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Social Media In Your Marketing Plan

Three Reasons You Need It Marketing isn’t about selling: it’s about sharing a message. In the digital sphere, there is no better way to achieve this than by sharing on social media. While social media platforms are only ever one part of a plan that supports your overall marketing strategy, unless your target market is comprised…

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Reusing Your Content

Spinning Words in Different Ways When you are producing content, always keep in mind other ways you can reuse it. Content is king, or so they say, but if you’re not in the business of producing content, it can be a heavy task to undertake consistently. The reality is that you can’t just produce any…

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Recession-Proofing Strategies

How Tenacity beats Calamity in a Recession If you live in Alberta, there is an “r” word you’re probably sick of hearing. “Oh, calamity! Oh dread! The recession is killing us!” There’s lots of negative media about it out there, in part because the media people themselves are having their own digital-is-killing-us typhoon; they are…

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Social Media Success

Set Up Your Team For Social Media Success Lay Out The Ground Rules Clearly For a Smooth Ride There are two types of businesses in today’s world: the ones that have found themselves under fire on social media at some point, and the ones who are still just setting up their social media strategy to…

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Research & Strategy: Together or Separate?

  Recently, I got into a little debate with a market researcher I’ve known for years. He said, “Don’t you think marketing research and strategy should be kept separate? Clients should be outsourcing market research to one objective firm. That way it won’t be compromised or biased to support a certain strategy.” I always had…

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Marketing in Lean Times

When the Going Gets Tough, Let Marketing Maintain Your Strength When the economy falls on hard times, the first move of many business owners is to cut back — and one of the most common places to do so is the marketing budget. This is an ill-advised move that will definitely lower your profits. Maintaining…

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