Running a contest on Facebook presents a wonderful opportunity to reach more potential fans, and grow your social media following. By following some of these best practices — you’re sure to have a successful contest. Make sure you have an appealing, awesome prize. Your prize should align with what your business actually does. For…
A potential new media partner said to me the other day…“there sure seems to be a lot of options for digital product fulfillment these days…what makes you different?” This media company was in the process of selecting a partner to fulfill the sold digital marketing and services their team would be selling to local merchants.…
by Ken Doctor Neiman Journalism Lab Whether you call it marketing services, digital services, or something else, it’s the new point of emphasis for newspaper companies. Can it bust out of the “other” category of earning reports and become a key to financial sustainability? Read more here
Gordon Borrell’s latest research on the local merchant market place is right on the money. Local Merchants are inundated with digital cold calls on a daily basis (“pestered” is how they commonly refer to it) and would much rather buy from someone they know and trust. Someone with a great reputation that has “only”…
You may have guessed by now that we don’t think this whole one and done blitz thing is such a good idea. Instead, wouldn’t it better to teach the sales team how to fish on their own? Teach reps to do a proper needs analysis, recommend the right program and then how to keep things sold by continually reinforcing the benefits?
While we’ve certainly seen a rise in Social Media sales activity the past 24 months…our old friend and stand by Email Marketing is still a very powerful channel! Borrell’s Chart of the Week reinforced that fact this week when Merchants said that Email was their most effective Digital Channel…ahead of social. (see chart…