2013 -- Social Success Stories
They say good things come in threes. After our first two end-of-the-year posts (Friday's post on…Read more
Content Marketing? Simple, but Not Easy.
Recently a site that I've long respected posted a question on one of its social media channels. They asked a simple question, "How do you define content marketing?" Sadly…Read more
The Perils of (Mis)Communication
Why do many customers have an inherent distrust of companies? Why do they look at public relations and marketing efforts through a jaundiced eye? Because far too many…Read more
Everything Old is Marketed as New Again
Music, fashion, fad diets – and marketing strategies -- they all come around over and over again.
With students returning to school this week, it's intriguing to…Read more
Looking for the Right Words? Be Like Mike
Advertising, building a Web site, coming up with branding standards – pretty much everything you do on-line and off is designed to convince people to buy your products,…Read more
Cast Too Wide a Net and Valuable Fish will Slip Through
As any angler worth his or her salt knows, if you’re not using the right bait and equipment, it’s far more difficult to catch fish. And, when it comes to your business…Read more
Is it Really Possible to Laugh Your Way to the Bank? Humour, Virality, and Business
Humour can be a powerful branding weapon when wielded appropriately. Generally when used as quick, dagger-like strikes designed to pierce the social Zeitgeist, it can…Read more
Anti-Social? Your Actions May Say You Are
You may spend tens of thousands of dollars on advertising; you may have directors or managers of communications and marketing; you spend for premium TV ads or sponsor…Read more
Connecting Your Online & Offline Marketing Efforts
Social Media has given businesses new ways to openly engage with today's connected consumer and plenty of businesses are beginning to understand and embrace these concepts…Read more
Creating a QR Code Campaign
QR codes might be the most unused and misunderstood of the digital marketing tools out there. Doing a quick Google search exposes just as many blogs and articles that…Read more