we are B-to-B and we don’t need marketing

ā€œSmart companies see marketing asĀ an integral part of doing businessĀ ā€” a necessity no less important than the company email system, their computers, or their office lease,ā€ said Sean Jackson, CFO Copyblogger to its CMO Sonia Simone back in 2011. This is the best explanation I have ever read that articulates the true role of marketing […]

planning content in advance

[blockquote text=’It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.’ quote_author=’A League of Their Own’ text_color=” width=” background_color=” border_color=”] The final piece of your social media strategy is planning content in advance. This is the road less traveled. But, developing relevant, interesting and optimized […]

pretty Is as pretty does

As my mama has ALWAYS said, “pretty is as pretty does.” Ā It played in the back of my head all growing up…pretty comes from yourĀ substanceĀ not from your veneer. Today onĀ CopybloggerĀ (we are groupies), a great piece on content marketing reinforced this point. Ā It’s worth preaching to the rooftops. Ā It’s about your “inside.” Ā  Design is cool, […]