“The Twitter Hashtag is the New Neon Sign”
“The brand lives in connections.” This simple—yet powerful—statement from Noah Brier, co-founder of Percolate, emphasizes the importance of social media. Yet compelling as it is, we can take this statement one step further: I offer that your brand can also live in...Are the Content Needs of Your Audience Caught in Your Blind Spot?
I was watching one of my favorite TV ads in the Allstate “Mayhem” campaign. In this ad, the Mayhem character appears as a vehicle’s blind spot, hanging on to the driver’s side window and preventing the driver from being able to see passing cars. As the driver...Join the Google+ Revolution Now
By the end of 2012, analysts predict that Google+ will reach 400 million users. In its first 88 days the social platform’s growth rate outpaced Facebook and every other social network. Impressive, but, is it worth a small business owner’s time and energy to learn yet...Out with the Old (Marketing) And In With the New
The power of television in the 1950’s gave advertisers the ability to push messages out to a mass audience. Internet marketer HubSpot believes that shoving unwelcome messages at consumers is like using a sledgehammer. An outbound marketing strategy is based on the...
