Five Tips on writing for SEO

by | Aug 18, 2008 | Web

If you are planning to go it alone with Search Engine Optimization, here are a few basics to help climb the search ranks. 1- Avoid pronouns. It, they, these, those, our, he, she and their should be avoided when possible. These words are vague and get overlooked by...

Smile and Nod: Marketing When Clueless.

by | Aug 18, 2008 | Strategy

Originally from Fargo, ND I can’t call myself a city slicker, but I sure felt like one this weekend when I attended the Medora Musical in Medora, North Dakota. As I perused the shops of homemade taffy, embroidered horse sweat suits and Native American themed...

Marketing to Your Existing Customers

by | Jul 23, 2008 | Strategy

You’ve spent good money to draw consumers into your business. The designers and marketing professionals you may have worked with talked at length about branding, building and maintaining your company image. At last, droves of customers pile into your business....

Totally like talking to youth, dog.

by | Jul 21, 2008 | Strategy

At 23, even I feel out of touch with youth culture. But as I sit here on my Mac, drinking a Mountain Dew, watching Cooking with Coolio on YouTube, I’ve had an epiphany of sorts. You can’t outsmart teens. After all, they know it all right? To quote Thomas...

The Forecast for Brainstorms is Partly Cloudy

by | Jun 30, 2008 | Strategy

Companies have used brainstorming sessions as a tool to create “original” marketing ideas for decades. To be original, you must be first. Originality is the mark of an innovative company and is the wind in a successful marketing campaign. However,...