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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

As the marketing industry developed, researchers dove deeper into buying behavior and buyers’ minds. His “Torches of Freedom” campaign in the 1920s promoted smoking among women as a symbol of liberation, opening a new market to cigarette companies. How far can subliminal marketing go? That’s a major limitation.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. They have become a juggernaut in online advertising, pictures, video and online games.

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Guerrilla Marketing: Growth Hacking Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

Here is guerrilla marketing — how to growth hack your startup. Your marketing isn’t going your way. So the idea is guerrilla marketing is used as a strategy designed for you to promote your startup in an unconventional way with little budget to spend. Have you fought tooth and nail for your product and service?

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10 Critical Success Factors For A Service Business

YoungUpstarts

Established in 2002 and operated for the first few years from a small single bedroom at their mother’s home, Justin and Jason Korinek have managed to increase their turnover every year for the last 17 years… they are clearly doing something right! Know Your Target Market. Be One Step Ahead of the Competition.

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6 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics For New Businesses

YoungUpstarts

New businesses are usually strapped for cash, which means that they don’t have enough money for costly marketing strategies. Quite the opposite, guerrilla marketing tactics offer the factor of surprise, which is exactly what it takes to generate buzz, draw the attention of a target audience, and improve visibility. Flash mobs.

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Ninja Moves from a Secret Marketing Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

For small businesses, this is actually great news, as it opens the door to capturing market share from larger, less nimble competitors. The big “IF” however, is whether your brand is RELEVANT to your target market. 1) Don’t Assume Advertising Creates Growth. 1) Don’t Assume Advertising Creates Growth. Guess what?

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