The Biggest Waste in Advertising (a Case Study)
Advertising in the bigger community to draw customers to your smaller community is as futile as trying to make the water in a river defy gravity.
An interview with a small business that applied the Wrigley formula
He does not sell gum. He sells used RVs and he applied the lessons from Wrigley’s and is growing like crazy.
7 Modern Marketing Myths & Why They’re Dangerous Even When You’re Not Falling for Them
Following the zeitgeist is easy. Good branding is hard.
Higher Profits Through Testing of Every Variable
Let's say we increase the response rate on your offer from 1.5% to 1.85%. That’s enough to get marketers excited. “You’re kidding,” I can almost hear you say. I'll explain why.
Media’s Dirty Little Secret
I’m constantly amazed by all of the media reps from all of the different media outlets that can help your advertising to “reach the right people.” Because they all reach the same people.
How to Build an Empire in Uncertain Times. The story of Wrigley’s
At the top of their game the Wrigley’s family was one of the wealthiest families in the world. Learn how they broke into the big time when they actually had nothing to sell.
What’s The Most Powerful Asset That Every Business Possesses?
The things that don’t seem to be about money usually produce the most money. A lot of times they require little to no ad dollars.
A Smart Start For Marketing Your New Residential Home Service Company
With this strategy you spend upwards of 10X per lead less, convert higher, at a higher average ticket, at a higher gross profit.
Tipping Point of Retail and the S-Curve
A dozen years from now 50% to 60% of transactions will be occurring online. And a surprising advantage will go to stores who sell online but advertise locally.
The Tale of Ted the Radio Tortoise and Harry the Anxious Hare
I spent a day with two HVAC company owners. Harry the Anxious Hare is closing barely 10% of his online leads. Ted the Radio Tortoise’s telephone team is closing more than 60%.
Avoid Scrapbooking Your Brand Visuals.
A “scrapbook company” doesn’t have the emotional connection to your brand that you do; so they give you a templated product that looks like everything else. Unremarkable.
Social Media, A Marketing Channel
The truth is that social media allows you to see how each piece of content performs before you ever invest money in it! You don't get the opportunity to do that with billboards, radio, TV, or print media.
7 Reasons NOT to Hire a Local Advertising Agency
The only people who care about adequate frequency are people who are actually measuring, tracking, and being paid for the effectiveness of their work.
5 Things Your AdWords Person Should Be Doing
Google didn't tell anybody when they started feeding everybody's business ads over onto their video game platforms. So the impression count went up, the clicks went up. But they're all useless.
A Shockingly Accurate Way To Calculate Your Market Share
I’m guessing you don’t know how much your competitors are doing each year? I bet you’re wiser than you think.