Tag Archives: strategy

#blyDEA No. 48 – Good Data Structure = Good Business Success

The countdown to #Sagesummit 2012  continues and we’re continuing to share business ideas with our readers and followers as we encourage everyone to do by using the hashtag #blyDEA on Twitter.  By doing this, everyone can see and follow your

Retail and Pinterest – A Perfect Match

Is your business on Pinterest yet? Marketers are scrambling to figure out how best to use Pinterest, a niche social media phenomenon that has grown exponentially in 2012 – according to Chad White in his Email Insider article “Retail Email

Mobility and CRM – Things to Think About

Successful CRM adoptions are on the rise leading to many key areas for discussion as they relate to extended CRM functionality (i.e. social media, system integrations, business intelligence, mobile, etc.). Over the past year we have had significant requests from

10 Tips on Improving Your ERP Strategy

Enterprise relationship planning, or ERP, is by no means a ‘piece of cake’ to implement. Horror stories abound about failed installations, unresponsive vendors, and wasted investments. ERP can indeed be complicated, however many organizations can’t find themselves able to function

What the Heck is a CTA?

If you are in sales and/or marketing, a CTA, or a Call-to-Action, is your friend. You may not know it yet, but after you learn about them, your world will be forever changed. Why is a CTA your friend? Well

East Village IHOP will Spend $42,000 to Eliminate Nauseating Bacon Smell

Speaking of product scents, and bacon-infused foods, the new local  IHOP in my neighborhood was recently bombarded with hundreds of complaints about a smell that wasn’t so pleasant for the nostrils.  Residents began complaining last September about a rancid odor

How to Crush Your Competition with Inbound Marketing

There is nothing more fun than thinking of ways to outsmart your competition. I don’t necessarily think of it as beating them as much as I personally like to be first. It is just a thing with me – and

Businesses Are Releasing Super Bowl Ads Early…Why?

If you’ve been paying attention to the ads on the internet and tv this week, you might think that the Super Bowl had already happened.  The country’s most watched television event is still on February 5th, so don’t worry – but

One-Shot Advertising: A Super Bowl Strategy

MediaPost’s Online Spin blog by Cory Treffiletti takes on the modern marketer’s approach to the Super Bowl, positing that companies who do one-shot advertisements during the game are “wasteful.” Normally, I would agree that the “one-and-done” strategy is a losing

Duh!!…Fear is NOT a Strategy

Isn’t any business venture pursued without strategy a challenge? Think back twenty years ago when the internet was at its beginning stages. People were putting up a web home page with limited information, without strategy, motivated by a fear of

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