Some today think PR is dead. It is not; it has just changed and significantly. PR, marketing, lead generation, SEO, social media – these activities are all blending into what I call the new marketing matrix. Here’s what getting publicity, either via a press release, social media, blog, or whatever, can do for you and your business:

Pinterest is a virtual pinboard and it allows you to easily organize and share pictures, video, graphics, and more that you find on the web.

Issue-Based Press, now a.k.a Newsjacking

Press releases are not a dying breed as some of the media reports. Editors and reporters receive hundreds of press releases each day, yet often these are not targeted to the beat the reporter covers, so they are quickly trashed. 

According to a Gartner Analyst report, the size of the Social Media market grew to $7.25B, with a B! If you aren’t using social media, you need to be. Per Gartner, “In the next two years, the growing demand for advertising on social networking sites will bridge the gap between the cost per click on Facebook and that on other websites.”

Everyone from large businesses to local shops has a Facebook fan page now. You constantly find another business using a Facebook fan page to promote themselves. Having a Facebook fan page is a great way to get noticed and market yourself. If you want to have a successful fan page you will need some apps that will help you manage and communicate with your fans. In this blog post, we're going to discuss the best apps to use that will help your fan page: 

Note: This is really an internal document, but I felt it might be helpful to you. This outlines what goes into a blog post for the agency. Since, we build websites, we know that how and what you write is a critical success factor (CSF) for helping your readers.

So we all know that social media is the new way everyone is marketing themselves today. There are so many aspects to it that it is easy to forget one of most basic ways to promote yourself - which is through your friends and family. Your friends and family will support your endeavors and help promote you, which can give you the stepping stone you need to get noticed by others. Even if you already have a well established business, asking for the support from family and friends will help you.

Busy marketing managers often question how to analyze their marketing campaigns. In addition to asking how to perform marketing analysis, marketers aren’t sure what they need to measure. They are often overwhelmed by all the information out there, let alone which data to measure and how.