Tag "email marketing"
More Profits – Less Groupon
What business wouldn’t love clients calling day and night, lining up at your door waiting to buy whatever your selling? And with sites like Groupon, Social Buy, and Living Social, businesses of all kinds are seeing a huge spike in sales. The problem is, at the same time they’re also seeing a drop in profits [...]
When customers come calling
We all know there’s nothing better than a personal conversation with a potential customer. So then why do so many business people choose to pass folks on to their web site instead of talking to them? Because they are dopes who think that their web site should be their number one sales person. When in [...]
Opting out
Nobody likes spam! And taking yourself off a list or classifying it as junk is a natural reflex. But choosing to opt out of an email from someone you know may have unforeseen results. So before you decide to tell them to get lost, check out this video. Thanks to Ronnie Hannesen at The Canadian [...]
Using your signature for Social Media marketing
Here’s the right way to use your email signature to attract and inform people of your social media sites.
6 tips for a winning coupon campaign
Coupon campaigns work! And creating one is not that hard, but there are a few things to be aware of. In this episode I will share with you 6 tips to make your next coupon campaign a success.
7 marketing tips for Santa
In the spirit of giving, here’s seven marketing tips for the big guy in red, Santa Claus. Sure he might be the go to guy this time of year, but with Halloween soon to be the number one spending holiday of the year, Santa needs to do what he can to keep top spot. And [...]
Facebook or Twitter – Should you care?
With so many companies thinking that social media is their key to success, I thought it was time to talk to some real experts – companies who’s products and services are only available through the web. So how do they use Facebook and Twitter? And how important do they think they are? Special thanks to [...]
What would social networking do for Live Aid today?
25 years ago this week, Live Aid was broadcast to over 2 billion people in over 60 countries and raised $280 million for Ethiopian hunger relief. And all this was done without Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, or any part of the internet. So what’s changed between then and now? Has social media made us more [...]
My day at the G20 Summit
While most people were playing outdoors, having a BBQ, or just enjoying the weather, I went down to the G20 summit in search of trouble. Did I find any? You’ll have to watch the newest episode of marctv to find out. But what I can tell you is that I did find a great lesson [...]
How to become a guru with no skills or formal education
Think you have what it takes to become a social networking guru? To charge large sums of money to tell others how to use Twitter, Facebook and Linked In? The truth is you probably do. After all, there are tons of people already doing it. It’s easier than you think. Don’t let a lack of [...]
The Fourth Word
Time to Say Goodbye to the...
It feels like only yesterday, but really it was about fifteen years ago, that every business meeting out of the office was conducted face to face, without the use of a laptop computer. It was around that time that laptops with real power started to emerge. Suddenly, business people started using laptop computers in business [...]Quick Tips
