Have a Holiday Focus on Charity Giving
Marketing Tip: Have a Holiday Focus on Charity Giving It’s the season of giving, have a holiday focus on charity during the holidays by promoting your charity of choice. During the holiday season there is a huge temptation to check out and leave your marketing on the shelf until the new year. Bad idea! Now […]
Marketing Tip: Create Social Media Ads Without Annoying the Customer
Marketing Tip: Create Social Media Ads Without Annoying the Customer The most important marketing tip of the moment: when it comes to creating your social media ads (Facebook, Twitter and now Instagram) keep them in line with the network you are advertising on (this goes for your posts as well). There is such a fine […]
Marketing Tip: Who Will You Listen To When You Need Good Marketing Advice?
Marketing Tip: Who Will You Listen To When You Need Good Marketing Advice? This week’s tip is to remind you to seek a professional marketer’s opinion when you need help with your marketing. Here’s an exercise I want you to do: Review the last five to six Marketing tips to refresh your mind as […]
Marketing Tip: Content Marketing that Turns an Ugly Duckling into a Swan
Marketing Tip: Content Marketing that Turns an Ugly Duckling into a Swan Marketing is like getting a glamorous Bobbi Brown makeover. You’ve got it, I’m going to compare marketing to a great makeover. Here’s my point: A generic, mass sold makeup kit with white base, pink blush, and blue eye shadow is just about as […]
Marketing Tip: Take baby steps to get to your larger marketing goal
Marketing Tip: Take baby steps to get to your larger marketing goal By Sandy Hibbard We all have big dreams for our business. To achieve the ultimate goal we must first know WHERE we are going and understand the stops along the way. For example, Sarah is a singer and her goal is to achieve […]
Marketing Tip: Some Classics Never Die, They Just Need to be Tweaked
Marketing Tip: Some Classics Never Die, They Just Need to be Tweaked By Sandy Hibbard Simple sage advice: If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! I can’t tell you how many times I have worked with clients that had a great marketing strategy in place – leads were coming in, sales were happening – but […]
Marketing Tip: Don’t be an egghead, put a face to your marketing
Marketing Tip: Don’t be an egghead, put a face to your marketing By Sandy Hibbard This is such an important part of marketing that I thought it would be good to bring it up for this last quarter in 2013 – use YOUR FACE in your marketing! With social media profiles being indexed by Google […]
Marketing Tip: Be an expert in your field
Marketing Tip: Be an expert in your field So you think you can do it all? So do I – well, at least that’s what I USE TO THINK until I gained more experience and realized that honing in on what I do best and letting others do what they do best is the real […]
Marketing Tip: Times Change But Good Marketing Lasts Forever
Marketing Tip: Times Change But Good Marketing Lasts Forever Great marketing will transcend time and trends. Whether you are using old school marketing like billboards or direct mail, if your message is skillfully crafted and your imagery pops, it will get the attention of your audience. To create a classic marketing campaign, keep your message […]
Marketing Tip: Simplify Your Mobile Strategy
Marketing Tip: Simplify Your Mobile Strategy After topping $10 billion in sales in the first half of 2013, new survey data from ComScore puts mobile commerce over $25 billion by the end of the year. A mobile strategy can seem daunting to small and large companies a like but there’s no denying the importance of […]
Marketing Tip: 3 Social Media Tips from Richard Branson
Marketing Tip: 3 Social Media Tips from Richard Branson Virgin Founder Richard Branson knows a thing or two about social media: “I’ve built a strong online presence over the last few years and am always thinking of new ways to expand our reach. I think this is partly because I was already comfortable with the […]
Marketing Tip: A Picture Can Convey a Thousand Words
Marketing Tip: A Picture Can Convey a Thousand Words From Instagram to Pinterest we are obsessed with pictures. And now with the advancement of smartphone technology it’s easier than ever to capture your marketing right in the palm of your hand. Pinterest is a great platform to showcase different sides of your brand. With multiple […]