Back to school checklist for gaining online leads

by Mary Coombs on August 18,2014

The summer is soon ending and the time is coming to get back to work. My definition of "getting back to work" is work without the thought or preparedness for vacation!   I live in the South, and the kids start school this week. Having grown up in Rochester, NY, it's odd to me, to see school buses before Labor Day, but it's normal here in Charlotte, NC.

What should be "normal" for you is making sure your web efforts do all the basic blocking and tackling, (there's a fall analogy!) that should gain you leads and sales.

So turning my thoughts toward work and building business, it seemed useful to put together a checklist of ways to attract business.  Here goes...

Do you employ a Marketing Developer?

by Mike Coombs on August 8,2014

A recent Harvard Business Review article, entitled "The Rebirth of the CMO" discuss's the digital marketing transformation that has changed the role of CMO's.  And marketing.

"Digitally enabled tools and processes have altered what and how a business sells, flipped the tables on the typical customer relationship, introduced a glut of new channels and competitors, and made it harder for organizations to break through the “noise.”

Flipped the tables on the typical customer relationship? Harder to break through the noise? Clearly, big companies see what's happening in internet marketing.

This change is even more profound for small and medium sized business.

WOW! 45% of Marketers Report Lacking an Effective Marketing Strategy

by Mary Coombs on July 30,2014

According to an article in MarketingProfs, by Ayaz Nanji, entitled  2014 Marketing Automation  Benchmarks and Trends, nearly 45% of global marketers report that lacking an effective strategy hampered their marketing efforts ...and these are people who already have marketing automation. This statistic is astounding to me!

Isn't the job of global marketing to create and implement an effective ...

Fifteen Signs your Marketing Strategy May Need Professional Help

by Katie Coombs on July 23,2014

If your marketing strategy is impacted by one or more of these phenomena, it may be time to seek professional help!