Don’t let the evil man punt Baxter! Give a like, Give $1 to Charity. Maybe you will get off the Naughty List this year. For every person who likes the San Diego Humane Society Page between last Tuesday and Dec. 23rd, $1 will be donated to the organization from the Rachel Ray Nutrish Charity. The goal is to raise $10,000 and you don’t have to spend a single dollar. This social media campaign will succeed for a few major reasons. It is endorsed by mega celebrity, Rachel Ray, and thus can take advantage of her many media channels. Very minimal effort is needed by the user to donate: just a single click. Will Ferrell has been promoting the Anchorman launch for months and the audience is very aware. It is the holiday season and people are in a giving mood, especially when it is free to them. People love dogs. Especially ones that can eat a whole wheel of cheese (we aren’t even mad, we’re impressed). The tough question is how long do these users stay fans of Nutrish and do they ever purchase the product? Often marketers need to clarify to upper management what the ROI will be on the money invested in Facebook. Normally they make assumptions, algorithms or...
Learn MoreIt’s good to be young. The youth are cool, they create trends, they find innovative uses of technology, and most importantly they influence decisions of their parents expendable income. Marketers are constantly chasing the next big thing and often rely on teenagers/young adults to point them in the right direction. Watch most television ads and you are bound to view a product influenced by a younger generation. As you probably know, the disappearing photo-sharing app SnapchatSnapchat lets people send photos and videos that self-delete between one and 10 seconds after being viewed. is BOOMING. The company currently reports that 18.6% of all iPhone owners in the US used the app in June 2013. This is up 10.5% month-to-month and therefore the ninth most popular iPhone app in terms of usage. If 1-in-5 people in the U.S. with iPhones used the app 6 months ago, how does the app perform now? Snapchat officials say that users are now sending more snapsSnapchat's term for photos and videos shared over the network. than Facebook users are uploading photos. Business insider intelligence reports that Instagram users upload 55 million photos daily, Facebook users upload 350 million, and snapchat users send 400 million snaps daily. This number is not exactly a direct comparison because...
Learn MoreInbound Strategies Level the Playing Field for Small Businesses. Let’s say you decide to place an ad in the local newspaper or local cable provider. Besides outputting a hefty sum to place the ad, you receive only a rough estimate of how many viewers may have glanced at your advertisement. And in no way can you tell if any of them visited your website or are a potential lead? How can you tell if they are getting ready to make a purchase? With the old marketing model, to assess the success of your campaign it would take months to analyze your sales numbers and that may be too late. In the modern digital world, traditional marketing doesn’t cut it. Using a well-executed and cohesive inbound marketing strategy you will achieve a more targeted reach with a far lower initial investment! Follow these 4 steps to get your inbound marketing strategy underway: Attract people interested in your products and industry to your website. Use targeted keywords throughout a regular stream of blog articles and content updates, promoted through social media channels. Convert visitors to your website into sales leads. An email sign-up form placed strategically around your website will engage visitors, while membership to a club or newsletter...
Learn MoreIt’s a new dawn, a new day, a new website for me! And i’m feeeeeeling goooood. Badum badum badadada dada dum. Now that I got that out of my system, let’s move on from Michael Buble. This new website for Tower Marketing Agency will feature different insights and tips for businesses interested to learn more about how to successfully market their business. Generally focusing on inbound and online strategies, I would expect there to be some insights on trade show marketing and offline strategies. Business development, client relationships and the need to vent after a long week of work may also find their way into this business marketing blog. Tower Agency was the original name of this business but after being mistaken for a modeling agency, it was time to add more information about the nature of this consultancy. I’m Roger Tower, and available to answer your questions, explore new ideas and recap on poor uses of QR codes, so please email me what you may want to accomplish in our relationship. Without further ado, I present what you have all been waiting for… Roger Tower is a marketing consultant, blogger, and small business advocate. Completely obsessed with advertising, you will often find him talking to commercials and offering up better marketing...
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