Is your company an automotive dealership that sells cars, trucks, vans and SUVs? Perhaps your dealership sells tractors, mowers and farm equipment. Even if you sell jet skis, 4 wheelers, ATVs and other off road vehicles, these automotive dealer marketing strategies can be used by your marketing staff to improve …
Social Media Marketing Articles
How to Effectively Use Social Media Advertising for Your Business
Marketing strategies are a dime a dozen. Many of them can be effective if you implement them properly, but few are as effective and user-friendly as social media advertising. With billions of users collectively using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and more you would be crazy …
Social Media Hashtag Dos and Don’ts for Businesses
A coworker of mine here at MARION recently gave me a # symbol cookie cutter. She said she saw it at the store and just had to get it for me. 11 years ago, I’d think “what am I supposed to do with a number sign cookie cutter?” But now… …
5 Best Practices for Social Media Crisis Communication and Management
There are more than two billion active registered users worldwide on Facebook. Twitter has more than 300 million active users. In addition, there are nearly 500 niche social media sites aimed at groups as diverse as book lovers and quilting enthusiasts. Clearly, every corner of the web has a place …
How to Create a Content Marketing Calendar for Your Business Blog
It’s no great secret that a good content marketing strategy will set you apart from the competition and entice your audience to stick around for future content. From lead generation to customer engagement, creating relevant and useful content consistently can have amazing benefits for your business blog. If your …
Shiny Object Syndrome – Every New Marketing Tactic Doesn’t Always Work
As a marketing strategist, it’s my job to understand new marketing trends and how they can/will affect our clients. I do this by reading marketing blogs by industry leaders, downloading e-books, and reading books. Every morning, I log into my feed reader (yes, I still use one of those) and …
The Facebook News Feed Update: What You Need to Know
A couple weeks ago, Facebook dropped a virtual bomb on the Social Media Marketing community, and it’s just a reminder that what happens in the real world often has consequences in the digital space as well. Facebook has made its fortune on the idea of keeping you connected with friends, …
Have You Been Instagram Shadowbanned?
Everything you need to know about the Instagram shadowban. Have you been doing everything you possibly can to make sure that your Instagram post gets the most impressions and it just seems to be going nowhere? Or maybe you’ve been killing it on Instagram and recently noticed a sudden decline …
Winning In Search Engines with Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing is big with companies looking to reach people in new ways. After all, the average consumer is more marketing savvy than ever and it is easy to become “white noise.” More and more companies are looking for creative ways to reach their potential customers and effectively deliver their …