Small Business Marketing
Long Island Watch owner Mark made a surprising announcement one day on his YouTube channel: “Today I will share a short story with you; after being a watch merchant on Amazon for over 14 years, my store has been suspended…
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Renaissance Hotels takes marketing inspiration from its name, seeking to evoke a sense of the renaissance era. It’s a solid brand strategy concept, as described on its website: We’re a hotel for the curious, the adventurous for those who see…
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Invest in Graphic Design that Tells Your Brand’s Story Recently, I worked with Tailored Automation to craft brand strategy and represent the company at DevOpsDays Indy. The company was being launched just weeks before the event, and owner Garrett Honeycutt…
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Poor Customer Service and Increased Competition Take a Toll on Yelp An active community of users and businesses makes Yelp valuable. Community members are individuals. As Yelp matures as a business, the temptation to de-humanize the community while developing cookie-cutter…
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An organization’s brand is often summarized into a tagline, a rallying cry for what the organization promises to deliver to its customers. Marketing slogans should inspire and motivate customers. In these two instances of medical marketing slogans, the organizations haven’t…
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This kid’s t-shirt declares “People Over Things.” It also costs $42. When I saw it hanging in the window of a chic children’s clothing boutique in Cincinnati, I burst out laughing. Instead of buying an expensive, virtue-signaling shirt that a…
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Small Business Marketing Case Study My favorite resale shop for kids clothes, toys and gear took a risk last year when it shifted focus from its popular Facebook brand page in favor of creating individual pages for each local store.…
Read MoreSmall Business Maintains the Marketing Edge with Customer Engagement In a recent poll with 58 senior-level retail executives, a mere 10% listed store associates as one of the top factors affecting their brand’s customer engagement. Instead of the people in…
Read MoreSince I named my small business marketing firm Zoo in a Jungle Marketing, it’s pretty clear that I approve of marketing metaphors. Taken from Peter DeVries’ quote “Life is a zoo in a jungle,” my company name promotes stepping outside…
Read MoreNaming products and services is an incredibly important element to your branding strategy and marketing plan. Ideal product names are clearly descriptive, motivating to customers and memorable. Or, you could take LG’s example and go with the alphabet soup approach: The LG G…
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