Last week, I had the pleasure of having lunch with a very talented and accomplished public relations expert who was telling me about her years of work for Fortune 500 firms and agency experience at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the top advertising agencies in New York. Having myself started at a small ad agency, […]
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Last week, I met with someone who’s helping a local preschool in my town grapple with the question, “Why aren’t we getting new clients?”. The owners of this preschool are longtime area residents, their backgrounds are in education, and in fact their preschool looks terrific when you go for a visit. So why are the […]
A few years ago, a friend and I were discussing a popular restaurant chain. The restaurant’s slogan was “Steaks, Seafood, Salad”.
We are all marketers. No matter what industry or profession we are in, each of us must market ourselves and our businesses. Marketing on the Internet includes developing an effective website. Each page of your website should focus on a singular topic. And because search engines are the primary way that people find websites, we […]
Every business owner needs to consider whether or not Facebook and Twitter belong in their marketing mix. But there’s a “secret” benefit to utilizing both of these social media tools that most business owners know absolutely nothing about: Facebook and Twitter are essential in communicating during an emergency.
To create a perfectly-timed email autoresponder, look to nature. That’s right — look to nature. Because nature tends to get things right (it’s people that mess things up!).
As we prepare to launch another new website and Internet presence project this month, I am reminded about the concept of “buyer personas”. Understanding the concept of buyer personas will enable you to deliver the right message to your ideal prospect.
Last night, at a business development event in southern Connecticut, I became involved in a conversation with the president of the local commercial realtors’ association. He was lamenting the economy, and the fact that there was a large vacancy rate in his commercial office buildings. “I’m thinking of converting some of my office buildings to […]
This is a question that I hear often. Business owners will tell me that they invested money in having a website created, but have little to show for it. If they’re lucky, they may get one lead a year from their website. If you search online for the product or service they offer, they’re nowhere […]
What is marketing? Marketing is the process of introducing your brand to the people who need what you’re selling. The purpose of marketing is to influence the people who need what you’re selling to buy from you instead of from your competitor. How often should a business market itself? Always. A business should always be […]