Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 3, 2011

While initial social media initiatives were focused primarily on building and engaging in organic ways, smart marketers are now adding paid campaign support to the social mix very much like search engine marketing relies on PPC ad support. The key to the effectiveness of this approach resides in building the organic side first.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 28, 2011

GaggleAMP – tool that let’s you get your customers and partners involved in amplifying your social media campaigns. Image Pascal Mages via Flickr Good stuff I found this week: Gridly – Agency like templating system that makes it very easy to create consistently branded print materials. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 21, 2011

The idea behind this graphic I call the Marketing Hourglass is that marketing is no longer a hunt and close business, it’s a be found, build trust, nurture, wow and refer business. All rights reserved. iThemes Builder by iThemes Powered by WordPress Delicious Facebook Digg Flickr LinkedIn Twitter SlideShare Youtube grab this

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2011

Apps and contests and campaigns to get more Likes are all fine, but the real payoff is at the wall. In addition, I believe using targeted advertising to gain Likes of people that might actually be interested in what your brand has to say is probably much more effective long term than harassing your high school friends to Like your page.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 25, 2011

You should also add a series of routine systems and tools to all of your campaigns, calls to action and Web pages as striking the right balance of elements, colors, words, and images can send your conversion rates soaring with very time and money invested. All rights reserved.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

Stop thinking from a campaign mentality. Your content is competing with everyone and everything, even traditional media companies. Make your content unique, interesting, fun (if possible), multichannel and execute the crap out of it. 5. Lack of a Content Calendar. Content for your customers is a promise. All rights reserved.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you’re tired of trying to crank out endless marketing initiatives and manage the high costs of advertising in hopes of generating returns, you’re not alone. But perhaps paid advertising isn’t where your focus should be. This is a smart campaign approach. increase in click-through rates. The Takeaway.

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