Archive for the ‘Marketing Snapshots’ Category

Take a look at the article, How News Happens by Journalism.org (a Pew Research Center Project). It is an interesting read and in my view simply underscores the need for the revenue generation model of newspapers and other traditional media outlets to change. The study cited in the article finds that newspaper is still the primary source of original news

Do you enjoy interruptions? The simple fact is most interruptions are not something special and so most of us don’t like receiving them. Is it any wonder that the old, traditional model of interrupt marketing isn’t really producing the kinds of results it did in years past? Inbound marketing provides a new way to market goods and services without interrupting someone who doesn’t want to hear about them.

For years I have counseled my advertising clients to have their advertising efforts working together as the sum of a whole rather than treating each separate ad or marketing effort like a stand alone element.  Maximizing the value of every advertising dollar is the smartest way to operate and making mention of other advertising efforts [...]

Cultivating a good inbound marketing program that leads to bigger profits must be carefully crafted and continuously fed.

Social Media is drawing people in droves at the prospect of a less expensive (lets face it most people think it’s all free) means of advertising only to arrive to find it isn’t going to be quite as easy as they have imagined.

I found a few articles today that examine how radio stacks up in the eyes of the consumer these days. The information suggests radio is still an excellent choice as a vehicle for a marketing message.

Great resource for monitoring the advertising and marketing front.

The economy is weighing hard on everyone these days. It is too soon to count print media out of the picture entirely but for businesses struggling to meet their own budgetary concerns the best practice is to examine all media purchases with far more scrutiny toward proving return on investment.

About two years ago I launched an eCommerce site called WhiteOakAttic.com, the Old General Mercantile of the Internet and in the last year I have also experimented with a number of other online marketing pursuits. I will now be engaged with these pursuits full time and will share the details of how these work both here and at my personal blog,

Only one tapestry will fit your business, a truly custom work of art. You must weave it yourself.