How-To: Marketing

10 kinds of social events that put customers in your pocket (instead of only business cards)

A growing client list typically means a business is growing in strength. These entrepreneurs share which events they like to attend that being them higher yields of new customers.

10 must-see attractions for your next trip to Denver

Work can have you jet-setting all over the country, and when you're visiting a new city you should make the most of your free time — when you aren't slaving away in a conference room, that is.

9 things you need to know before talking with the media

A media interview offers a great opportunity to tell your company’s story but it’s not just another speaking engagement. It is a demanding exercise and for most professionals, it can be unnerving.

5 ways to stand out at a tradeshow

Tradeshows are expensive, so it’s worth figuring out how to maximize your time, effort and money. Here are five ways to stand out at some of the biggest tradeshows in the world.

11 must-see attractions for your next trip to Seattle

Work can have you jet-setting all over the country, and when you're visiting a new city you should make the most of your free time — when you aren't slaving away in a conference room, that is.

10 must-see attractions for your next trip to Chicago

Work can have you jet-setting all over the country, and when you're visiting a new city you should make the most of your free time — when you aren't slaving away in a conference room, that is.

Applebee's Veteran's Day offer shows how 'storytelling' is changing to 'storyliving'

The era of storytelling in marketing is changing, rapidly being replaced by what Jeff Fromm calls "storyliving."

3 simple steps for boosting lifelong customer loyalty

The quality of the customer experience directly affects customer loyalty. Here are three ways to keep them around for life.

5 tactics to turbocharge your next presentation

One of the best tools a savvy entrepreneur or salesperson can have is a strong, persuasive speech. Here are some tips for making your next presentation memorable.

3 ways to build an online audience of women

What do women want from the Internet? That sounds like one of those big, unanswerable questions. But BlogHer, the online community of bloggers and social media influencers that reaches 100 million women every month, has taken a stab at it.

3 strategies for getting your sales team to stay on brand

Companies must align their marketing and sales teams so that sales reps can easily locate contextually relevant content quickly and easily to ensure they stay on brand.

How to use outreach and content marketing for buzz-worthy campaigns

Outreach and content marketing create and maintain relationships with an organization’s key audience. Here are some strategies on to decode them.

Lessons from politicians on how to win new customers to your business

Maybe it’s time to focus on “persuadable” consumers to be a new source of brand-loyal consumers for you.

Nobody is reading your company blog, so what’s next?

How do buyers actually choose vendors? One business owner is trying to figure that out and has come up with an online interactive tool that might help.

Win at social media with these 7 key insights

The most common reasons people aren’t doing social media is lack of time or lack of understanding. Here are some key insights that can conquer either issue.

37 ways not to be a social media jerk

Not being a jerk was so much easier before social media. Say please and thank you, give up your seat on the subway to pregnant women and the elderly, say excuse me when you burp—that sort of thing. But in the age of social media things are much more complicated, and to make matters worse, the rules change from platform to platform.