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Black Friday Shoppers – Night Owls vs Early Birds
The 2013 Find&Save Black Friday Shopping Survey shows how, when and why Night Owls and Early Bird shop on Black Friday. While primarily motivated by the sales, Black Friday shoppers are driven by the thrill of the competition to find a good deal and more likely to have a tradition built around Black Friday shopping. Black Friday shoppers show little…
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Sometimes Marketing Coal Produces Diamonds
Marketers spend much of the Holidays being villainized and accused of commercializing the season. After watching my nieces monitor NORAD for Santa’s progress globally, I thought it might be worth reflecting on marketing’s positive contributions to the Holiday season. Although Santa Claus’s red and white garb had been commonplace for a few years, Haddon Sundblom solidified this version by creating…
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Choice Overload: The Case for Smarter, Not Fewer, Options
Starbucks made headlines recently by announcing a significant reduction in its menu, cutting approximately 30% of its offerings by the end of the year as part of CEO Kevin Johnson’s Back to Starbucks strategy to streamline operations and enhance the customer experience. This bold move, aimed at reducing wait times and simplifying choices for both baristas and customers, underscores a growing trend among…
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Gannett Needs to Get its Head Out of its Butt
Everyone has heard of the expression having your head up your butt. With Gannett, they really have brought the expression to reality, though. Ruth Holladay is a wickedly sarcastic blogger with a sharp tongue… and she’s dead-on, especially when it comes to Gannett and the Indianapolis Star. We both used to work there, Ruth retiring from editorial and me getting…
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The Economics of Going Viral
I’m not a fan of companies risking it all on trying to go viral… most can’t get the formula down and risk too much. That doesn’t mean you can’t capitalize on the huge growth in viral videos, though. One HUGE statistic on this infographic from Masters in Marketing, The Economics of Going Viral, stands out… the advertising. Purchase consideration/intent increases…
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Be a Spam Samaritan!
Spam Samaritans not only use their email accounts to communicate, but also contribute to stamping out spam for others. Last weekend my mother-in-law was describing how she abandonend her Yahoo! email account and migrated to Gmail, because it was, “all full of SPAM and couldn’t be read.” What she didn’t realize was this behavior hurts Internet Service Providers (ISPs), marketers…
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The Public Relations Lesson We Learned When Pitching Our Story
Years ago I wrote a post on the mechanics of how to write a pitch from my perspective as a publication. One of the last things I mention in the article is that it has to be relevant to our audience. I’m going to go a step further and say, with all the noise and crap pitches out there, that…
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Marketers: Recognize These Behaviours Central to British Buying
Did you see what I did there? This Midwesterner used the British spelling of behaviour rather than behavior. I just wanted to prove to everyone how worldly I am… or not. I’ve actually never been to the United Kingdom despite Scottish and British heritage on my Mum’s side of the family. (See that? I did it again!) Ok, humour aside…
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Keap: A Powerful CRM With Sales and Marketing Automation for Small Businesses
Every industry has unique needs when it comes to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and sales and marketing automation. Keap has the flexibility to meet your small business’s needs… with users in accounting, coaching, consulting, financial advisors, gyms, fitness, insurance, marketing agencies, non-profits, photographers, real estate, startups, and professional services. Keap CRM Keap is ideal for growing small businesses that are…
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Custom LMS: The Game-Changer in Sales Training
Sales in today’s business world presuppose more than mere communication with clients. It is a process that is becoming increasingly multifaceted and calls for constant productivity enhancement. One of the most useful tools to help this kind of evolution is the Learning Management System, or LMS, for short. Customized solutions are easily accessible; however, a tailored LMS solution can enhance…
