“Social media marketing is just bull****! You can’t get anything tangible there.”
Ever heard a statement like this being uttered by your boss? Well, you are not alone.
“Social media marketing is just bull****! You can’t get anything tangible there.”
Ever heard a statement like this being uttered by your boss? Well, you are not alone.
2016 has come to an end. And thankfully so too.
Economically speaking, the year has been a pretty “meh” one for many. Reduction in global demand has led to a slowing of economic growth, increased retrenchments and an uncertain outlook for 2017.
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“Sell the Sizzle, not the Steak”
Everybody in the world of advertising would have heard of advertising guru Elmer Wheeler’s famous saying. It is considered by many to be one of the most beloved mantras in the world of marketing.
Have you felt that your pipeline of leads are drying up? Wonder how you can bring in more clients for your business?
Well, help is here!
CEOs love them. CFOs adore them. Even CMOs are falling head over heals for them.
What am I talking about? You guessed it – numbers!
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One of the most common dilemmas faced by marketers is this:
Should we invest in helping our customers to find us on search engines like Google? Or would our marketing dollars be better spent on social media outreach?
OK, you are a complete newbie to digital marketing. And your customers are businesses not consumers.
How can a B2B company like yours make use of digital marketing? After all, B2B marketing is very much a face-to-face deal involving a generous meal and a hand shake right?
Today is the first day in the year 2016.
As you start to plan your marketing strategies for the year ahead, it would be useful to consider some of the positive moves which you can make to improve how you grow your influence and reach customers online.
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Have you heard of the 80/20 rule?
Known as the Pareto principle, the 80/20 rule is also known as the law of the vital few. First conceived by management consultant Joseph M Juran, it is attributed to 19th century Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto. The 80/20 rule essentially states that “80% of the effects came from 20% of the causes”.
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Clueless how you can get your ideas to spread on social media? Well, why don’t you ask your teenage son or daughter?
That age-old saying about teenagers being digital natives are true. They eat, live and breathe digital.
Also known as Generation C (for Connected), they have an intuitive feel for all things social, digital and mobile.