SRLSY! Texting Isn't Just For Teens Anymore. Ah, the text message! Who could have foreseen that texting, which was generally thought to be merely useful in the land of the pre-teens, would transform into something as useful and powerful as SMS (i.e., "Simple Message Service) marketing? In a very short time, SMS has shown itself...
Here's a great infographic by the folks over at BigCommerce (I love the Receipt theme!). Read moreInfoGraphic Friday - The Marketing Calendar 2013Points of interest: More than half of all people research online now before a big purchase. 9 out of 10 people watch VIDEO on the tech they'll buy. They search for...
Short, sweet, and to the point. The lovely folks at GetResponse, an email-marketing company, share the perennial calendar of marketing and advertising. What buttons work best and when: this works for ALL forms of marketing, and is worth a share. Get an idea of what topics trend well when. This works pretty much every year,...
The following infographic illustrates what we've said again and again: businesses are feeling The Groupon Sting, and are slowly burning out on the use of deal sites as a viable marketing medium. Of course, with the right preparation, you can get hundreds of new, repeat customers. Read moreInfoGraphic Friday: What Influences Purchase Decisions?Click here...
Recently submitted on Newswire: Deal Site Marketing Agencies Help Lessen The Groupon-Sting Though many companies have successfully made offers on deal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial, others have not been so lucky. The owner of a local marketing agency, Hundreds Of Customers, LLC., shares a few tips on how to make the most of a...
Huffington post ran a business Insider article that I absolutely loved. LOVED. Go read it. Seriously. Go. Now. Here's the nutshell version, if you didn't click and read: What we're on the brink of is scale implosion. Everything gigantic in American life is about to get smaller or die. Everything that we do to support...
I recently got interviewed for an article that appeared on Newswire.net, about a term the concept of "the Groupon Sting," by which I mean of course that painful, business-crushing experience that many have had when dealing with a deal site. Now of course, this phenomenon isn't limited to Groupon, they're just the biggest, and thus...
It was about 8 years ago that Benedict XVI was elected pope, in 2005. 1/6th of the world rejoiced at their new leader, and the media was in a frenzy, while countless faithful Catholics pilgrimaged to Rome to witness their new pontiff. Wednesday was a big day that same chunk of the world's population: the...
