If you basically owned a category–a dominant market share–what would you do from a marketing perspective? Would you overhaul your marketing efforts? Innovate and create a whole new product line? Would you wait for the competition to catch up and then scramble? Your mind may already be racing ahead with even more questions. If history […]
View PostAmy’s Bakery more than a Social Media Lesson
Although there are numerous social media lessons to be learned from the now infamous meltdown, there is perhaps a larger point to be made. Unless the interactions from the television show were staged (I doubt they were), there were clearly serious dysfunctional issues long before the social media episodes. My friend Judy Gombita (aka @jgombita […]
View PostHow much would you pay for a profit puzzle?
I love what I do. I love to talk about what I do. The challenge is this: when someone asks me what I do, I seem to speak a language they don’t always understand. In my world, coming up with integrated multi-channel marketing strategies is stimulating and exciting. When I am talking to a prospective […]
View Post Integrated multi-channel marketing, marketing strategyWhy a Good Sales Force Experience Matters
Why Optimize Any Experience? Research suggests and most would agree that a positive, consistently good customer experience is a good thing. In fact in some cases it might even be considered a competitive advantage. My wife and I love to shop at Trader Joe’s. We look forward to our weekly visits there. Why? Because they […]
View Post loyaltySmall Business: Social Media Marketing Basics
Social Local Mobile is Reshaping Business Mobile is reshaping the way we do business. Don’t believe me? Consider this: The number of U.S. searchers on mobile phones grew by 26% this past year to 113 million in December. Tablet search volume grew by 19% to over 38 million searches. More than half of all users […]
View Post loyalty, So Lo Mo, Social local mobile, Social media for small business/es, Social mobile localFTC and Mobile First
Social Media Advertising and the FTC In March of 2013, the FTC updated disclosure requirements for digital advertising. You are welcome to download the document. If you prefer a more succinct list of helpful do’s and don’ts, then I suggest reading FTC Issues New Rules for Digital Advertising, a post by my fellow Windmill Networking contributor […]
View Post Mobile advertising, mobile marketing, Social advertising, Social media advertising