Your website is often the first impression your company makes on potential clients and candidates. What does yours say? Does it scream “I paid for this in 2001 and haven’t updated it since!” or “My cousin built this for half the price of a regular site, who cares if half the buttons don’t work?!” If… Continue reading
Commercials are a facet of the advertising industry we’ve all been inundated with. They try to capture our eight-second attention span with something flashy, catchy, or interesting that will linger with us. And while I usually have the luxury of fast forwarding through the intrusions on my Sunday evening viewing habits, several commercials have caught… Continue reading
We live in a society where pretty much anything can be bought and sold. Which is why I was somewhat less-than-surprised to hear that businesses had taken their poor online reputations – and sometimes the reputations of other companies – into their own hands, and turned to Fiverr.com to purchase online reviews. These reviews served… Continue reading
Everybody knows the importance of standout customer service. Companies that continually strive to go above and beyond in their customer service efforts – Zappos, Amazon, Apple, Trader Joe’s, UPS – are continually rewarded with happy, satisfied customers. And, as we all know, happy, satisfied customers are the best way to create long-lasting relationships with continual… Continue reading
This post will feed off of a recent blog post written by my co-worker, Brad: 5 Business Lessons I Learned in Disney World. Coincidentally, Brad went to Disney World one week, and I took a trip to Universal Studios the following week. Both mega-theme parks are located in Orlando, FL, and visited by millions of people… Continue reading
We all know what a hashtag is; the little pound sign that gathers a feed of other messages also incorporating the same hashtag. #Boring #Overused #Hashtag And while this social media tool has overtaken current culture (see: Jimmy Fallon’s Hashtag Video and Couple Names their Firstborn “Hashtag”), it actually is a valuable tool in marketing… Continue reading
The perfect mailing list is an underrated and often overlooked aspect of your marketing efforts. But consider this; is sending an email to an uninterested audience, invalid email addresses, or businesses who have never heard of you before any better than shouting into the void? It’s actually worse – it’s not helping, and it’s costing… Continue reading
So you’re thinking of starting a company newsletter – or maybe you currently have one. Great! You’re already on board with the preferred channel of communication for most business professionals. You know that getting in someone’s inbox is the key to getting in front of their face, since most people are glued to their computer… Continue reading
This year, many companies predicted that content marketing would flourish, with companies spending more effort, time and dollars on campaigns than ever before. And this is backed by a Contently report, which shows the data behind 50 percent of B2C marketers planning to increase their budgets this year. “Content marketing has become the most commercially… Continue reading
We tell our clients and audiences all the time, “get out there and share your high-quality original content!” But the response comes back sometimes in the form of a question. “What is high-quality content?” Fair question! Content is anything of value that your company produces to keep its audience engaged. Some examples include: the list… Continue reading
We often promote blogging to clients – it’s great for SEO, driving traffic to your site, and a key resource for educating site visitors. But what is it exactly about a blog post that magically turns your website into a wealth of staffing knowledge and advice? Here are the key components to a great blog… Continue reading
Personally, I couldn’t agree more. You can buy all the publicity your budget allows, hire the top people in your industry, transform your business into LLC with the help of LLC Formations Arizona, and try to pull out every tactic in the book – but none of these maneuvers will help your business thrive the… Continue reading
The first 100 days was a term applied to the start of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and seems to apply to each future president. Whenever starting at a new position (whether it’s as President of the United States or on as a social media marketing advisor here at Haley Marketing Group), the beginning… Continue reading
Content marketing is a fast-paced and ever-changing field, but sometimes that best advice for our practices and customer service lie well within the past. One piece of advice that struck me recently was this quote from Maya Angelou: It seems counterintuitive for a marketing company…why would we ever want someone to forget what we did… Continue reading
My nine-year-old daughter just asked me if I made any New Year’s “revolutions” yet. I corrected her and then I smiled – because those cute little language slip-ups are few and far between now that she is such a grown up fourth grader. However, I think I like the word ’revolution’ better. Resolution sounds so… Continue reading
That frantic time between turkey dinners and New Year’s horns goes by in one quick flash every year. One second you’re looking up pumpkin pie recipes, and the next you’re cleaning glitter and confetti out of every inch of your holiday best. With so much happening in such a small span of time, making the… Continue reading
