Category: Marketing

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    Marketing with Videos

    If you haven’t noticed, videos have been taking over the internet. With the rise of popular, video-based social media and the improvement of internet and data speeds, Americans are consuming more and more videos. Videos are a great way to advertise your small business, and not just by making commercials. Below are 3 ways that…

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    A Small Business Marketing Checklist

    When you’re starting (or possibly re-starting) your marketing efforts, it’s important to have a plan in place. If you’re new to marketing, though, it may be challenging to know where that plan should start. That’s what this post is for! Below we’ll give you a marketing checklist that you can use for your small business.…

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    Events for Berks County Businesses

    If you’ve checked out our list of marketing tips, you know one of them is attending local events. Local events can put the name of your small business out there. You can make connections with potential customers, and you can build relationships with other businesses. Through your business, you can also sponsor the events in…

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    Cultural Catchphrases

    In Ad Corner, we’ll take a look at famous advertising campaigns. We’ll analyze what they did and how we can apply those same principles to small business advertising. Anheuser-Busch is a well-known brewing company that distributes beers under a variety of names, including Budweiser and Bud Light. Today we’re going to look at two different…

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    Marketing on TikTok

    For roughly the last two years, TikTok has blown up on the social media scene. What started as an app for pre-teens (originally called Music.ly) has since gained serious traction among a wide range of users. Unlike its many social media predecessors, TikTok’s popularity seemed to spike practically overnight and, so far, it’s maintaining its…

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    3 Tips for Humanizing Your Brand

    People want to do business with people. Over the past few years, there have been several initiatives encouraging people to shop local and support small businesses. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one of the main ones is that people want to know who they are supporting by giving a certain brand…

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    Podcast Marketing

    Podcasting has become a staple in the online media world. Humanity has a long history of audio-based entertainment. From the days of oral traditions, where storytellers would spin tales, to more modern technology, like the radio, audio has long been an effective way to share information and learn new things. Podcasting as we know it…

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    Growing Social Media for Small Businesses

    One of the best ways to grow a social media audience is through posting consistently. You should post quality content on a regular basis to: We have multiple posts on social media marketing (like tips on picking the right platform, dos and don’ts, and fun marketing ideas). You should definitely check those out if you…

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    Marketing Munchies

    In Ad Corner, we’ll take a look at famous advertising campaigns. We’ll analyze what they did and how we can apply those same principles to small business advertising. Anyone who’s spent time in business knows that when a market is saturated with competition, it can be hard to break through and get noticed. Fast food,…

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    The History of Marketing & Advertising

    The history of marketing and advertising extends throughout human history. For centuries, we’ve been making products, marking them, and trading or selling them to others in exchange for some form of currency. While scholars debate certain details, it’s hard to deny the existence of marketing and advertising when you look back over time. The Ancient…

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