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Category Archives: All-inclusive Marketing
How to Set Marketing Budgets. And Why You Should.
What are two of the most important pieces of business wisdom you’ll ever hear? Large or small, every business needs a marketing strategy; and a marketing plan to make it happen. Once marketing budgets are set – take expert advice … Continue reading
How Many Points of Contact to Make a Sale?
They used to say it takes seven points of contact to make a sale. That number has increased drastically in recent years due to the number of additional messages we are bombarded with everyday on the internet (went from 300 … Continue reading
10th Anniversary Part I: Clients want design that builds business!
You hire a creative firm for one main reason – to improve your business. Whether it’s a design firm, a full service marketing company, ad agency or web development firm, you are looking to increase business, your market share. That being said, the prettiest, coolest, wittiest most clever creative work does you no good if it’s not aligned with business objectives and lead prospects to take action. Continue reading
Making Time for Social Media
One of the biggest criticisms of social media is the amount of time it appears to take to get involved in it. The platforms may be ‘free’ to use, but time is money and definitely a roadblock to companies getting involved, especially when there’s not a lot of hard evidence of the ROI, especially for B2Bs. However, we believe social media activity is important as part of a complete marketing map. And, with a little planning, it doesn’t have to be a big time suck for B2Bs. Continue reading
Marketing: How Many Vendors Do You Really Need?
It’s not uncommon to go to different partners for different marketing needs. What’s the harm in that? Well… depending on the circumstances the harm can be wasted time, wasted money, wasted impact and lost opportunities. All the things a successful business does NOT want.
Clearly, large organizations with entire departments that take care of websites, advertising, social media, etc., often need different vendors for each of these services. The key is they have professional Marketing Coordinators to manage it all. But for most organizations, that role doesn’t exist and one vendor is the right approach. The advantage is strategic focus, less time required from you, deep commitment and value and oftentimes, a firm that is as committed to your success as you are. Continue reading
Unarmed & Dangerous
In the business world it’s often very easy to get carried away with an idea and run long and hard with it. And it happens more often than you might think. Why? Because ideas are seductive. They’re attractive. And if … Continue reading
Creating a tagline for Toronto…
I was recently approached by fellow branders; Ken and Ian from Blueprint with a fun opportunity. Blueprint approached five Toronto agencies including us, with less than five days to deliver. See ours and the others in the full article here: http://bit.ly/b63PX4 Which is your favourite? Continue reading
