Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is a strategic approach to B2B marketing that concentrates sales and marketing resources on a clearly defined set of target accounts within a specific market. Rather than casting a wide net with traditional lead-based marketing tactics,...
How to Utilize CAC:LTV Metrics in Marketing
Understanding and utilizing CAC (Cost to Acquire Customer to Lifetime Value) metrics is crucial for effective marketing strategies. By knowing how much it costs to acquire a customer and the value that customer brings to the business, companies can make informed...
Don’t Ignore Your Current Clients: Why Businesses Need Intentional Customer Engagement Models
No matter what your growth strategy is for your business, it’s important to continuously and intentionally engage with your existing clients - especially if you’re in a B2B space where purchasing decisions are made based on relationships. Simply having a good product...
Your Logo Is Not Your Brand [What Branding Means]
In this post I am going to explain what branding is and what it is not - your logo is not your brand. At the end of 2017 I decided that I needed to try something new, something to push me just a little bit further as a creative professional. I've been working in the...
2018 Marketing Trends – OTM Looks Forward
Happy 2018! While we’re always excited to pop a cork, toast and sip some bubbly to mark the start of a new year - we’re just as excited to keep up-to-date with 2018 marketing trends. (Yes, we’re marketing nerds.) It’s a brand-new year, and we’re honing brand-new...
You Are Not Your Target Demographic
You are unique. You are a wonderfully complex product of experiences, abilities and potential. There’s nobody like you in the whole wide world! We’re all different. We get it, you get it and just about everyone else probably got it since they were about four or five....
Lights, Camera, Facebook! Social Media Video
Static graphics are so 2016. You probably know that adding graphics to your posts helps engagement. (And that more engagement leads to more customers which leads to more purchases which is really why we’re doing this, right?) That’s a nice trick, but you know what...
Copyright Infringement, Photos and Your Business
The Internet: It’s chock full of perfectly framed, beautiful images. Wait. Let’s clarify that. It’s chock full of perfectly framed, beautiful images you can’t use in your marketing. Resist the urge. Trust us: It’s not worth it to “borrow” images or copy from the ’net....
Beyond The Obvious: The Finer Points of Your Brand
Stop for a moment and think about three ways you could answer this question: Who are you? Unless you’re remarkably (and I mean remarkably) shallow, you probably didn’t answer that question with a description of the clothes you picked out this morning. Sure, your...
The Big Social Media Marketing No-No You’re Probably Doing
Here's the deal: I'm going to let you all in on a big digital marketing secret. The big social media marketing for business no-no that you're probably all doing and you should all stop immediately (or at least rethink) - no matter what business, industry or market...