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Unique Business Branding | Gianfagna Marketing Cleveland Ohio
November 17, 2011
B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy Uncategorized

Marketing Professional Services: Sell Smarts, Not Service

Promoting a professional services firm is one of the most difficult challenges in marketing. Whether you’re selling legal services, marketing services, accounting, IT, insurance, benefits, payroll, or consulting, it can be tough to create a marketing strategy that differentiates your company from everyone else who does what you do. Here's the usual approach: “We have great capabilities and we deliver great service.” No offense, but you must, or you wouldn’t still be in business. Plus, all your competitors say the same thing. Is that really what makes you stand out? Is that...

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by jeangianfagna
Social Media Marketing Management | Gianfagna Strategic Marketing
November 9, 2011
B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy Social Media Uncategorized Websites

How to be a Great Content Curator on Social Media

The most successful social media marketers create and publish a high volume of original content through blogs, videos, white papers, and other vehicles. But they also share quality content produced by others. Gathering, sorting, and republishing content from other authors that you believe your followers will value is called curation. By being a great content curator, you help customers, prospects, and colleagues find the “good stuff” online and know what to read. This not only makes you an informative and influential social media contributor, but it also helps attract new followers....

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by jeangianfagna
Guide to Website Building | Gianfagna Strategic Marketing Cleveland Ohio
November 2, 2011
Uncategorized

A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning a Great Website

Every smart marketer knows the importance of an effective website. But there’s a big difference between a good site and a great one. A great website is the foundation of a smart marketing strategy. It supports your brand promise and differentiates you from competitors. It delivers high-value information that demonstrates your capabilities and makes people want to do business with you. And if you’re a business-to-business (B2B) marketer, it’s probably also your best tool for lead generation, according to new research. So how do you create a great website? It’s all in...

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by jeangianfagna
Branding Preferences in Young Children | Smart Marketing Cleveland
October 13, 2011
Advertising Marketing Campaigns Marketing Strategy Social Media Uncategorized

Branding at Birth: How Young is Too Young for Marketing?

Did you see the recent article in Adweek about efforts by major consumer marketers like Disney to establish brand preferences in children ages 0-3? The Next Great American Consumer by Brian Braiker provides a fascinating look at this development. Braiker says branding at birth is “a trend—fueled in part by the growth of digital devices—toward aggressively targeting a demographic that didn’t exist, in marketers’ eyes, until recently: infants to 3-year-olds. By getting their logos and iconic characters in front of babies—even those with still-blurry eyesight—they hope to establish brand-name preference...

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by jeangianfagna
October 6, 2011
B2B Marketing Direct Mail Marketing Direct Marketing Marketing Campaigns Marketing Strategy Uncategorized

A Lesson in Bad Direct Mail List Preparation–from the USPS

I am a born and bred direct marketer. I learned about direct mail from the legends of the industry – Ed Mayer, John Yeck, Paul Sampson, and Rose Harper – at a seminar for college marketing students sponsored by the Direct Marketing Association in the 1970s. And though I often recommend social media and other marketing strategies to clients of my marketing agency, direct mail is still my first love. Like all direct marketing practitioners, I’ve been dismayed to watch the U.S. Postal Service struggle for survival. As the organization...

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by jeangianfagna
Importance of Marketing with Social Media | Smart Marketing Ohio
September 30, 2011
Marketing Campaigns Marketing Strategy Social Media Uncategorized

How to Get Your Company Excited about Social Media Marketing

How many times have people at your company told you that they just don’t “get” social media – or understand why your company needs to join Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter? These aren’t just idle comments. Misconceptions about social media can hurt your brand and hamper your ability to compete in your marketplace by limiting your company’s participation in the social media dialogue. And if the people who hold those misconceptions also control the marketing budget, alarm bells should be ringing in the marketing...

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by jeangianfagna
Trade Show Marketing | Smart Marketing Strategies
September 23, 2011
B2B Marketing Marketing Campaigns Marketing Strategy Uncategorized

10 Tips for Choosing a B2B Trade Show Sponsorship

If you’re a business-to-business (B2B) marketer, sponsoring your industry's trade show can deliver high visibility for your brand. But trade show sponsorship can be a big investment. Sponsorship packages for some national shows are topping six figures and even smaller sponsorship options can be costly. Before you spend valuable marketing dollars on a trade show sponsorship, here are 10 guidelines for choosing sponsorships that are worth the marketing investment....

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by jeangianfagna
September 13, 2011
B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy Social Media Uncategorized

Social Media Marketing: 21 Tips for Smarter Tweeting

Marketers everywhere are discovering the value of Twitter for sharing content and insights with customers and prospects and creating top-of-mind awareness. I used to be skeptical of Twitter but I've become convinced of its marketing power. As I approach my 1,000th tweet on Twitter as @jeangianfagna, here are 21 tips I’ve learned for using Twitter in a smart marketing strategy. ...

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by jeangianfagna
Social Media Marketing Success | Smart Marketing Cleveland
August 24, 2011
Direct Mail Marketing Direct Marketing Marketing Strategy Social Media Uncategorized

For Social Media Success, Think Like a Direct Marketer

Clients of my marketing agency often want help with social media marketing. So I’ve been researching best practices and using my own experience as a blogger and social media marketer to help clients integrate social media into a smart marketing strategy. And guess what? I’ve discovered a simple secret about social media: To achieve success, you need to think like a direct marketer....

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by jeangianfagna
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