Social Media Marketing: The emperor often has no clothes!

by Mike Coombs on October 27,2014

Is your social media marketing covering your bottom line?

A vain emperor who cares about nothing except wearing and displaying clothes hires two tailors who promise him the finest, best suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position. The Emperor's ministers cannot see the clothing themselves, but pretend that they can for fear of appearing unfit for their positions and the Emperor does the same. (Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen for the original Hans Christian Anderson story.)

First, if you get my analogy, I'm sorry.  Ouch.
Why do you do social media?  ...

Sales and Marketing: 5 Tactics to Help Avoid the “Frenemy” Zone

by Katie Coombs on October 16,2014

UrbanDictionary.com defines the term frenemy as “someone who is both friend and enemy, a relationship that is both mutually beneficial and dependent, while being competitive, fraught with risk and mistrust.”

Inbound Marketing: Why You Don't Need To Start From Scratch

by Katie Coombs on October 14,2014

If HubSpot's a software and software’s a tool, then HubSpot is a just tool, right? 

The answer is both YES and NO. 

If I ask you to build me a bookshelf from scratch, what will you need to accomplish the task?  You’ll need the necessary building materials, the proper tools and the time to do it. 

You’ve got all that?  Ok, go!

How we produced an effective, affordable online video.

by Mike Coombs on September 29,2014

Video is very persuasive and sticky.  It sells. 

Web viewers will watch a 3 minute video before spending 1 minute reading the same information. By some accounts YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine. YouTube and other video services likeVimeo and our new favorite,  Wistia, make using video on your site very easy.

AND, there are some very sophisticated and interactive ways to make video part of your inbound marketing, selling or training process too.  It's all available. And nothing beats video because...

Video persuades with sight, sound, motion and emotion.