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Marketing's Best Kept Secret - Play to Consumers' Existing Wants and Expectations

Marketing's Best Kept Secret - Play to Consumers' Existing Wants and Expectations | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Trying to change customers' behavior so they'll use your product is a recipe for failure. Here are missteps to avoid.
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Be true to what people expect and want and the marketing possibilities open up and are more successful.

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Getting Buy-in from Firm Executives

Getting Buy-in from Firm Executives | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

If I could count the times I have encountered these critics I'd be rich!

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Delightful Customer Service

Ever stuck your head out the window of a moving car? It's totally underwhelming, at least for humans. Dogs sure enjoy it, though. Look at how delighted this ...
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Keeping customers happy and sharing the happiness is one aspect of marketing - and one of the most rewarding - as GEICO's "Delightful" ads showcase.

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Quote for today

"Sharing your expertise is not narcissistic.  People are looking for experts, so don't be afraid to share what you know." -- Josh Miles

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How have brands attracted their customers?

Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Take a look at what story your brand should tell and use it in all mediums.

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Quote for today

"Whether people like it or not, my marketing thought is if you keep something in front of people for too long, they get used to it."  -- Shahrukh Khan

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101 Awesome Marketing Quotes

Looking for something to inspire your marketing? Hear from these experts, and come see many of them at this year's INBOUND 2013.
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Tons of great marketing quotes in this slide deck from Hubspot - My favorite: "Great content is the best sales tool in the world." - Marcus Sheridan

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7 Deadly Sins of Marketing

7 Deadly Sins of Marketing | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Think before launching a marketing campaign or even an activity.  Is it something that will generate qualified leads?

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Marketing budget time...

Marketing budget time... | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

It is budget time for many marketing departments and it can be hard to maintain balance of spending vs. profitability.  Analyze each and every activity in your budget and ask: did it drastically increase our brand’s awareness and, did it generate leads and revenue.  If it didn’t, those are the items to cut first.

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10 Must-See Stats for Video Marketing

This video takes a look at the numbers to see just how popular online video is with today's B2B marketing organizations. For more content like this, visit us...
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Video is now critical to B2B firms - it is the quickest, most reliable way to tell your company's story.

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Marketers need to be supportive of ideas

Marketers need to be supportive of ideas | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Don't shoot down an idea just because it hasn't been done before or might seem difficult. Cultivating talent requires openess.

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Strategy: Forget the Customer and Focus on Purpose?

Strategy: Forget the Customer and Focus on Purpose? | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Is purpose the vital access to performance and the starting point of strategy? What explains the variability in performance – revenues, profits, sha...
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Making sure your firm has its purpose in mind when it creates its messages is important to keep on track

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Storytelling—Not Digital—Is Transforming The Creative Industry

Storytelling—Not Digital—Is Transforming The Creative Industry | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it

Storytelling – not digital – is transforming the creative industry according to our own @bsnel: http://t.co/ukSLfp1T7g #marketing


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Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Having a story to tell first, then using multiple mediums for different audiences is more effective and efficient use of dollars.

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Quote for today

"Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation."  -- Milan Kundera

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Shameless Marketing Tactics to get the Attention of our Customers

Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Cute babies and adorable animals -see them all the time in advertising.

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B2B Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends

Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Inperson events, case studies, webcasts, blogs and video top as best tactics for B2B firms.

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Let your buyer come to you! 120 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts and Graphs

Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

The one stat that hit me was on slide 16 - Inbound marketing costs 61% less per lead than traditional, outbound marketing.

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When traditional advertising goes digital

When traditional advertising goes digital | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

The funny thing is that I've actually seen this in a NYC subway, a QR code on an ad, when there was no service in that station.  Make sure the medium you are using actually works in placement!

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What does the marketing department do?

For anyone who gets asked this question and needs a few simple diagrams to explain all the various facets of marketing.
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Three visual slides showing what the marketing department does for a company.

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90 percent of customers find custom content useful, report says

90 percent of customers find custom content useful, report says | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Wishpond's "State of Content Marketing 2013" infographic is a report of a practice in excellent health.
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Customize your content to your market segments.  Your message will be much more effective, and those campaigns that contain blogs generate 67 percent more sales leads.

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Quote for today

“In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?”  - Roy H. Williams 

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The History of Marketing Infographic

Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

How did marketing get to where it is today?  Take a look at this great infographic that tells the history of marketing.

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People Don't Buy Price. They Buy an Outcome.

People Don't Buy Price. They Buy an Outcome. | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
It doesn't matter how cheap you are. Nobody is going to buy if they don't believe what your offering is going to help them. If every purchase is based on an expected outcome, then is there really any reason to worry so much about price?
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

For professional service firms, it is difficult to not fall into the trap of beating a competitors price.  If your price point is the value of the service (or more) don't reduce.  Showcase your added value.

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App Makes Creating a Single Page 'Pitch Site' Super Simple

App Makes Creating a Single Page 'Pitch Site' Super Simple | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
Crushpath's easy-to-use software connects social media feeds and Salesforce software into one convenient package.
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

What a great idea to have focused landing pages based on a particular audience.

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The Art of the Response on Social Media

The Art of the Response on Social Media | OnMarketing: Marketing Tips for Growth | Scoop.it
A big but often overlooked part of using Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn and others is replying to comments. Our Team Digital has these tips.
Jennifer Palmer Farrington's insight:

Having a plan and guidelines to responding to company pages and comments is key to making sure you are consistent in your approach.

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