“Blue sky it, people.” “Don’t just go for the low-hanging fruit.” “Think outside the box.” And, for pity’s sake, make sure your “content” is “snackable”! Bleurgh. We’ve come a long way since the days of blue skying and thinking outside the box… or have we? Not so much. As an industry we tend to…
Social media never sleeps. Not even on a belly-full of tryptophan-laden, sleep-inducing turkey. Which is why most brands will send out at least one Tweet or Facebeep to mark holidays like Thanksgiving. But how do you make your Thanksgiving message to the masses stand out from, well, the masses? Here, four Thanksgiving Marketing Tips –…
Cat videos. That’s right. Cat videos are the next big thing in marketing. If you don’t have any planned for your 2016 Marketing Plan, you better think again. #marketingstrategy #justkidding Just kidding, everyone: a mere bit of Friday Fun to inspire you to new heights in marketing next week. That said, in 2014 there were…
If Facebook were a country, it would be the third-most populated on earth (beaten only by China and India). WhatsApp would be #5, Google+ #7, LinkedIn #9, and Twitter #10. (#Socialnomics 2014 by Erik Qualman) So, while you can’t exactly pick up the phone and chat to the nearly 1.5 billion folk living in…
Remember when ‘they’ (aka clever social media marketing types) announced that Facebook was practically dead and buried? On its way out? See ya? Good riddance? Erm, not so much. Not when you learn that Facebook has recorded high profits already for 2015 and as of the second quarter of 2015 had 1.49 billion monthly active…
Build it and they will come. Right? Wrong. Just because your product, service or offering is great – fantastic even – doesn’t mean you will automatically get customers lining up. The marketing of your product, service or offering is not optional. It’s mandatory. Wait… what? Marketing? But you have no money in your budget for…
Marketing has always been a complex beast, however never has it be more important to have your digital house in order than in 2015. Everyone, and we mean everyone, is online. Searching, chatting, engaging, buying, reviewing… If you offer a product or service, consumers will likely look online first. It may all start with a…
When you mention social media, Twitter often comes to mind. Twitter is the 140 character messaging channel with over 240 million active monthly users that allows users to follow, mention and engage with your brand. We think it is a great tool to listen to your customers and find new ones. There have been…
Are You A Pinner With A Penchant For Travel? If you’re a fan of the photo sharing network Pinterest, and you have ever posted images of destinations on your bucket list or those incredible places you’ve been to (there about 750 million of such photos), then the recent addition of Pinterest Place Pins will be…
Updates to the Up and Comer Considered by some as the social network that just can’t seem to get it, yet which has all the power behind it, Google rolled out a number of new Google+ updates and enhancements recently, 18 to be specific, including SMS updates as well as geo-location and animated GIFs into the…