5 Ways Marketing Is Like Baking A Cake
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 Posted in Blog, Business, marketing, Professional, Will Hardison | No Comments »DISCLAIMER: I apologize in advance if this makes you want cake while at work today. Marketing, like baking, takes a lot of work, preparation, testing and learning from mistakes. Most bakers do not produce award-winning cakes on their first ...
I came, I threw up, I left. Understanding website bounce rates
Monday, June 20th, 2011 Posted in analytics, Blog, Business, Professional, website | No Comments »First off, if you don’t have Google Analytics installed on your website, do that now. If you need help installing it, I will be happy to help you (will@mediaplug.biz) There's no reason why you shouldn't be measuring the amount of ...
5 free tools to monitor your brand on social media
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 Posted in Blog, Business, marketing, Social Media, Will Hardison | No Comments »Monitoring your brand across the internet is one of the most important aspects of social media marketing. If your customers are trash talking you on some obscure message board hidden deep in the internet forest, you should probably know about ...
Following people on twitter using hashtags
Thursday, June 9th, 2011 Posted in Blog, Social Media, twitter, Will Hardison | 2 Comments »So let's say you just attended an awesome conference like Social Crush where everyone was using a common hashtag like #socialcrush and you want to follow all of the people who used #socialcrush in their tweets. Remembering everyone's twitter name ...
What is a triggering campaign?
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 Posted in Blog, e-mail marketing, marketing | No Comments »A triggering campaign, also known as a drip campaign, is an event or a series of events that are triggered upon an action. We mainly see triggering campaigns as e-mail newsletters, but they can consist of numerous marketing practices. This ...
A room full of salesmen and nobody is buying
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Networking | No Comments »A dear friend of mind smacked me upside the head yesterday....in a good way. We started to discuss a "power circle" as most people call them, I prefer to call it a ground of friends who happen to pass business ...
2 Minute Networking
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Networking, Professional | 2 Comments »While out networking, do you get tired of Chatty Cathy who throws up all over you about their business for 15 minutes? Have you ever stopped to think about how much that person could be costing you in positive connections ...
Networking: How It’s Done
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Networking, Professional | No Comments »If you haven’t heard yet, networking is the new wave in developing referrals and clients. It’s also a fun and effective way of keeping a pipeline full of new business. If you’ve never ventured out to the networking world, it ...
10 Reasons to Deliver Amazing Customer Service
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Professional | No Comments »Amazing customer service builds credibility, trust and confidence, which can lead to customer loyalty. It can help the marketing and sales budget. It costs less to ...
What’s your “Online Reputation”
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Blog, Social Media | No Comments »First of all, your online reputation is what comes up when you type your name into Google. If making a good name for yourself online is important to you, it's time to take a proactive approach to getting your name ...
