Small Business Marketing
Your Brand Needs a Plan for Generative Engine Optimization with ChatGPT & Google Gemini There’s a new marketing acronym in town, GEO. It stands for Generative Engine Optimization, and it has one customer segment: AI chatbots. It’s the top growth strategy…
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Would AI-Generated Music Make Woody Guthrie Turn Over in His Grave? Folk music doesn’t seem like a likely candidate for a positioning strategy marketing analysis. Isn’t its main “position” anti-establishment? Au contraire. Music is also a business, as any musician knows.…
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Big Box Retailers Like Sam’s Club Make Space for Healthier Brands Bobo’s, Poppi & OLIPOP Thanks to consumer demand and increasing regulatory pressure, “better-for-you” packaged foods are gaining shelf space across America’s grocery stores. These brand strategy examples show how…
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On the Road to Wrestlemania, Jey Uso Enjoys Status as Top Superstar In February, my 12-year-old sons received the birthday gift of a lifetime: tickets to WWE RAW live in Cincinnati. With a crowd of about 25,000, it was an…
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The 3 Most Critical Email Marketing Mistakes that Lower Open Rates Email marketing is an effective marketing tool, with 49% of consumers agreeing that they would like to receive a weekly email from their favorite brands and 81% of small…
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Salesforce Research Reveals Social Advertising has High Competition, While Google Pay-Per-Click Lags in Popularity “Buy low and sell high” is the age-old investment advice. The same can sometimes be said for marketing investments. When your competitors are spending much of…
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Starting a New Page is the Best Reason to Deploy a Facebook ‘Page Likes’ Campaign A Facebook Page with less than 100 followers won’t command the respect (or attention) of Facebook users. To achieve a certain reputation with users, your…
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Owners of start-ups and businesses in their infancy often don’t have the resources to hire a marketing firm or marketing employee. In the beginning, they have to go-it-alone, do tons of research and make costly mistakes. Marketing isn’t easy, but…
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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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At one time or another, most of my clients have suggested we break up a complex topic into a series of blog or video posts. It’s a convenient approach for busy business owners: you know what you’ll be publishing for…
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