by Brad Friedman | Inbound Marketing
If one thing is true about inbound marketing, it is that it is constantly growing and adapting to the world around it. Naturally, people have quite a bit to do with the changes made to inbound marketing tactics. As our interests and attention span changes, so must inbound marketing. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Inbound Marketing, Social Media
Chances are, you are running some December holiday online marketing campaigns to harness the holiday shopping season and make some extra sales. Whether your goal is to increase current customer loyalty and make more recurring sales, or bring in new customers, you're probably doing some sort of “Happy Holidays” theme online. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice
Thanksgiving is around the corner and with it comes the busiest retail selling day of the year; Black Friday. Big businesses are quickly throwing out all their Black Friday ads in the hopes of snagging the majority of the sales for the Christmas season.
It's difficult for small businesses to compete with this level of competition on Black Friday, so a second day has been set aside for them instead; Small Business Saturday, which is November 28th this year. This day is specially designed to support local small businesses, which have been instrumental in building the economy of the United States. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Inbound Marketing, Social Media
If you've been in business long enough, you already know that marketing around Thanksgiving involves overly intense Black Friday sales. If you've recently joined the fray of staying open on Thanksgiving to give shoppers a head-start, you're probably trying to brainstorm more refreshing marketing ideas. You might even be giving some thought to email, inbound and social media marketing. With countless stores taking part in either Black Thursday or Black Friday annually, it's a challenge to start an inbound or social media marketing campaign with something different. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Inbound Marketing, Social Media
Fall is here, and with it, a cornucopia of opportunities for new marketing plans. Summer is over. Back-to-school season has passed. Now, people are free to concentrate on the holidays and that means that you have plenty of chances to drive traffic to your brick and mortar location and / or your website and social media properties. If you're looking for the opportunity to scare up a few more sales through inbound and social media marketing this Halloween, look no further. (more…)