by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice
Memorial Day is May 30th and is part of Military Appreciation Month. Many also celebrate Memorial Day as the introduction to Summer. The nation honors the service of those who sacrificed their lives serving in The United States military. It also celebrates the coming of Summer. What is the coincidence of these two apparently opposite sentiments? The coincidence may be related to flowers. The holiday originated after the American Civil War as Decoration Day, a day when the nation decorated the graves of veterans with flowers, the flowers of May. You know, “April showers bring May flowers.” The holiday became Memorial Day with the merger of the Union and Confederate Decoration Day holidays merged after the turn of the century. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
This article was written by Christopher Riegger, an expert on list building and growth for small businesses. Check out his writing at Growth Fruit. Originally published on AdWeek
I did a search recently to find some good information about running a social contest. The latest post I found through Google search was an article from July 2014, and most of the articles I found were from 2011 or 2012. That's about 30 years ago in internet years. Digital marketing has evolved a great deal in the last five years, with social media changing at an especially rapid pace. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media
If you are trying to carve out competitive space as a professional services provider, you know: marketing your services online is not quite like any other type of online marketing. Whether you offer accounting, legal, brokerage, or other professional services, you face unique challenges in the digital environment that you need to overcome in order to be successful. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Inbound Marketing, Social Media
This year is quickly flying by and we will soon be up to our elbows in Christmas Trees and wrapping paper. But, before we quite get to that point, it is important to implement a few marketing strategies for your business. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice
Digital marketing and banking sometimes don't correlate when a bank is looking for a personal connection the customer. That's happened only because more businesslike institutions like banks have a long history of being more formal with customers in their marketing. They don't always take the time to act like they're a good friend or a member of the customer's family. (more…)
