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Does My Business Need Marketing?
Marketing can be hard to quantify. It often takes time to see the results you’re looking for, and it can feel like a lot of trying and failing along the way. You may find yourself asking “Does my business really need marketing?” It does. Here are 3 ways that marketing will benefit your business in…
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Fun Marketing Ideas
Marketing is an essential part of building and running a successful business or organization. Your approach to marketing will often vary depending on your end goal. A good general rule of thumb is to think of marketing as a way of getting people’s attention. It doesn’t have to be stuffy or full of fancy jargon,…
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Ideas for Engaging Content
As you dip your toes into the world of online marketing, you’ll likely hear some buzzwords like “engaging” and “content.” We know we use those terms frequently. But what does that mean, exactly? And how can you, as a small business owner or non-profit representative, create engaging content to market your business or organization? Why…
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Marketing on YouTube
YouTube is a unique social platform that offers some cool marketing opportunities. It doubles as a search engine and has its own form of SEO. YouTube also has a vast amount of users, a lot of which use the site daily, and can provide you with some enormous growth potential. And, unlike almost all other…
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Marketing on Twitter
Twitter was founded in 2006. By 2013, it ranked in the top 10 most visited websites (Source). While it is not as popular as Facebook or Instagram, Twitter does boast over 100 million users and maintains it’s place as a social media giant. According to Pew Research most Twitter users fall in the 18-29 year…
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Marketing on Instagram
Instagram first appeared on the social media scene in 2010. It would then go on to explode with popularity, gaining one million users within just two months of its release (Source). Instagram quickly established itself as a social media giant and continues to be one today. Unlike some social platforms, Instagram’s user demographics skew heavily…
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Marketing on Facebook
Facebook has been an internet powerhouse since it came on the scene in the early 2000s. It continues to dominate the digital space in the United States and comes in second as the most used social media platform (trailing behind YouTube). Facebook’s base spans multiple generations, genders, and political alignments, making for a diverse population…
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2 Things You Got Wrong About Marketing
Marketing plays a vital role in running a successful business. Without marketing, your business is likely to plateau or even fail. Below are a couple of misconceptions business owners have about marketing and why you should think about those misconceptions differently. “I’ll market more when I get bigger.” This is a fairly common response to…
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Picking Colors for Your Brand
We’ve already talked about logos, branding, and color systems (be sure to check out those posts if you haven’t yet). In this post, we’re going to talk about 3 different color palettes and provide you with some tips on picking one for your brand. Back to basics For starters, it’s important to know the basics…
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4 Color Systems You Should Know
So, you’ve started a new company. You have a logo figured out. You have some branding in mind. At this point, you’ve likely already picked some colors you want to use. Here is some helpful information about different color systems and how to use them. X marks the spot color Pantone colors, or the Pantone…
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