If there’s one thing that holds back most small business marketers, it is tight budgets. Outbound marketing events like trade shows, direct mail and telemarketing are extremely expensive. At the same time, they do not have enough metrics built in to calculate return on investment. Digital marketing
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Inbound Marketing: A Cost-Effective Strategy for SMB Marketers
Posted by Kriti under MarketingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4112 days ago
Made Hot by: MarketWiz on January 23, 2013 8:58 pm
Ads Bring Color to the Winter Season
Posted by Kriti under AdvertisingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4119 days ago
As most of us experience a white landscape in winter, there is certainly one place where our clients like to add color: their print ads. This season, our creative team put together winter-themed ads that were colorful and vibrant to attract potential customers. Here are some of our favorites.
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To Blog or Not to Blog in 2013
Posted by Kriti under Social MediaFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4127 days ago
Blogging started in the 1990s when people used this platform to share their interests, hobbies and thoughts online. The goal was to connect with like-minded individuals and freely express opinions. Today, blogging has become a crucial publishing and marketing tool.
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Our Favorite Ads of 2012
Posted by Kriti under AdvertisingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4148 days ago
The most effective advertising is written and designed to build an emotional connection with the target audience and then persuade people to want the product or service featured. Ads do this by combining strong visuals, powerful headlines, well-written copy and compelling calls to action. As 2012 r
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Effective Marketing Tactics for SMBs by George Bounacos
Posted by Kriti under Online MarketingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4156 days ago
It is a challenge to stand out in a crowded marketplace, and effectively convey the uniqueness of your brand. In a bid to connect with prospects across channels, SMBs get overwhelmed with the available options and the cost associated with exploring and using them to get satisfactory results. In the
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Six Marketing Tactics for 2013 and Beyond
Posted by Kriti under MarketingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4168 days ago
Even award-winning marketers armed with seven-figure budgets can’t predict exactly how marketing will change in the future. The best any of us can do is to take calculated risks backed up with carefully crunched numbers. Idea is to plan effectively but remain flexible to adapt to each new situation
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How Guest Blogging Helps Your Business
Posted by Kriti under MarketingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4170 days ago
Blogging is an established marketing practice by many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), but you can take it to another level of success. Guest blogging enables you to position your brand by increasing visibility in industry forums and communities. It is also a powerful way to build strong,
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6 Tips to Nurture Leads
Posted by Kriti under MarketingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4176 days ago
A very important and, for some companies, the only contribution that is required from marketing is lead generation. Nurturing leads is a complex practice but you’ll make significant progress if you build a solid database that enables you to segment and share content and offers that appeal to each s
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How Social Media Influences Your Sales Cycle
Posted by Kriti under SalesFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4196 days ago
“People buy from people they trust and they trust people they like.” (Garrison Wynn), which means that sales are driven through personal connections. Therefore, a company’s social media efforts support sales by driving authentic interactions with your audience leading shorter sales cycle.
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Marketing During Holidays
Posted by Kriti under MarketingFrom http://blog.affinityexpress.com 4203 days ago
Today’s entrepreneurs know that online media is equally important to marketing around the holidays as traditional print media. The challenge is that, with so many businesses issuing online campaigns and going all out to capture the attention of customers, how do you plan to reach out to web custome
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