day give businesses of all shape and size … Read more
Every industry sees changes from year-to-year and marketing is no different. As we enter the final year of the 2010s, here are some marketing trends to keep an eye on: A.I. Rising Technology continues to be at the forefront of the marketing world and artificial intelligence – also known as “A.I.” – is an increasingly … Read more
Remember the good old days when you could just throw a website up on the internet and you’d automatically get boatloads of traffic and customers would be lined out of the door because of how cool your page looked? No? Us either – because that was never the case! The fact is that having a … Read more
Everyone knows how important Social Media is here in 2018. Over 65% of adults are using social media, meaning you’re missing out on a huge segment of the population if you’re not active on this medium. Now that the world is more connected than ever, your business has the opportunity to engage with current … Read more
Pumpkin chip bagels, pumpkin spiced chai, pumpkin filled ravioli, pumpkin flavored cookies… The sign out front of the grocery store touted “Over 60 pumpkin products!” They weren’t lying. Welcome to fall. But what do you do if you can’t just add a dash of pumpkin flavoring or slap the word “pumpkin” to the name of … Read more
As the competition for eyeballs and attention for brands/businesses gets more and more intense, marketing is increasingly becoming more and more about earning that attention as opposed to commanding it – and quality, organic content is the best means of earning that attention. According to BusinessInsider.com, ad blockers are being used by approximately 30% of … Read more
When you target the right customer with the right marketing at the right time, you can sustainably grow your business. But, just as AI doesn’t happen in a vacuum – it must be taught the real results of effective marketing to predict how to increase those results – your marketing doesn’t happen in a vacuum either.
K.I.S.S. – Keep it Simple, Stupid! We’ve all heard this idiom a million times but, sometimes, we can get caught up trying to say too much in our advertising and marketing messaging which can result in K.I.S.S.-ing customers goodbye! Today more than ever, brevity and succinctness are imperative in order to break through the clutter … Read more
Marketing isn’t just about attracting customers – it’s about attracting the right kind of customers and retaining them. That means your marketing company should know ahead of time what makes a quality customer, what attracts a quality customer, how to target quality customers and how to measure to make sure you’re getting quality customers. None … Read more
The progress of technology this century has been nothing short of remarkable. In less than two decades, we’ve seen the Internet become the world’s primary medium, cellphones evolve from simple mobile telephones into handheld mega-computers and online social networking become a driving force in all walks of life. While the progress made in the new … Read more
