Marketing is sometimes perceived as deceitful or manipulative, with a goal to make us buying things that we don’t really need or at unfairly high prices. It may also be viewed in an oversimplified manner, as “common sense” and “creative thinking”, limited to promotional activities and advertisement. On this site I will focus on positive aspects of marketing - changing the world for the better, establishing new trends, providing great customer service, engaging and creating shared value, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. I will also tell you how successful marketing strategies are rooted in understanding human psychology.
For the past few years, I’ve been talking quite a bit here on The Sales Lion about the power of Insourcing. Simply put, I feel most companies are grossly under-utilizing their existing employee base to produce content—be it text, video, or audio. In order to overcome this issue and help your team produce the type…
Marketing Strategy - The best ads work all three memory systems of the brain. Let's take a look at each memory system and how they can all work together to help customers remember ...
In the last few decades, we have witnessed the golden age of traditional advertising, but it is fair to say that this period is over. Part of the reason lies in the ridiculous amount of information people are able to collect thanks to the internet. Shoppers of all kinds no longer rely on branded content…
Let me tell you a story. It’s a bit about our past. A bit about our future but more importantly, it concerns what is happening right now. It is also a story that nears 2,500 words because our compl…
Want sway? Who doesn’t?We all want to be influential.So our conversations often become about influencer marketing—you know, the fine art of getting big kahunas in your camp.
Coca-Cola revamps website to make it look like a 'digital magazine', Coca-Cola has replaced Coca-Cola.co.uk with a new website which aims to appear more like a 'digital magazine' than a corporate site.
Check out this slide show from Upworthy on how they get people to click on headlines and share the stories: (Or see it here on SlideShare.) You may not think your organization has much to do with the shamelessly sensationalistic Upworthy, but you're almost exactly in the same business as them: Getting people to care. The main takeaways: When it comes to virality, nobody knows how it works. Even the experts don't know. Every time you write a headline (or link), write 25 of them. That increases yo
Content marketing is now a key marketing strategy. What are some content marketing rules you need to keep and what should you ditch? Here are some tips.
Content marketing is time consuming. It is lots of moving parts and needs many skills.It's complicated. So what are 10 mistakes that the amateurs often make
When it comes to the content that your brand produces, it’s likely that you’ve considered storytelling as a part of your overall content marketing strategy.
Google’s new emphasis on mobile-friendly search results doesn’t require just good mobile design, it requires great mobile copywriting–Content Marketing Institute.
Just about every comprehensive study done on this subject points to greater success for companies that turn the negatives represented by complaints into positives....
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Why you should create buyer's personas and content and sales process mapping.