When it comes to marketing, many professionals can easily recite the keywords and phrases that they think are influencing today’s customers. They know their lingo and they know how to talk about their business. But how much does your marketing department—or you, for that matter—really know about your customers, particularly when it comes to the […]
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Think about the last item you purchased a product or service. Then consider why you chose that specific option. Nine times out of ten, you were influenced by the review or advisement of someone who had experience with the product. According to study conducted by TrustRadius, 76 percent of respondents who were in an active
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With social media, the personal is the professional. If you rely on your online presence as a means to earn money in any capacity, what you say and share on social media matters. The fact that you might be using a personal account vs. a business account matters not. Rest assured that clients (and potential
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During the last couple of years, the popularity and impact of online reviews have grown considerably. This is quite understandable, given the fact that 68% of millennials trust online reviews more than they trust traditional television advertisements. However, this great increase in popularity has encouraged multiple business owners to purchase fake positive reviews. In the
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The battle for the customers continues as the competition among brands heats up. Social media and email play an important role in this area, because they allow companies to get closer to the customers, thus increasing the digital outreach. When it comes to advertising a new product or service, brands want to reach as many
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With a major election occurring in a few short days here in the United States, we are seeing an amazing amount of coverage in the media and commentary on social media. It’s simply astounding to see the dialogue playing out right before our eyes. Given the current environment in this country, I felt it was
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I don’t know about your world, but in my personal experience, the use of social media as a marketing gimmick seems to be on the wane. That is, as a private user of various social channels, I’m seeing fewer come-ons, fewer automatic direct messages to new followers, fewer follow-back promises, fewer reciprocal follow rings, and
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Some may call email marketing outdated, that it has already been surpassed by better online channels, specifically, social media. Fortunately, that’s simply untrue. Email marketing continues to serve as one of the strongest assets in an online campaign, even if the best approaches and rules evolve as the world around us progresses. Any business owner, no matter if
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Balancing your budget, visibility, and messages can be difficult for you and your business. And when it comes to the digital world, your voice is competing to be heard with a wide range of other inbound and outbound marketing efforts. However, “old school” Direct Marketing is one place where you can rise above the crowds
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Mistakes: We’ve all made a few. In prepping this post, as usual, I’ve done some research on how and if peers propose public apologies in the social sphere. And, as usual, I’ve had song lyrics arise unbidden in my mind’s ear. Happens all the time. All. The. Time. They’re the voices in my head, I
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