If social media touches all, you have to make sure you touch inside your company too. Marketing needs to share and partner with front line sales to fully leverage their initiatives, then give back to sales in the form of better leads and other benefits. Read More
showed that youths between the age of 8 to 18 year olds “devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes” daily which amounts up to more than 53 hours a week. Read More
Search engine optimization has changed a lot through the recent years. With the rapidly changing search engine algorithms and fluctuating market conditions, lots of old SEO strategies have degraded in effectiveness while giving birth to lots of advanced SEO techniques, according to the professionals of SubmitinME.com
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Why do I suck at plumbing? Because I don't love it! Read this post to see how that simple principle matters to your success. Read More
From About.com Small Business Canada, here is a comprehensive resource page with links to critical information, some more specific to Canada, but much of it worth considering no matter where you are thinking of buying a franchise. Topics include a self-examination to determine whether or not franchising is the proper fit for your business ambitions, a look at the advantages and disadvantages and Read More
Whether you are marketing to a local or international traveler, your brochures should leave a good impression on your clients. Your travel agency brochures should not just be pieces of folded paper containing information about your business. Instead, your prints should also address your clients’ needs to make your brochures useful resources for them. Read More
How to use statistics to help drive sales or convince prospects how good your product or service is.

Statistics in sales are what can differentiate you from your competition. Read More
Marketers for hotels must find ways to fill beds without sacrificing price. Basically, avoid buying business with extreme discounts just to keep the doors open. While the pros and cons to leveraging social marketing channels to grow revenue have already been touched on, the value of direct digital marketing is gaining momentum in hotel marketing circles. Read More


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I used this image in a recent presentation on social media to help set the table for one of my primary themes – social media is not a single tool or tactic, it’s more of a strategy or behavior.


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