January 25, 2012 in Companies Doing It Right, Content Marketing, and 6 others

How To Make Local Blogger Outreach Part of Your Retail Marketing

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Getting bloggers to talk about your product is a tricky thing. Getting social media influencers to talk about your product multiple times is even harder – especially if you’re a regional or local brand, rather than a big national brand. The Suburban Collection of car dealerships made it a part of their retail marketing and did it well. Here’s how.

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June 10, 2011 in Advertising, Business, and 4 others

Blog #300 – What We’ve Learned

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This is our 300th blog post! I’ve been editor of this blog since the beginning, so I figured this was a good chance to go back and take a look we’ve learned in that time about how to write a good blog for business. Here’s a few gems, some learned the hard way, some dropped in our lap for immediate blog beautification.

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May 17, 2011 in Branding, Engagement, and 5 others

4 Reasons Your Company Should Be On Empire Avenue

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Running your company is serious business. Empire Avenue is the latest time-wasting game that’s the hottest social media darling. So, why would you pay an employee real money to set up your company on Empire Avenue, where it can be sold for play money? Doesn’t seem like a good use of someones time, does it? Yet, I think there are good reasons you might want to consider it.

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