Posts Tagged ‘Marketing and branding’

The agency is Dead! Long live the agency!

Mike | September 19th, 2011

This week I will be speaking at Ad:tech London with our friend John Winsor, the CEO of Victors and Spoils. We will be discussing the future of the agency, the current business climate, crowdsourcing and the new models for delivering creative in the post-agency world. Among other questions, we will be discussing the economic impact of [...]

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Twitter Link Roundup #102 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Ross | September 15th, 2011

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and [...]

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Problems Are Opportunities, Not Threats

Ross | September 13th, 2011

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein Most people see problems as threats, not opportunities. It’s natural, when we see problems as threats, to try to solve those problems quickly by doing what worked for us previously in solving similar problems. That’s [...]

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Small business and startup tips: which type is your brand?

Mike | September 12th, 2011

Building and managing your brand, its identity, its name, and its reputation is critical to your company’s ultimate success. How (and when and where) you connect with your customers is determined in large part by your branding and by how your audience relates to your brand. markets are more competitive than ever, and the quality [...]

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Small business and social good: some tips on doing the right thing

Mike | September 6th, 2011

Last week I wrote about some ways that not-for-profits could leverage the concepts of lean marketing. Today I want to discuss ways that small business can support not-for-profits and get involved in meaningful causes, and at the same time help to drive economic development locally, regionally, or even internationally. The non-profit benefits from increased promotion [...]

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Twitter Link Roundup #100 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Ross | September 2nd, 2011

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Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition

Mike | August 29th, 2011

Like small businesses, most not-for-profits have limited resources, ambitious goals, and finite capacity. Many NFPs operate in ways that would not be considered ‘business-like,’ AND these organizations, like their small, for-profit cousins, can benefit by leveraging the ideas and tools that we often discuss in the Lean Marketing series. Here are 8 tips for not-for-profit [...]

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Twitter Link Roundup #99 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

Ross | August 26th, 2011

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Marketing 101: channel management and the digital domain

Mike | August 22nd, 2011

A marketing channel can be defined as a system used to make goods, services, or concepts available for consumption. The very best businesses are adept at managing their marketing channels and can effectively transmit goods and services from the points of conception, extraction, or production to their customer and can gain significant competitive advantage in the process. [...]

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