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Marketers have long developed strategies and tactics to turn young children into brand-conscious consumers. Exposed to TV and radio from a young age as well as new digital platforms, kids are fair game for marketers who seek to make brand devotees out of the most susceptible demographics.
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School is back in session. So, how about a little review? No quiz, I promise … It’s about your buyers, though. How well do you know them?
Do you know your buyer?
Creating buyer personas isn’t just a way to fill up a meeting block. And actually executing on them is even better. Take the exa…
Want to grow a large and active email file? Get your subscribers to talk it up. Just as in any other marketing, word of mouth promotion for your email program can be a very effective strategy.
This is the best argument I’ve seen for the value of social media sharing. Having prospects and custome…
Your site has hordes of visitors every day clamoring to check out the vintage comics you sell. But what do you know about your visitors? Are they die-hard fans of specific series? Older folks caught in childhood nostalgia? Rather than make assumptions, create personas of your users.Â
A persona …
Of the many aspects of my job, one that I enjoy most is the various conversations I have daily about the emergence of B2B marketing, marketing best practices, and the new B2B buyer. These discussions, in which ideas are exchanged, are a highlight for me. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down…
It’s doubtful that any small business owner sits down to compose a business plan and starts the list with a No. 1 priority such as: Get lost in the crowd.
Yet, it would almost seem that many people, when naming their companies or coming up with a tagline, actually adopt that as a goal! Theref…
While many companies have made great strides in addressing the alignment issue between marketing and sales, it’s still a safe bet to say that the challenge around alignment will continue to exist for this year and many more to come. If so much thought and energy has been put into trying to solve…
Recently, I did a follow-up piece on the Dave Carroll effect. You’ll remember him as the “United Breaks Guitars guy.” My point was: All the data mining, reputation monitoring, Klout scoring, follower counting and mixing it up online won’t tell you whether one squeaky wheel might rock your companyâ…
I was at a small conference break-out session a little while back when a colleague and I started chatting. He works in a particular line of lighting at a major manufacturer. We were talking about the merits of that lighting versus other types. I commented that the better of the two options would be…
It’s almost impossible to escape them. You hear them on the radio at least once a day. Obnoxious car commercials, claiming that they have the lowest prices, the best deals, the widest selection … You can’t miss it because they talk unnecessarily loud, use tinned music, sound effects,…
